F1 sprint rule change made for Austrian GP to prevent repeat of "unintended consequences"

The FIA has made a change to the F1 sprint regulations ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. 
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 in the pits. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku Street
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 in the pits. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Azerbaijan…

F1’s experimental sprint weekend format is getting its s𒊎econd outing of the season at the Red Bull this weekend. 

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A rule has been tweaked to prevent a repe♔at of the “unintended consequences” that happened in the new qualifying Shootout session during its debut run at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in April.🌠 

The sprint w𒅌eekend rules stated that drivers must use a new set of medium tyres in SQ1 and SQ2, and a new set of softs in SQ3. 

But a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:quirk in the rules left McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris and AlphaTauri’s168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Yuki Tsunoda faci♎ng the prospect of not being able to take part in the final segment of sprint qualifying. 

Ultimat⛦ely, only Norris progressed to SQ3. Due to not having an unused set of soft tyres available, the 23-year-old Briton did not participate in ꧅the top-10 shootout. 

Had he opted to leavꦗe the garage, Norris would have only been allowed to fit intermediate tyres on his car - despite track conditions being dry. 

Ahead of the second s🍸print event of the 2023 season, the FIA, F1 and nine of the 10 teams agreed to a rule change to fix the problem. 

In his pre-event notes, F1 race director Niels Wittich wrote:“In order to avoid the acknowledged unintended consequence whereby in certain situations at sprint events it becomes attractive to run intermediate tyres on a dry track, the following am♌endment to Article 30.5.h of the Formula 1 sporting r💙egulations is made.

“Consultation has occ🍒urred with the commercial rights holder, stewards and teams. The agreement of the FIA, the commercial rights holder and nine competitors has been obtained in ac𝓡cordance with Article 1.4.

“Accordi🤡ngly, my decision is that Article 30.5 h) iv) be modified to read as follows - Article ꦛ30.5h iv revised wording:

“In the period SQ3 🌜of the ওsprint shootout, up to one set of dry-weather tyres may be used, and this must only be a set of the soft specification.”

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