107% rule
As a 107- percent rule in 1996 introduced a part of the sporting regulations of Formula 1 is called. To qualify for the race, a driver may therefore need no more than 107 percent of the pole time for his fastest lap in qualifying. This scheme was set after the 2002 season suspended and will apply again since 2011, based on the fastest lap time in the first qualifying session ( Q1).
History
1995-2002
Due to the decreasing number of teams mid-1990s, the number of 14 racing stables was below the 1995 season, which each vehicle was qualified because of the launch sites available 26 from the start of the race. Because some blatant differences in speed within the starting grid presented this circumstance is a security risk, frequent curves in the race were the result. It was originally planned, the 107- percent rule, therefore, already from the Hungarian Grand Prix to have come into force in 1995. However, these considerations were thwarted by the resistance of the particularly low-performing teams this year Forti and Pacific, the future no longer be able to attend regular race feared. The rule was introduced for the 1996 season through its response from larger teams.
The FIA is reserved the right to, yet allow drivers who failed at the 107- percent threshold due to special circumstances to the Grand Prix. A total of 37 exceedances of the 107- percent - time 13 drivers were allowed on such exceptions to the Grand Prix start. Most often the rider Andrea Montermini and Ricardo Rosset failed in the scheme, they could not qualify five times.
A change in the qualifying format, which was conducted from 2003 of two individual rounds per vehicle with race refueling, it was decided the rules to override because the different fuel loads in the vehicles would cause excessive differences in the lap times.
Reintroduction from 2011
For the 2010 season, some new teams came into Formula 1, of which in particular Virgin Racing and HRT part had a lot of catching to the extreme. It would come with the rule during the season to 17 non- qualifications. For this reason, the 107- percent rule was added to the sporting regulations for season 2011. All drivers that are in the first part of qualifying over 107 percent of the fastest lap, do not qualify for the race. In the first race of the 2011 season, the Grand Prix of Australia, the 107- percent rule came into play: Both drivers of the team HRT, which took up with a new, completely untested car, reached in qualifying insufficient time and could not do by race participate.
Overview: Teams and drivers who do not meet the 107- percent rule
Other racing series
This rule is also in the GP2 series application. The first case dates back to the race at the Hungaroring in 2007, when the Spaniard Marcos Martínez failed the hurdle. Furthermore, the IndyCar Series during the 2010 season reacted to the results of Milka Duno sporty weak and led the 107- percent rule on a street circuits and circuit. On the oval courses, the average speed was allowed a maximum of ten miles per hour below that of the quickest drivers. For the 2011 season, the IndyCar Series exacerbated the scheme to 105- percent rule.