F1 Glossary

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Qualifying	At each race one hour allotted for knock-out qualifying begins at 14:00 local time Saturday: Q1 – All race entrants use this 15-minute session to run as many laps as they wish, each measured on one ‘hot lap’. At the end of this session, the slowest six cars are eliminated and assigned the bottom spots on the starting grid, 17 – 22. Q2 – Another 15-minute qualifying session. Again, cars can run as many laps as they wish and each is measured on a single fast lap. The six slowest cars of this session also drop out; filling grid places 11-16. Q3 – The fastest lap of this session wins pole position. As in the previous sessions, each car can run as many laps as desired within this final 15-minute window. However, each car must start with the fuel load it will run in the next day’s race and the cars are immediately taken to parc ferme so that no changes can be made.

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Qualifying

At each race one hour allotted for knock-out qualifying begins at 14:00 local time Saturday: Q1 – All race entrants use this 15-minute session to run as many laps as they wish, each measured on one ‘hot lap’. At the end of this session, the slowest six cars are eliminated and assigned the bottom spots on the starting grid, 17 – 22. Q2 – Another 15-minute qualifying session. Again, cars can run as many laps as they wish and each is measured on a single fast lap. The six slowest cars of this session also drop out; filling grid places 11-16. Q3 – The fastest lap of this session wins pole position. As in the previous sessions, each car can run as many laps as desired within this final 15-minute window. However, each car must start with the fuel load it will run in the next day’s race and the cars are immediately taken to parc ferme so that no changes can be made.