The releases of the FIA’s new sporting and technical regulations today revealed that the format of qualifying will be changed for 2010 in order to accommodate the expanded 26-car field.
As this year, qualifying will be divided into three segments, but for next year the slowest eight rather than the slowest six will be eliminated at the end of the first segment, after 20 minutes.
After a seven-minute break then a further 15 minutes of running, another eight will be dropped to the sidelines after the end of the second segment.
This will leave the final 10 cars to go for pole position in a quick-fire final 10 minutes, starting after an eight-minute break at 14:50.
This new qualifying format will reveal the out-and-out fastest car/driver combination, as the Q3 times will not be masked by varying fuel loads in 2010, as they have been this year.
The reason for this clarifying of real form is that all cars will enter Q3 on light fuel loads as refuelling during a grand prix has been banned for next year, leaving teams to refuel their cars to last the entire distance before they go to the grid for the start of the race.
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