FIA Tweaks Qualifying After Super Aguri Withdrawl
May 08 2008
Posted by F1-ToGo as 2008 Turkish Grand Prix, FIA
Now that Super Aguri have withdrawn from F1, qualifying has been altered to reflect 2 less cars.
Today the FIA have confirmed that 5 cars will be eliminated in both Q1 and Q2 to even things out so that 10 cars remain and challenge for pole in Q3. The sporting regulations were initially written for a field of 24 cars with a plan B if the field dropped to 22. Now that the field is officially 20 cars, plan C had to be written.
The statement from the FIA was this:
“The Stewards, having received a report from the Technical Delegate note that 20 cars will participate in the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix.
“Therefore under article 33.1 of the 2008 Sporting Regulations, the Stewards have decided that only five cars will be excluded after Q1 and Q2 of the Qualifying Practice.”
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One Response
F1Wolf
May 9th, 2008 at 1:10 am
1the irony is, although there are 2 cars less on the grid, it makes it more difficult to break into Q2 now
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