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107% Rule
Topic Started: Feb 27 2014, 06:56 PM (534 Views)
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Is this still a thing? If so, with testing going the way it's going, it'll make qualifying in Australia very interesting!
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The 107% rule is still in the F1 regulations for 2014. So if enforced and lap times like we see, max 2/3 of all cars would qualify to start the race.

Yes exceptions have been given in the past, but rule is its necessary to record a time within the 107% rule, at least in free practice, to qualify. None of the slowest teams have shown that ability so far.
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P1,Feb 27 2014
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The 107% rule is still in the F1 regulations for 2014. So if enforced and lap times like we see, max 2/3 of all cars would qualify to start the race.

Yes exceptions have been given in the past, but rule is its necessary to record a time within the 107% rule, at least in free practice, to qualify. None of the slowest teams have shown that ability so far.

From todays Autosport testing live commentary

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08:22 @Warrensnel asks: Any chance that we might see some cars not qualifying in Melbourne?

EDD STRAW: "With the 107 per cent rule in force, it’s not impossible but does look unlikely.

"There is one car in Bahrain that hasn't lapped within that margin of Nico Rosberg’s fastest time, set on the final day of test one.

"Rosberg's lap of 1m33.238s equates to a 107 per cent time of 1m39.763s. Currently, everyone except Caterham has dipped under that mark.

"Bear in mind that Rosberg’s lap was a genuine qualifying simulation, which not all teams have done yet, so in raw pace terms it seems likely all teams can put in a lap that will put them on the grid, especially once you take into account the fact that it’s based on 107 per cent of fastest Q1 time, which will be slower than the fastest Q3 time given equal conditions."

"The one curveball is that teams might hit trouble during practice or have problems setting up the engines properly for the track.

"This now has to be done on a circuit-by-circuit basis, so it’s possible that could be an obstacle."


http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/702
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u4coffee,Feb 28 2014
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P1,Feb 27 2014
08:08 PM
The 107% rule is still in the F1 regulations for 2014.  So if enforced and lap times like we see, max 2/3 of all cars would qualify to start the race.

Yes exceptions have been given in the past, but rule is its necessary to record a time within the 107% rule, at least in free practice, to qualify.  None of the slowest teams have shown that ability so far.

From todays Autosport testing live commentary

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08:22 @Warrensnel asks: Any chance that we might see some cars not qualifying in Melbourne?

EDD STRAW: "With the 107 per cent rule in force, it’s not impossible but does look unlikely.

"There is one car in Bahrain that hasn't lapped within that margin of Nico Rosberg’s fastest time, set on the final day of test one.

"Rosberg's lap of 1m33.238s equates to a 107 per cent time of 1m39.763s. Currently, everyone except Caterham has dipped under that mark.

"Bear in mind that Rosberg’s lap was a genuine qualifying simulation, which not all teams have done yet, so in raw pace terms it seems likely all teams can put in a lap that will put them on the grid, especially once you take into account the fact that it’s based on 107 per cent of fastest Q1 time, which will be slower than the fastest Q3 time given equal conditions."

"The one curveball is that teams might hit trouble during practice or have problems setting up the engines properly for the track.

"This now has to be done on a circuit-by-circuit basis, so it’s possible that could be an obstacle."


http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/702

Fair points considering the lap times set in testing last week. <thumbsup>
For some reason this week they have gone slower.

Maybe we will see some last minute true race pace laps the last day of testing.
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P1,Feb 28 2014
12:54 PM

For some reason this week they have gone slower.

Maybe we will see some last minute true race pace laps the last day of testing.

Apparently its hotter there this week and that will make for slower lap times
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Is Vettel going to start complaining to the FIA and get what he wants again.

It's not fair, they've all got faster engines blah blah blah
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TheCompleteGuitarist,Mar 1 2014
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Is Vettel going to start complaining to the FIA and get what he wants again.

It's not fair, they've all got faster engines blah blah blah

Some media posted that Seb had a 'hissy fit' after a testrun with the car breaking down.

Officially from The Red Bull Spy:
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A major news broadcaster posted the story this morning, along with the line "No-one outside the team knows whether it happened or not, and those on the inside wouldn't say,” the post read.

“Eh? Run that by me again?"

I suppose it could be true. Maybe four World Championships really have turned him into a screaming primadonna. Perhaps what really happened is Seb leapt out of the car and started foaming at the mouth. He made a very rude gesture in the direction of Adrian, snarled at Rocky, kicked Ole in the spanners and then stormed out of the garage, saddled his unicorn and rode back to Switzerland.

Meanwhile Adrian's lost his copy of the Illustrated Junior Encyclopaedia of Motorsport and says he can't design without it. Daniel's sulking is really starting to get everyone down, Dr Marko has decided to return to his roots and become a dubstep producer under his street name DJ Graz and, after his New York residency last summer, Christian's far more interested in street art than F1 anyway.

Seb, meanwhile has sent us a postcard, and says he's really sorry for all the fuss. He'll be back soon but has decided to chill for a while by spending a couple of weeks watching daytime soaps and eating crisps 'round at Mark's house.

Maybe that's what happening. It's certainly a rumour. No one outside the team knows for sure and those inside won't say...
 
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Idle hands make the devil's work... <roflmao>
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John,Mar 1 2014
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Idle hands make the devil's work... <roflmao>

The RBR garage has been closed all winter, we have to use our imagination to figure out what is going on.
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TheCompleteGuitarist,Mar 1 2014
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Is Vettel going to start complaining to the FIA and get what he wants again.

It's not fair, they've all got faster engines blah blah blah

There'll be so many breakdowns that the FIA will renegue on the 2014 spec and insist the teams use the 2013 cars....
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So Maldonado was the first driver this year to fail the 107% rule.
Failing even to set a time due to crashing out in Q1...

But the race stewards has just granted Maldo permission to join the race based on the lap times he had posted during final practice.

Charlie Whiting also expressed earlier in Melbourne this week that the 107% will be relaxed in the early stages of the season due to the challenges brought on by the dramatic changes to the technical regulations for 2014.
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I don't have a problem with bending this rule, but Brundle and all explained that it was designed to route out drivers and cars not capable of running with the pack.

I don't think the Lotus should be allowed to run if it's going to represent a risk to the race, which it looks like to me.
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