Wikipedia groups gobledygook together with gibberish:
Gibberish and gobbledygook refer to speech or other use of language that is nonsense, or that appears to be nonsense.Lately the F1 rules by the FIA seems to be nonsense, isn't it? Especially with qualifying. The new rules on qualifying has been bent over so much that I have trouble figuring out what is going on. And that was last year. I finally got around to it and now they've twisted it even more.
Then they said they won't have it by Melbourne but will start at Spain as Bernie Ecclestone claimed the relevant software and broadcast graphics would not be ready in time. Now we have another u-turn and it will start at Melbourne with a 'bastardised' version, one which would use the new format in Q1 and Q2 but revert to the old format for Q3. This, of course, still didn't take into account the concerns raised by Ecclestone.. Of course, whether it runs without a hitch, and whether fans (and drivers) can make sense of it remains to be seen.
At this point the teams and drivers got involved, most, especially the drivers, unhappy with the new format, insisting that the old one worked perfectly well. Duh? Aware that the clock is ticking, the FIA World Motor Sport Council, having been advised by FOM that the software and graphics issues will be sorted, ratified the original format which sees the slowest drivers eliminated in all three phases of qualifying.
And for those fans (and drivers) still as confused as I am:
Q1 will last for 16 minutes. After 7 minutes the slowest driver is eliminated. Subsequently the slowest driver is eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag. 7 drivers eliminated, 15 progress to Q2.
Q2 will last for 15 minutes. After 6 minutes, the slowest driver is eliminated. Subsequently the slowest driver is eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag. 7 drivers eliminated, 8 progress to Q3.
Q3 will last 14 minutes. After 5 minutes, the slowest driver is eliminated. Subsequently the slowest driver is eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag leaving 2 drivers in the final 1 minute 30 seconds.
The final elimination in each session occurs at the chequered flag - not when time is up.
Get it?
I think I need to go now..
UPDATE!!
Not that it makes much of a difference when you're trying to figure out what's happening and drivers are dropping of like flies.
The FIA has published Formula One's new qualifying regulations for 2016 that will see a live-elimination during the sessions. The proposal was approved by the World Motor Sport Council last week and has been now been included in a redraft of the regulations.
Article 33.1 of the sporting regulations now reads as follows:
"The qualifying practice session will take place on the day before the race from 14.00 to 15.00.
"The session will be run as follows :
"a) From 14.00 to 14.16 (Q1) all cars will be permitted on the track. Seven minutes after the start of the session the driver last in the classification will be eliminated and will no longer be timed, he must then return to the pit lane and may take no further part in the qualifying practice session. The same procedure will then apply after 8m30s, 10m0s, 11m30s, 13m0s and 14m30s leaving sixteen cars eligible to continue. At the end of the session all drivers on the track may complete the lap they are on and, once these final laps have been completed, the driver last in the classification may take no further part in the qualifying practice session. Lap times achieved by the fifteen remaining cars will then be deleted.
"b) From 14.24 to 14.39 (Q2) the fifteen remaining cars will be permitted on the track. Six minutes after the start of the session the driver last in the classification will be eliminated and will no longer be timed, he must then return to the pit lane and may take no further part in the qualifying practice session. The same procedure will then apply after 7m30s, 9m0s, 10m30s, 12m0s and 13m30s leaving nine cars eligible to continue. At the end of the session all drivers on the track may complete the lap they are on and, once these final laps have been completed, the driver last in the classification may take no further part in the qualifying practice session. Lap times achieved by the eight remaining cars will then be deleted.
"c) From 14.46 to 15.00 (Q3) the eight remaining cars will be permitted on the track. Five minutes after the start of the session the driver last in the classification will be eliminated and will no longer be timed, he must then return to the pit lane and may take no further part in the qualifying practice session. The same procedure will then apply after 6m30s, 8m0s, 9m30s, 11m0s and 12m30s leaving two cars eligible to continue. At the end of the session any driver on the track may complete the lap he is on and, once any final lap has been completed, the overall classification will be established. "The above procedure is based upon 22 cars being officially eligible to take part in the Event. If 24 cars are eligible eight will be excluded after Q1 and Q2, if 26 cars are eligible nine cars will be excluded after Q1 and Q2, and so on if fewer cars are eligible. If necessary, the intervals between the sessions and eliminations will be adjusted to ensure Q3 remains unchanged."
Got that??
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