Formula 1 will experience a major rule change from next year! It will affect all teams without exception

As part of the entry into a new era and with the advent of 18-inch tyres, F1 has removed from the regulations the obligation to start the race on the compound on which the elite ten set the fastest time in qualifying (Q2). However, the queen of motorsport has now come out with the news that she is likely to introduce compulsory tyre compounds for qualifying next year.

Last season, there was a simple rule in Formula 1. The top ten drivers from Saturday’s qualifying had to start Sunday’s race on the same tyre specification they set the fastest time on in Q2, the middle part of qualifying.

However, that has changed with the advent of 18-inch tyres and, more importantly, with F1 entering a new era.

As of this year, that rule is no longer in force. So not only do drivers usually drive the entire qualifying session on the red tyre, and therefore the fastest set of tyres.

Thanks to the removal of this rule, the teams are also free to choose which tyre specification they use for the start, or the first laps of the Grand Prix.

As a result of making qualifying more attractive, F1 is looking to try a change next year that will of course affect everyone. The format of qualifying will not change, but for the different parts of qualifying (Q1, Q2 and Q3) the queen of motorsport will introduce mandatory tyre compounds.

In practice, this should mean that in Q1 drivers will only be able to fit the white hardest tyre specification. In the middle segment of qualifying, drivers and teams will be given the option of running only the medium compound marked yellow.

And in Q3, where only the fastest ten drivers regularly qualify, drivers will battle it out for pole position on the red and softest set of tyres.

But for 2023, F1 is also introducing other tyre changes. Drivers will only receive 11 sets of tyres over the two race weekends when the queen of motorsport will test the changed qualifying format. Under current regulations, teams are allowed to use two more sets.

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