Lando Norris and Yuki Tsunoda won’t be able to participate in the third part of Saturday’s first F1 sprint qualifying if they reach it, after taking a tyre gamble on Friday Here’s why and how the situation unfolded ⬇️
Lando Norris and Yuki Tsunoda won’t be able to participate in the third part of Saturday’s first Formula 1 sprint qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after taking a tyre gamble in qualifying.Autosport a loophole has emerged in the new sprint format regulationsDrivers are obliged to use one set of new medium tyres in SQ1, another new set of mediums in SQ2, and then a set of new softs in SQ3.
The presence of the word “may” left an opportunity for teams who perhaps didn’t expect to make SQ3 to use up that set of soft tyres earlier in the weekend for strategic purposes, which is exactly what both Norris and Tsunoda did on Friday.driver progressed through qualifying, taking seventh in Q1 and sixth in Q2. The team then played its 'joker' by using his last set of new softs for his final run in Q3, helping him take seventh place for Sunday’s grand prix grid.
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