2023年 ポールポジションを決定するF1の『公式予選』

2023/4/25発行版

39) QUALIFYING SESSION AND SPRINT SHOOTOUT

39.1 The starting grid of the race and the sprint session (if scheduled) will be respectively determined by the results of the following practice sessions:

a) The “qualifying session”. This session will take place at the following times:

i. For Competitions where a sprint session is scheduled: on the first day of track running, starting no less than two and a half (2.5) hours, and no more than three and a half (3.5) hours after the end of P1.

ii. For Competitions where a sprint session is not scheduled: on the second day of on track running, starting no less than two (2) hours, and no more than three (3) hours after the end of P3.

b) The “sprint shootout”. For Competitions where a sprint session is scheduled, this session will take place on the second day of track running and start no less than four and a half (4.5) hours before the scheduled start of the sprint session.

39.2 The qualifying session will be run as follows:

a) For the first eighteen (18) minutes of the session (Q1) all cars will be permitted on the track and at the end of this period the slowest five (5) cars will be prohibited from taking any further part in the session.
Lap times achieved by the fifteen (15) remaining cars will then be deleted.

b) After a seven (7) minute break the session will resume for fifteen (15) minutes (Q2) and the fifteen (15) remaining cars will be permitted on the track. At the end of this period the slowest five (5) cars will be prohibited from taking any further part in the session.
Lap times achieved by the ten (10) remaining cars will then be deleted.

c) After an eight (8) minute break the session will resume for twelve (12) minutes (Q3) and the ten (10) remaining cars will be permitted on the track.

39.3 The sprint shootout will be run as follows:

a) For the first twelve (12) minutes of the session (SQ1) all cars will be permitted on the track and at the end of this period the slowest five (5) cars will be prohibited from taking any further part in the session.
Lap times achieved by the fifteen (15) remaining cars will then be deleted.

b) After a seven (7) minute break the session will resume for ten 10 minutes (SQ2) and the fifteen (15) remaining cars will be permitted on the track. At the end of this period the slowest five (5) cars will be prohibited from taking any further part in the session.

Lap times achieved by the ten (10) remaining cars will then be deleted.

c) After a seven (7) minute break the session will resume for eight 8 minutes (SQ3) and the ten (10) remaining cars will be permitted on the track.

39.4 The Qualifying Session or Sprint Shootout Classifications under Articles 39.2 and 39.3 will be determined in the following way:

a) Classified drivers will be ordered according to the sequence below:

i) The top ten positions will be allocated to the drivers who took part in Q3 or SQ3, in accordance with the best time set by each driver in Q3 or SQ3, the fastest in the first position.

ii) The next five positions will be allocated to the drivers who got eliminated in Q2 or SQ2, in accordance with the best time set by each driver in Q2 or SQ2, the fastest in the 11th position.

iii) The next five positions will be allocated to the drivers who got eliminated in Q1 or SQ1, in accordance with the best time set by each driver, the fastest in the 16th position.

iv) If two (2) or more drivers set identical times during Q1, Q2 or Q3 or SQ1, SQ2 or SQ3 priority will be given to the one who set it first.

v) If more than one driver fails to set a time during Q2 or Q3 or SQ2 or SQ3 they will be arranged in the following order:

– Any driver who attempted to set a qualifying time by starting a flying lap.
– Any driver who failed to start a flying lap.
– Any driver who failed to leave the pits during the period.

b) Drivers will be considered to be “unclassified” in the following circumstances:

i) If they got eliminated in Q1 or SQ1 and their best session lap exceeded 107% of the fastest time set during that session, unless the track was declared wet by the Race Director.

ii) If they failed to set a time in Q1 or SQ1, or if all their laps were deleted

iii) If they got disqualified by the Stewards from the Qualifying session or sprint shootout

The relative classification of such drivers will be determined as follows:

– Drivers who are unclassified because of conditions (i) or (ii) will be allocated the top positions in accordance with the order they were classified in P3 (or, in the case a Sprint Session is scheduled, P1)
– Drivers who are unclassified because of condition (iii) will be allocated the lower positions in accordance with the order they were classified in P3 (or, in the case a Sprint Session is scheduled, P1)

The participation of unclassified drivers in the remainder of the Competition will be determined in each case by the Stewards, who may exceptionally consider parameters such as:

– A suitable lap time being set in another free practice session
– The general performance of the driver in previous Competitions of the Championship
– The gravity of the offence which caused the driver’s disqualification

39.5 The procedure detailed in Article 39.2 and 39.3 is based upon twenty (20) cars being officially eligible to take part in the Competition. If twenty-two (22) cars are eligible six (6) will be eliminated after Q1, Q2, SQ1 and SQ2, if twenty-four (24) cars are eligible seven (7) cars will be eliminated after Q1, Q2, SQ1 and SQ2, and so on if more cars are eligible.

39.6 Any driver whose car stops on the track during the qualifying session or the sprint shootout will not be permitted to take any further part in that session.

39.7 At the end of the qualifying session or sprint shootout the times achieved by each driver will be officially published.

39.8 An AOT, as defined in Technical Regulations, must be empty during the complete qualifying session or sprint shootout.