2023 Formula 1 Season Paddock

New quali rules for Imola
Q1 hard tires
Q2 medium
Q3 soft

Teams get two fewer sets of tires for the weekend. Eleven instead of thirteen. Four soft four medium, three hard.

 

I hate tire rules even more now

 

It's not easy being green. The idea is that Pirelli hauls fewer tires around the world.

So it is enacted at an Italian race because Pirelli are also Italian.

 

The Imola qualy rules are just experimental , its not staying like that for the rest of the season and anyway , the Imola race might get cancelled

https://www.si.com/fannation/racing...-cancellation-with-just-a-few-days-to-go-lm22

 

One of my fav tracks too.

 

I hope it doesn't get cancelled, first time going to Europe this weekend and was looking forward to watching the race at a pub. Hopefully Monaco still happens then

 

I'm betting not cancelled at this point

 

Time to test out the fender ideas lol

 

Mika Hakkinen's Electric Motorcycle Design from Verge

 

Imola paddock ordered evacuated amid flood threat from nearby river

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/imola-f1-paddock-evacuated-ahead-of-flood-threat/10470179/amp/

 

Looking at GE if that river floods it would flood half the race course.

 

Anyone know what happens to cancelled races? I can't recall when it happened last for weather. Is the venue taken out of the schedule permanently or raced at a later date?

 

It will depend on logistics. Can the pit/hospitality/cars be shipped back to the area, when is the track and accommodations available again.....

There is a several month lead time to get crews and gear anywhere with teams having several pit/hospitality setups moving around the globe.

The advantage rescheduling Imola is it is a European race so setups from elsewhere can be driven there, but a lot of other factors need to fall into place.

 

I don't understand why they don't simply let each team choose in advance whatever Pirelli compounds they guess will work best for their car and strategy. Would possibly result in multiple race strategies being in play instead of the normal two. Keep a limit on number of sets. Maybe drop the requirement to run two different compounds on race day too.

 

Be too easy.. everything needs to be complicated these days

 

Race a tire they want to? Get out of here with that logic!

 

Now yes, cross your fingers

https://www.accuweather.com/en/it/imola/212984/daily-weather-forecast/212984

 

The poor bastards who have to assemble the suites will be burning the midnight oil though Ferrari/Hass can likely commute.

It is all the things that need to be in place Thursday for Friday FP1 that are being held up.

Chance of schools and businesses closed tomorrow and there is an advisory against local travel.