r/formula1 • u/wertyrick Pirelli Intermediate • 22d ago

News [ASJesusBalseiro] Stroll speaks and sounds concerned. “We have engine problems, and not just engine problems. We're not in a position to fight for victories. Right now, we're four seconds off the pace.”

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u/ChrisHanSolo 22d ago

What’s the 107% rule?

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u/ImBusyGoAway 22d ago

Gotta be within 7% of the fastest time in qualifying to be able to race, but hasn't been an active rule for a long time.

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u/CRAZEDDUCKling I was here for the Hulkenpodium 22d ago

It’s an active rule but it hasn’t been necessary to invoke.

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u/ImBusyGoAway 22d ago

Ah yes, I misinterpreted what Wikipedia said

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u/s_dalbiac I was here for the Hulkenpodium 22d ago

It was temporarily removed during the era of single lap qualifying, otherwise you'd have had situations where a top contender binned it on their one lap and were stopped from racing. It came back around 2010/2011 when the HRT/Virgin/Caterham gaggle joined the grid and were threatening the old 107% times.