The To The They must be rubber-stamped by a meeting of F1’s legislative body, the FIA world council.QualifyingThe changes in qualifying are, according to a statement from the FIA, “aimed at reducing excessive harvesting and encouraging more consistent flat-out driving”.Drivers were being forced to lift and coast – lift off the accelerator for a few seconds before braking for a corner – in some instances on a qualifying lap, one of several examples of new practices drivers have labelled “counter-intuitive”.The total amount of permitted recharge on a lap has been reduced from 8MJ to 7MJ – thereby reducing the amount of energy needed to be recovered and therefore the amount of time doing so.In addition, the maximum amount of power recovered when the driver is on full throttle but not deploying the battery – known in F1 terminology as “super-clipping” – has been increased to the maximum limit of 350kw, from the previous 250kw.The FIA said the aim of these changes was to ensure the maximum time spent super-clipping on a qualifying lap was in the region of two to four seconds.F1 has also increased from eight to 12 the number of circuits were a lower energy limit even than 7MJ maybe be applied. The The The
