The FIA\u2019s push to avoid traffic chaos in Formula 1 qualifying by preventing slow out-laps may have worked so far but could prove troublesome at cold events like Las Vegas.
The FIA’s push to avoid traffic chaos in Formula 1 qualifying by preventing slow out-laps may have worked so far but could prove troublesome at cold events like Las Vegas.
However, from the Italian GP, the FIA started applying a maximum time to any lap in qualifying – which meant drivers could not take things too easy on their out-laps either. “There were a few instances where you had either near misses or very high closing speed, so it actually makes it simpler to plan. But the tricky bit is it gets very constrained.“What you end up with is everyone driving around on the delta, because if you decide that you want to do a faster lap, you drive into the gearbox of the car in front, and then you will start your lap with one second [gap to the car in front].
At venues like Las Vegas, where cold temperatures will make it hard for tyres to get into the right temperature window, drivers will want to be more aggressive on their out-laps – so the minimum speed requirement may not be ideal. “When you get a track like Las Vegas, where you might need to put a lot of energy in the tyres, suddenly you are going to find that people are pushing at different levels.“That is perhaps where the lap time is going to get a bit trickier if you can't find the gap you need on the way out.”
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