Some drivers qualified in Q3 do not bother to leave their pit to complete a final qualifying lap.<\/p>\n
They are therefore not credited with any time in this session, but they remain nevertheless in the top ten positions on the grid.<\/p>\n
The FIA would like to address this issue by forcing all drivers to complete at least one timed qualifying lap in Q3. The governing body of Formula 1 would like to impose a penalty on drivers who do not follow this rule.<\/p>\n
These people do not share the same opinion, and Mark Webber makes it known: I think the question is entirely fair, but I think the penalty is not appropriate. It is not fair to penalize drivers who are trying to achieve a good performance on Sunday. Fundamentally, if we were all short on tires, all the drivers would go out and try to fight on the track.<\/p>\n
This weekend, the Force India cars and Michael Schumacher’s Mercedes did not take part in the fight during Q3… a practice that has become more common this year in order to preserve an additional set of new tires for Sunday’s race.<\/p>\n
McLaren driver, Jenson Button, supports Mark Webber in his reasoning by explaining that nothing could be done until the regulations are changed: \u00ab You cannot penalize drivers for not racing unless there is a change in regulation. Until there is one, it will remain like this, especially on an urban circuit. But I think you will never see the fast cars doing that… \u00bb<\/p>\n
To avoid this situation, Pirelli proposed introducing tires reserved for qualifying, to force all drivers to take to the track without the fear of using a set of tires that might fail them during the race.<\/p>\n
Sebastian Vettel understands the reaction of some teams on this subject and thinks that if more tires were available, everyone would be on the track in Q3: \u00ab”Obviously, for some teams, their main goal is to reach Q3, and sometimes, when they get there, they then don’t have enough tires to defend their chances… I think that’s the real problem. \u00bb<\/p>\n
The issue of the number of tire allocations per Grand Prix for each team remains the crux of the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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