New qualfying format for 2005.

By Andrew Hooper
October 23 2004

   
New Qualifying Format
 
The new format for qualifying in 2005 was agreed upon in a vote, and it will see qualifying now taking place on Sunday morning, as well as the usual Saturday session.

The new format will see the cars allowed to run in a low-fuel setup on Saturday afternoon followed by a second session on Sunday morning where the cars will qualifying in their race setup. The same set of tyres must be used throughout both sessions.

As for the other days Friday will remain a day for practice while Saturday' will also see the usual practice sessions prior to the first qualifying session.

The FIA issued the following Press Release:

Following votes of the FIA World Motor Sport Council and the Formula One Commission the following qualifying system will apply from the 2005 season.

Two sessions The first from 1300 to 1400 on Saturday; the second from 1000 to 1100 on Sunday. The first session is single lap qualifying, with the cars going out in the reverse order of their finishing positions at the previous race. The second session is also single lap qualifying, with the cars going out in the reverse order of the qualifying on Saturday (i.e. the fastest car on Saturday runs last on Sunday).

The cars run on Saturday with unrestricted fuel. The go into parc ferm after this qualifying session and for the Sunday qualifying session they run with race fuel, having been allowed to refuel before the second qualifying session, but are not allowed to refuel again before the race starts.

The times of the two sessions are aggregated to determine the grid, with the shortest aggregate time in pole position.
 
 
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