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What is all this “sprint quali” thing all about?

Sprint qualifying is the result of the months of trying to include some kind of short sprint race into the f1 calendar, we’ll see this happening in at least two more races apart from Silverstone so it’s better to at least knowing what is going on before race weekends arrive.

To better understand what this is all about is better to start by mentioning how a normal weekend plays out, I explained with more detail here, but basically a Grand Prix weekend usually starts on Friday with two Free Practice sessions of 60 minutes each followed by one more Free Practice session on Saturday along with what is called a Qualifying session with the established three part “elimination system” that we’ve had since 2006. The elimination system divides qualifying sessions into three parts, Q1, Q2 and Q3 in which the slowest cars are eliminated after each part until we reach Q3 with a shootout of the top 10 fastest cars. Qualifying determines the order in which the cars will start on the grid for the race on sunday. Fastest lap and top 10 at the end of the race are the only ones achieving points.

Sprint Qualifying on the other hand keeps the first Free Practice session of Friday but changes the second Free Practice for the actual Qualifying session. This Friday Qualifying sets the grid for the “sprint qualifying”, a shorter race than the ones we expect on sunday where pit stops are not expected and that would probably last between 20 to 40 minutes compared to the 80 to 120 we would get on any other sunday race- happening on Saturday following a second Free Practice session. This Sprint Quali not only sets the grid for the sunday race but also, unlike normal Quali, gives the top 3 drivers 3, 2 and 1 points respectively. 

Another detail to keep in mind is that, on normal weekends, Parc Fermé applies starting saturday during qualifying, but, for Sprint Quali, Parc Fermé will apply since saturday during the first Quali session. What is Parc Fermé? It basically means no changes are allowed to be made on the car since that moment and until the race, except for changes on damaged part of the car, tyres and the occasional fuel change. 

Rules for tyres will also be... a little bit different during for weekends with sprint qualis, for the usual 13 sets of tyres of various different compounds given at the beginning of each race will be replaced for 12 sets of tyres. On normal weekends, two set of tyres are saved for the race on Sunday, 1 set of soft tyres is reserved for Q3 and 2 sets of tyres have to be handed back at the end of each practice session. Instead, with SQ we’ll have teams saving 5 sets for the Quali on Saturday with 1 soft set saved for Q3, 2 sets are also saved for the race and they can use 2 sets for the Sprint Quali on Saturday, but again, they’re not expected to pit during the Sprint Quali. 

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Wait tumblr has groupchats now what is this madness

....anyone wanna join one?🥺

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oh noooooooooo that sucks

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My stream crapped out at the beginning of the race. Missed out on the first 5 laps where apparently there was contact between Lewis and Max????

[sophiewagentje]

I am confusion

[dairxoxo]

Final thoughts oon my freaking journey of 2 yeqrs with the F1.

I really regret that quarantine 2020 got me into watching the F1. I blame COVID for this too.

This circus is too much for my mh.

My stupid brother told me don't worry about Hamilton "the mafia of the FIA loves him" "he is the lucky boy"

And his comments about Sebastian were the guy is done he is so retiring this year, then Seb lost his seat and I was like okay I don't care LH will continue winning that's so cool because I like him, I never saw what my brother calls "lucky FIA boy" but if Seb was going to go I was okay.

Watching this while my idiotic brother was all about how much MV was the greatest shit and I was like okey honey but he seems a little psyco for my taste. And I went on "oh look at the one with the red tractor Sebastian Vettel" okay I love him, protect him.

My brother was being always so sure the mafia got Hamilton back 😁😁😁 that he got mad because Lewis was wining then shit happend and we were just quiet, my mom even cried for Hamilton, I was/am still heartbroken but even my brother who was watching this shit being all about Max got mad because he literally said " this is not the way you win" "they fucking give it to him" "what is this a xmas gif?"

So if even my brother who was all about the white boy talent for 6 years is angry and mad about this shit, when he was angry because he was lossing.

That just tell me everything I need to know.

I'm not expert last year seeing Seb suffer in the red car was pain, this season was another level of unfairness because I got to love and appreciate Lewis amazing talent, and is just breaks my heart that they did this to him.

And I had to watch it live at 7am. A horrible way to start my day.

Anyway I'm just so angry and sad, i hope that every single one of the haters has a terrible week, because I'm not the best people like the Hamilton family is. I could never touch or hug the hands of the me who called me a drug adduct, coward, killer and that I was afraid of them. I would just literally either leave them there or throw something in their racist piece of shit faces.

Well it seems like I'm more mad than sad now.

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2021 Season Grand Prix Circuits: Hungaroring in  Mogyoród, Hungary

Type: Closed Circuit

Event: Hungarian Grand Prix

Used Since: 1986

Number of Laps: 70

Circuit Length: 4.381 km

Race Distance: 306.63 km

Lap Record: 1:16.627 by Lewis Hamilton in 2020

Fun fact: In 1986 it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain.

Full track: we start tight right after the straight with a really closed off Turn 1, the best overtaking spot on the track. Brake hard into this right-hander which opens up on exit and leads into Turn 2, the first of the curves. Drivers with more grip can drive around the outside of their rivals if they get it right.Turn 3 is a sharp right kink, in normal conditions almost flat out Nigel Mansell (Turn 4) might give drivers a chance to build up speed, there is plenty of run-off area and it’s well used. Turn 5 is another curve where tyre life is key to maintain speed or risk being passed around the outside. Turn 6 and 7 are tight right-to-left chicane leading into sector 2. An overtaking spot if you judge to perfection, or a certain accident if you don’t. Jean Alesi (Turn 11) is one where drivers must dull the throttle and sweep through the right-hander, again using the kerb on exit but be cautious of going too wide into Turn 12, another harsh braking zone, where a good exit in the last corner sets you up for a possible overtake into this right turn. The tightest curve of the lap comes in Turn 13, if anyone gets close around the outside then defending is tricky. Finally, Turn 14 - A long right bend before the main straight, any understeer leaves you in big danger from those close behind on the run back down to Turn 1.