107 percent rule

Team MasterCard Lola failed on its only race weekend due to the 107 percent rule

Last driver to miss qualification before the 107 percent rule was suspended in 2002: Alex Yoong ( Minardi )

The first car to fail the 107 percent rule after its reintroduction in 2011: The HRT F111 from Hispania Racing

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

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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

1. ↑ "2011 season changes" (formula1.com; accessed February 21, 2011)
2. ↑ After technical bad luck: Kobayashi receives starting permission Motorsport-total.com, May 7, 2011.
3. ^ "Officially: Heidfeld can take part in the race" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 21, 2011)
4. ^ Wise decision of the FIA , (Motorsport-Magazin.com on May 28, 2011)
5. ↑ "Duno disaster: IndyCars finally react" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 25, 2010)
6. ↑ "The NASCAR model: Many new IndyCar rules" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 12, 2011)