Summary:
- Q1 and Q2 eliminations: The six slowest cars (up from five) are now eliminated due to the expanded grid.
- Q3 Duration: Extended from 12 to 13 minutes.
- Break between Q2 and Q3: reduced from 8 to 7 minutes.
- Monaco Grand Prix: The mandatory two-stop race rule introduced in 2025 has been scrapped as it failed to improve the spectacle of the race.
Wonder what led to adding an extra minute for Q3.
No word of this applying to sprints?
I more minute of screen time for sponsors on track. One less minute of boring interviews of those drivers who have been knocked out.
But most of Q3 were just waiting anyway. They go 1 lap at the beginnig, and 1 at the end. Now they wait during Q3, not before.
There are 2 more cars that need to go around
This is factually wrong because there are still 10 cars remaining in Q3, but I’d believe that it’s the reasoning in the FIA’s heads.
Oh sorry you are right, I misunderstood this for the first session which will obviously have the extra 2. So yeah I don’t know!