107 percent rule
A part of the Formula 1 sporting regulations introduced in 1996 is known as the 107 percent rule . In order to qualify for the race, a driver may not need more than 107 percent of pole time for his fastest lap in qualifying . This rule was suspended after the 2002 season and has been in effect again since 2011, based on the fastest lap time in the first qualifying segment (Q1).
history
1995 to 2002
Due to the declining number of teams in the mid-1990s, the number of 14 racing teams fell short of the 1995 season , meaning that every vehicle was qualified for the race from the outset due to the 26 available starting positions. Because of the sometimes blatant speed differences within the starting field, this was a safety risk, and frequent laps in the race were the result. The original plan was therefore to have the 107 percent rule come into effect from the 1995 Hungarian Grand Prix . However, these considerations failed due to the resistance of the teams Forti and Pacific , which were particularly underperforming this year , who feared that they would no longer be able to participate in races regularly in the future. Due to the great popularity of the larger teams, the rule was introduced for the 1996 season .
The FIA reserved the right to allow drivers who failed due to special circumstances to the 107 percent hurdle to the Grand Prix anyway. With a total of 37 exceeding the 107 percent time, 13 drivers were admitted to the Grand Prix start via such exceptions. Most often, the drivers Andrea Montermini and Ricardo Rosset failed because of the regulation, they each failed to qualify five times.
Due to a change in the qualifying mode, which was carried out from 2003 onwards from two individual laps per vehicle with race refueling, it was decided to override the regulation, as the different amounts of fuel in the vehicles would cause excessive deviations in the lap times.
Reintroduction from 2011
For the 2010 season , several new teams came into Formula 1, of which Virgin Racing and HRT in particular had some major deficits on the top. With the rule, there would have been 17 non-qualifications during the season. For this reason, the 107 percent rule was reintroduced into the sporting regulations for the 2011 season . All drivers who are over 107 percent of the fastest lap in the first qualifying segment are not qualified for the race. However, since the fastest times are usually only achieved in the third section, the rule is toned down. The 107 percent rule already had an impact in the first race of the 2011 season, the Australian Grand Prix : Both drivers of the HRT team, which competed with a new, completely untested car , did not achieve sufficient times in qualifying practice and were unable to take part Participate in races. The same thing was repeated in the following year 2012, whereas in all other "new" cases the drivers were allowed.
The last case so far was also by far the clearest shortfall of 107%: Alexander Rossi with his Manor was more than 15% behind in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix 2015. To qualify for the race, he should have been almost 8 seconds faster. However, since he was a bit faster than the 107% there in the third free practice (which was about half a second slower), he was still allowed to race.
Overview: teams and drivers who did not meet the 107 percent rule
season | run | Pole time | 107% of the pole time |
driver | team | chassis | Qualification time | % of pole time |
Admitted to the race? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Australian Grand Prix | 1: 32.371 | 1: 38.837 | Luca Badoer | Forti Corse | Forti FG01B | 1: 39.202 | 107,395 | No |
Andrea Montermini | Forti FG01B | 1: 42.087 | 110,518 | No | |||||
Grand Prix of Europe | 1: 18.941 | 1: 24.467 | Andrea Montermini | Forti Corse | Forti FG01B | 1: 25.053 | 107,742 | No | |
Luca Badoer | Forti FG01B | 1: 25.840 | 108,739 | No | |||||
San Marino Grand Prix | 1: 26.890 | 1: 32.972 | Andrea Montermini | Forti Corse | Forti FG01B | 1: 33.685 | 107,802 | No | |
Spanish Grand Prix | 1: 20.650 | 1: 26.295 | Luca Badoer | Forti Corse | Forti FG03 | 1: 26.615 | 107,396 | No | |
Andrea Montermini | 1: 27.358 | 108,317 | No | ||||||
Great Britain Grand Prix | 1: 26.875 | 1: 32.956 | Andrea Montermini | Forti Corse | Forti FG03 | 1: 35.206 | 109,590 | No | |
Luca Badoer | 1: 35.304 | 109,702 | No | ||||||
Grand Prix of Germany | 1: 43.912 | 1: 51.186 | Giovanni Lavaggi | Minardi | Minardi M195B | 1: 51.357 | 107.165 | No | |
Belgian Grand Prix | 1: 50.574 | 1: 58.314 | Giovanni Lavaggi | Minardi | Minardi M195B | 1: 58.579 | 107.239 | No | |
Japanese Grand Prix | 1: 38.909 | 1: 45.833 | Giovanni Lavaggi | Minardi | Minardi M195B | 1: 46.795 | 107,973 | No | |
1997 | Australian Grand Prix | 1: 29.369 | 1: 35.625 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | Arrows A18 | 1: 35.972 | 107,388 | Yes |
Vincenzo Sospiri | Mastercard Lola F1 Team | Lola T 97/30 | 1: 40.972 | 112,988 | No | ||||
Ricardo Rosset | 1: 42.086 | 114.230 | No | ||||||
1998 | Spanish Grand Prix | 1: 20.262 | 1: 25.880 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | Tyrrell 026 | 1: 25.946 | 107.082 | No |
Monaco Grand Prix | 1: 19.798 | 1: 25.383 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | Tyrrell 026 | 1: 25.737 | 107,443 | No | |
Hungarian Grand Prix | 1: 16.973 | 1: 22.361 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | Tyrrell 026 | 1: 23.140 | 108.012 | No | |
Japanese Grand Prix | 1: 36.293 | 1: 43.033 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | Tyrrell 026 | 1: 43.259 | 107.234 | No | |
1999 | Australian Grand Prix | 1: 30.462 | 1: 36.794 | Marc Gené | Minardi | Minardi M01 | 1: 37.013 | 107,242 | Yes |
French Grand Prix | 1: 38.441 | 1: 45.331 | Damon Hill | Jordan | Jordan 199 | 1: 45.334 | 107.002 | Yes | |
Marc Gené | Minardi | Minardi M01 | 1: 46.324 | 108.008 | Yes | ||||
Luca Badoer | 1: 46.784 | 108,475 | Yes | ||||||
Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | Arrows A20 | 1: 48.215 | 109,929 | Yes | ||||
Toranosuke Takagi | 1: 48.322 | 110.038 | Yes | ||||||
2001 | Australian Grand Prix | 1: 26.892 | 1: 32.974 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | Minardi PS01 | 1: 33.228 | 107.292 | Yes |
Great Britain Grand Prix | 1: 20.447 | 1: 26.078 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | Minardi PS01 | 1: 26.508 | 107,534 | No | |
Belgian Grand Prix | 1: 52.072 | 1: 59.917 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Arrows A22 | 2: 02.039 | 108,893 | Yes | |
Fernando Alonso | Minardi | Minardi PS01 | 2: 02.594 | 109,389 | Yes | ||||
Enrique Bernoldi | Arrows | Arrows A22 | 2: 03.048 | 109,794 | Yes | ||||
Tarso Marques | Minardi | Minardi PS01 | 2: 04.204 | 110,825 | Yes | ||||
2002 | Australian Grand Prix | 1: 25.843 | 1: 31.852 | Takuma Sato | Jordan | Jordan EJ12 | 1: 53.351 | 132.045 | Yes |
San Marino Grand Prix | 1: 21.091 | 1: 26.767 | Alex Yoong | Minardi | Minardi PS02 | 1: 27.241 | 107,584 | No | |
Great Britain Grand Prix | 1: 18.998 | 1: 24.527 | Alex Yoong | Minardi | Minardi PS02 | 1: 24.785 | 107.291 | No | |
French Grand Prix | 1: 11.985 | 1: 17.023 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Arrows | Arrows A23 | 1: 18.497 | 109,046 | No | |
Enrique Bernoldi | 1: 19.843 | 110.916 | No | ||||||
Grand Prix of Germany | 1: 14,389 | 1: 19.596 | Alex Yoong | Minardi | Minardi PS02 | 1: 19.775 | 107,240 | No | |
107% rule from 2011 | |||||||||
season | run | Fastest time in Q1 | 107% of the fastest Q1 time | driver | team | chassis | Time in Q1 | % of the fastest Q1 time | Admitted to the race? |
2011 | Australian Grand Prix | 1: 25.296 | 1: 31.266 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | HRT F111 | 1: 32.978 | 109.006 | No |
Narain Karthikeyan | 1: 34.293 | 110.547 | No | ||||||
Turkey Grand Prix | 1: 27.039 | 1: 33.103 | Kamui Kobayashi | Clean | Clean C30 | no time | - | Yes | |
Spanish Grand Prix | 1: 22.960 | 1: 28.767 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | Renault R31 | no time | - | Yes | |
Monaco Grand Prix | 1: 13.556 | 1: 20.471 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | HRT F111 | no time | - | Yes | |
Narain Karthikeyan | no time | - | Yes | ||||||
Canadian Grand Prix | 1: 13.822 | 1: 18.989 | Jérôme D'Ambrosio | Virgin | Virgin MVR-02 | 1: 19.414 | 107.575 | Yes | |
Belgian Grand Prix | 2: 01.813 | 2: 10.339 | Jérôme D'Ambrosio | Virgin | Virgin MVR-02 | 2: 11.601 | 108.035 | Yes | |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | HRT F111 | 2: 11.616 | 108.048 | Yes | ||||
Daniel Ricciardo | 2: 13.077 | 109.247 | Yes | ||||||
Michael sSchumacher | Mercedes | Mercedes MGP W02 | no time | - | Yes | ||||
Japanese Grand Prix | 1: 32.626 | 1: 39.109 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Mercedes MGP W02 | no time | - | Yes | |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | HRT F111 | no time | - | Yes | ||||
Korean Grand Prix | 1: 37.525 | 1: 44.351 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | HRT F111 | no time | - | Yes | |
Indian Grand Prix | 1: 26.189 | 1: 32.222 | Timo Glock | Virgin | Virgin MVR-02 | 1: 34.046 | 109.116 | Yes | |
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | 1: 39.782 | 1: 46.766 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | Williams FW33 | no time | - | Yes | |
2012 | Australian Grand Prix | 1: 26.182 | 1: 32.214 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | HRT F112 | 1: 33.495 | 108.486 | No |
Narain Karthikeyan | 1: 33.643 | 108.657 | No | ||||||
Spanish Grand Prix | 1: 23.248 | 1: 29.075 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | HRT F112 | 1: 31.122 | 109.458 | Yes | |
Monaco Grand Prix | 1: 15.418 | 1: 20.697 | Sergio Perez | Clean | Clean C31 | no time | - | Yes | |
Grand Prix of Europe | 1: 38.825 | 1: 45.742 | Timo Glock | Marussia | Marussia MR01 | no time | - | Yes | |
Great Britain Grand Prix | 1: 46.279 | 1: 53.718 | Charles Pic | Marussia | Marussia MR01 | 1: 54.143 | 107.399 | Yes | |
Italian Grand Prix | 1: 24.211 | 1: 30.067 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | Force India VJM05 | no time | - | Yes | |
2013 | Australian Grand Prix | 1: 43.380 | 1: 50.616 | Charles Pic | Caterham | Caterham CT03 | 1: 50.626 | 107.292 | Yes |
Monaco Grand Prix | 1: 23.452 | 1: 29.293 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | Marussia MR02 | no time | - | Yes | |
Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Ferrari F138 | no time | - | Yes | ||||
2014 | Australian Grand Prix | 1: 30.775 | 1: 37.129 | Pastor Maldonado | lotus | Lotus E22 | no time | - | Yes |
Spanish Grand Prix | 1: 26.764 | 1: 32.837 | Pastor Maldonado | lotus | Lotus E22 | no time | - | Yes | |
Canadian Grand Prix | 1: 15.750 | 1: 21.052 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Clean | Clean C33 | no time | - | Yes | |
Great Britain Grand Prix | 1: 40.380 | 1: 47.406 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | Caterham CT05 | 1: 49.421 | 109.007 | Yes | |
Kamui Kobayashi | 1: 49.625 | 109.210 | Yes | ||||||
Grand Prix of Germany | 1: 17.631 | 1: 23.065 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | Caterham CT05 | no time | - | Yes | |
Hungarian Grand Prix | 1: 24.941 | 1: 30.886 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Mercedes F1 W05 | no time | - | Yes | |
Pastor Maldonado | lotus | Lotus E22 | no time | - | Yes | ||||
2015 | Malaysian Grand Prix | 1: 39.269 | 1: 46.218 | Roberto Merhi | Manor | Marussia MR03 | 1: 46.677 | 107.462 | Yes |
Will Stevens | no time | - | Yes | ||||||
Japanese Grand Prix | 1: 39.269 | 1: 46.217 | Alexander Rossi | Manor | Marussia MR03 | 1: 47.114 | 115.158 | Yes |
More racing series
This rule also applies to the GP2 series . The first case goes back to the race at Hungaroring in 2007, when the Spaniard Marcos Martínez failed at the hurdle. Furthermore, the IndyCar Series reacted during the 2010 season to Milka Duno's poor sporting results and introduced the 107 percent rule on street courses and circuits. On the oval courses, the average speed could not be more than ten miles per hour below that of the fastest pilot. For the 2011 season, the IndyCar Series tightened the 105 percent rule.
In the FIA Formula E Championship , it is used as the 110 percent rule.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "2011 season changes" (formula1.com; accessed February 21, 2011)
- ↑ After technical bad luck: Kobayashi receives starting permission Motorsport-total.com, May 7, 2011.
- ^ "Officially: Heidfeld can take part in the race" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 21, 2011)
- ^ Wise decision of the FIA , (Motorsport-Magazin.com on May 28, 2011)
- ↑ "Duno disaster: IndyCars finally react" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 25, 2010)
- ↑ "The NASCAR model: Many new IndyCar rules" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 12, 2011)