107% rule

Formula One rule October 2017 The 107% rule is a sporting regulation affecting Formula One racing qualifying sessions. During the first phase of qualifying, if the circuit is dry, any driver who is eliminated in the first qualifying session and fails to set a lap within 107% of the fastest time in that session will not be allowed to start the race without permission from the race stewards. For example, if the fastest Q1 lap time was 100 seconds, each driver who is eliminated in the session must complete at least one lap within 107 seconds to guarantee a race start. The 107% rule was introduced for the 1996 season and remained in force until 2002. It was reintroduced for the 2011 season with minor modifications due to the knock-out qualifying format. History left 100% Unless the track was declared wet by the race director, any driver eliminated during Q1 whose best qualifying lap exceeds 107% of the fastest time set during that session, or who fails to set a time, will not be allowed to take part in the race. Under exceptional circumstances however, which may include setting a suitable lap time in a free practice session, the stewards may permit the car to start the race. Any driver accepted in this manner will be placed at the back of the starting grid after any other penalties have been applied. Should there be more than one driver accepted in this manner they will be arranged on the grid in the order they were classified in P3. – Article 35.1 of the 2018 Formula One Sporting Regulationshttps://www.fia.com/file/70710/download/23276?token=szOjLZMY 2018 Formula One Sporting Regulations 17 July 2018 FIA 12 July 2020 Introduction The governing body of F1, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), introduced the 107% rule at a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in June 1995, immediately prior to the French Grand Prix.World Council decisions grandprix.com http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00196.html 3 July 1995 3 January 2009 This followed a recommendation from the Formula One Commission, a working group of F1 representatives, to introduce such a measure.Dodgins Tony 29 June 1995 Top Story: F1 grid cut threatens small teams Autosport 139 13 4–5 Over the previous few years, the number of entries per season had dropped to 26, the maximum threshold for race starters, allowing every entrant to qualify for the race regardless of speed. For 1995, new technical regulations spaced out the field, whilst numerous teams with comparatively small budgets and slow cars, such as Forti, Pacific, and Simtek, were competing in the sport. The regulation was originally planned to come into effect from the 1995 Hungarian Grand Prix, but this required unanimous support amongst the teams, and was vetoed by Forti and Pacific. Nevertheless, the fact that it was supported by the majority of the teams allowed the 107% rule's introduction from the start of the 1996 season. The mid-1990s also brought a number of pay drivers to the sport whose speeds would not have allowed them to race, such as Giovanni Lavaggi and Jean-Denis Delétraz. Commenting on the introduction of the 107% rule, FIA President Max Mosley said that "any small team which is properly organised will be able to get within the 107 per cent margin".Henry (ed.) (1995), p. 38. The sport's commercial rights holder, Bernie Ecclestone, agreed with this sentiment, saying in an interview that "Formula 1 is the best. And we don't need anything in it that isn't the best." He also accused some of the smaller teams of having a "startline special" mentality, in that they were solely concerned with entering the race to gain television coverage for their sponsors, and were not too occupied with actual performance given that all the entrants were guaranteed to make the race.Roebuck Nigel Nigel Roebuck 6 July 1995 Fifth Column: Never mind the width Autosport 140 1 25 On the other hand, the smaller teams were concerned at the prospect of having to lap within a maximum time in order to qualify, which they saw as exacerbating the inequalities already existent within the sport. Pacific's commercial manager, Mark Gallagher, said: "We have to say the 107% rule gives rise to concern among teams without works engines. It's got more to do with engines than chassis, and that's an area outside our direct capability. Closing the gap to Minardi is quite feasible, but the sudden arrival of the rule is worrying. If you have three years to plan whether or not to do something, that's very different from having the goalposts moved while you are playing the game." Application The 107% rule was thus introduced at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix. It was breached immediately, as Forti drivers Luca Badoer and Andrea Montermini failed to lap within 107% of Jacques Villeneuve's pole position time. This had been an expected outcome, as the team was using an upgraded version of the previous year's Forti FG01 chassis, which had only qualified within 107% of pole position on one of thirty-four occasions beforehand.Henry (ed.) (1996), pp. 92, 101. Both drivers also failed to qualify for the European Grand Prix, the fourth round of the championship. At the following race, the San Marino Grand Prix, Badoer drove the more competitive FG03 chassis for the first time, whilst Montermini failed to make the 107% cut in the older car.Henry (ed.) (1996), p. 136. Both then failed to qualify for the Spanish Grand Prix two races later. By the tenth round of the championship, the British Grand Prix, the team was running out of money and made only a token attempt to qualify after not taking part in the preceding free practice sessions, neither car making the time limit.Henry (ed.) (1996), pp. 92, 185. Following the next race, in which the team did not complete any laps at all, Forti withdrew from Formula One. In the latter half of the season, the Minardi team replaced regular driver Giancarlo Fisichella with the paying Giovanni Lavaggi, who failed to make the 107% cut at the German, Belgian, and Japanese Grands Prix. In 1997, the 107% rule was only invoked at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Villeneuve again set pole position with a time over a second faster than his nearest rival, resulting in a well-spaced field.Henry (ed.) (1997), p. 107. As a result, Pedro Diniz, Vincenzo Sospiri, and Ricardo Rosset all failed to make the 107% mark. Diniz was allowed to race at the discretion of the race stewards, who judged him capable of lapping within the limit, as he had indeed done so during the free practice session prior to qualifying.Henry (ed.) (1997), p. 100. The FIA cited "exceptional circumstances" as the reason for his failure to do so during the qualifying session itself.F1 teams race home to test grandprix.com http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns01020.html 17 March 1997 27 March 2009 Sospiri and Rosset, driving for the new MasterCard Lola team, were five and six seconds off Diniz's time respectively, and well outside the qualification limit. Neither driver was allowed to start the race, and the team folded before the next Grand Prix. During the 1998 season, Rosset—now driving for the Tyrrell team—failed to qualify on five occasions. He lapped outside the 107% time during qualifying sessions for the Spanish, Monaco, Hungarian, and Japanese Grands Prix. He also failed to qualify for the German Grand Prix, but this was due to him not completing any laps at all after injuring his right elbow as a result of a heavy crash during free practice.Henry (ed.) (1998), p. 192. The 107% rule was invoked on two occasions in 1999. At the first round of the championship—the Australian Grand Prix—Marc Gené failed to lap within the required percentage of the pole position time in his Minardi. As with Diniz two years earlier, he was given dispensation to race after lapping within the limit during the free practice sessions.Henry (ed.) (1999), p. 99. At the French Grand Prix later in the season, a qualifying session marked by a varying intensity of rainfall saw five drivers—Damon Hill, Gené, Luca Badoer, Pedro de la Rosa, and Toranosuke Takagi—miss the cut-off, but all were allowed to start the race.Henry (ed.) (1999), p. 149. After a 2000 season in which no driver transgressed the 107% rule, it was enforced on three occasions in 2001. At the opening race in Australia, Tarso Marques failed to lap within the required time for Minardi. He was given permission to race under the reason of "exceptional circumstances", but this was despite the fact that he had not managed to set a time within the 107% mark in any session all weekend.Henry (ed.) (2001), p. 115. It was rumoured that Marques was allowed to race because the team had been bought prior to the start of the season by Australian Paul Stoddart, who wanted both cars to compete in Minardi's new "home" Grand Prix.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr664.html GRAND PRIX RESULTS: AUSTRALIAN GP, 2001 27 March 2009 grandprix.com At the British Grand Prix, Marques again fell foul of the regulation, but was not allowed to start on this occasion.Henry (ed.) (2001), p. 198. The Belgian Grand Prix also witnessed a wet qualifying session in which the track steadily dried, resulting in the four slowest qualifiers—Jos Verstappen, Fernando Alonso, Enrique Bernoldi, and Marques—failing to lap within 107% of pole position. As in the similar case of the French Grand Prix two years previously, all were allowed to start the race.Mansell (ed.), pp. 353, 379, 495. thumb|right|The Arrows team deliberately failed to qualify for the 2002 French Grand Prix due to financial problems. The 107% rule also came into effect during the 2002 season. At the first round of the championship, the Australian Grand Prix, Takuma Sato crashed heavily during free practice and had to use the Jordan team's spare car for qualifying, only for the replacement to stop with a gearbox problem without setting a time. By the time his teammate, Fisichella, did his first run and handed over his own chassis, it had begun to rain, leaving Sato with no chance of making the required time. However, he was allowed to start the race as in the case of previous cases affected by changeable weather conditions.Henry (ed.) (2002), p. 91. Minardi driver Alex Yoong failed to qualify for the San Marino, British, and German Grands Prix under the conditions of the rule, a turn of events which led to his replacement by Anthony Davidson for two races.Henry (ed.) (2002), p. 81. At the French Grand Prix, the Arrows team was running out of money and made a token appearance during the qualifying session to avoid FIA-imposed fines for missing rounds of the championship; drivers Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Bernoldi failed to lap within the required time. Frentzen subsequently left the circuit with ten minutes of the session still remaining, making the team's ploy obvious.Henry (ed.) (2002), p. 180. Fisichella also failed to qualify as he did not set a time during this session, although this was the result of his withdrawal from the event following a heavy crash during free practice. In total, there were 37 cases in which the 107% rule was broken during the period in which it was a Formula One Sporting Regulation. Of these, 13 drivers were allowed to start the relevant race due to "exceptional circumstances". The rule affected 23 out of the 116 Grands Prix in which it applied. Abolition The qualifying system changed for the 2003 season with the introduction of two ordered single-lap sessions to replace the previous free hour-long session in which drivers were allowed to complete twelve laps. Drivers also had to qualify with the race fuel on board their cars. Due to the scope for greater time disparities throughout the field that could occur as a result, the 107% rule was not mentioned when the FIA finalised the format prior to the beginning of the season, despite an earlier assurance that the rule would still apply.FIA: 107% Rule is Still On for 2003 atlasf1.autosport.com http://atlasf1.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/8918/.html 29 October 2002 17 March 2009 1 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120301164731/http://atlasf1.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/8918/.html deadFIA clarifies F1 qualifying regulations autosport.com http://www.autosport-atlas.com/article.asp?id=22033 17 March 2009Qualifying format finalized grandprix.com http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns08697.html 26 February 2003 17 March 2009 The governing body subsequently proposed the formal cancellation of the rule,The 107% rule to be axed grandprix.com http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns08703.html 27 February 2003 17 March 2009 which ceased to apply with effect from the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix. Following the 2003 season, the timing of the two single-lap sessions was altered for them to occur on the same day, within 15 minutes of each other. This proved unpopular with the smaller teams, who were liable to make their runs at the end of the first session (as this was run in championship order) and at the beginning of the second session (which was run in reverse order of the results of the first session), and with TV spectators, who had to watch a longer programme as a result. During the 2004 season, the system's flaws were exposed, and proposed changes to the qualifying system made midway through the championship at one point seemed to suggest that the 107% rule would return as part of a new format. In the end, however, only minor changes relating to the timing of the existing sessions were made.Baldwin Alan FIA and Teams Agree to Leave Qualifying As Is atlasf1.autosport.com http://atlasf1.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/13732/.html 28 June 2004 17 March 2009 25 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225201502/http://atlasf1.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/13732/.html dead Minardi team owner Paul Stoddart was particularly opposed to the reintroduction of the rule.Cameron David 107% Rule Will Not be Reintroduced atlasf1.autosport.com http://atlasf1.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/13574/.html 13 June 2004 17 March 2009 25 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225201503/http://atlasf1.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/13574/.html dead Reintroduction At the start of the 2010 season, new FIA President Jean Todt said that he was in favour of re-introducing the 107% rule, as the qualifying system had changed again so that all of the sessions were carried out with low fuel levels.Noble Jonathan Elizalde, Pablo Todt in favour of 107 per cent rule Haymarket Publications autosport.com http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82045 12 March 2010 12 March 2010 On 23 June, a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council determined that the 107% rule would be reintroduced for the 2011 season. The rule applies only to the first of the three qualifying sessions for each race.2011 F1 Sporting Regulations Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/9A195FD4A47DA4E1C12577F8004AA63E/$FILE/1-2011%20SPORTING%20REGULATIONS%2010-12-2010.pdf 29 March 2011 From its re-introduction to the end of the 2015 season, the 107% rule was broken a further 17 times at 12 different races, all but one by HRT, Caterham, and Virgin/Marussia drivers. Unlike the rule's first period of application, where infringing drivers were very rarely allowed to compete, only four of these occurrences of rule violation resulted in the drivers being barred from the race. These were Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix, and Pedro de la Rosa and Karthikeyan at the 2012 Australian Grand Prix – all of whom drove for HRT. At the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix, eleven drivers failed to reach the 107% limit as the session was stopped for inclement weather and subsequent incidents, but all were permitted to compete. Beginning with the 2018 season, the regulations were amended so that the 107% rule would not be enforced if the track was declared wet by the race director during qualifying.2018 F1 Sporting Regulations 17 July 2018 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile https://www.fia.com/formula-one-sporting-regulations-2018 1 December 2020 List of 107% rule violations +107% rule in its first iteration (1996–2002) Year Event Pole position time 107% time Driver Team Time % of poleRounded to three decimal places. Allowed to race? 1996 1996 Australian 1:32.371 1:38.837 ITA Luca Badoer ITA Forti 1:39.202 107.395 No ITA Andrea Montermini 1:42.087 110.518 No 1996 European 1:18.941 1:24.467 ITA Andrea Montermini ITA Forti 1:25.053 107.742 No ITA Luca Badoer 1:25.840 108.739 No 1996 San Marino 1:26.890 1:32.972 ITA Andrea Montermini ITA Forti 1:33.685 107.802 No 1996 Spanish 1:20.650 1:26.295 ITA Luca Badoer ITA Forti 1:26.615 107.396 No ITA Andrea Montermini 1:27.358 108.317 No 1996 British 1:26.875 1:32.956 ITA Andrea Montermini ITA Forti 1:35.206 109.590 No ITA Luca Badoer 1:35.304 109.702 No 1996 German 1:43.912 1:51.186 ITA Giovanni Lavaggi ITA Minardi 1:51.357 107.165 No 1996 Belgian 1:50.574 1:58.314 ITA Giovanni Lavaggi ITA Minardi 1:58.579 107.239 No 1996 Japanese 1:38.909 1:45.833 ITA Giovanni Lavaggi ITA Minardi 1:46.795 107.973 No 1997 1997 Australian 1:29.369 1:35.625 BRA Pedro Diniz GBR Arrows 1:35.972 107.388 Yes ITA Vincenzo Sospiri GBR Lola 1:40.972 112.988 No BRA Ricardo Rosset 1:42.086 114.230 No 1998 1998 Spanish 1:20.262 1:25.880 BRA Ricardo Rosset GBR Tyrrell 1:25.946 107.082 No 1998 Monaco 1:19.798 1:25.383 BRA Ricardo Rosset GBR Tyrrell 1:25.737 107.443 No 1998 Hungarian 1:16.973 1:22.361 BRA Ricardo Rosset GBR Tyrrell 1:23.140 108.012 No 1998 Japanese 1:36.293 1:43.033 BRA Ricardo Rosset GBR Tyrrell 1:43.259 107.234 No 1999 1999 Australian 1:30.462 1:36.794 ESP Marc Gené ITA Minardi 1:37.013 107.242 Yes 1999 French 1:38.441 1:45.331 GBR Damon Hill IRL Jordan 1:45.334 107.002 Yes ESP Marc Gené ITA Minardi 1:46.324 108.008 Yes ITA Luca Badoer 1:46.784 108.475 Yes ESP Pedro de la Rosa GBR Arrows 1:48.215 109.929 Yes JPN Toranosuke Takagi 1:48.322 110.038 Yes 2001 2001 Australian 1:26.892 1:32.974 BRA Tarso Marques ITA Minardi 1:33.228 107.292 Yes 2001 British 1:20.447 1:26.078 BRA Tarso Marques ITA Minardi 1:26.508 107.534 No 2001 Belgian 1:52.072 1:59.917 NED Jos Verstappen GBR Arrows 2:02.039 108.893 Yes ESP Fernando Alonso ITA Minardi 2:02.594 109.389 Yes BRA Enrique Bernoldi GBR Arrows 2:03.048 109.794 Yes BRA Tarso Marques ITA Minardi 2:04.204 110.825 Yes 2002 2002 Australian 1:25.843 1:31.852 JPN Takuma Sato IRL Jordan 1:53.351 132.045 Yes 2002 San Marino 1:21.091 1:26.767 MYS Alex Yoong ITA Minardi 1:27.241 107.584 No 2002 British 1:18.998 1:24.527 MYS Alex Yoong ITA Minardi 1:24.785 107.291 No 2002 French 1:11.985 1:17.023 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen GBR Arrows 1:18.497 109.046 No BRA Enrique Bernoldi 1:19.843 110.916 No 2002 German 1:14.389 1:19.596 MYS Alex Yoong ITA Minardi 1:19.775 107.240 No +107% rule after adoption by first qualifying round (from 2011) Year Event Q1 fastest time 107% time Driver Team Time % of fastest Allowed to race? 2011 2011 Australian 1:25.296 1:31.266 ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi ESP HRT 1:32.978 109.006 No IND Narain Karthikeyan 1:34.293 110.547 No 2011 Canadian 1:13.822 1:18.989 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio RUS Virgin 1:19.414 107.575 Yes 2011 Belgian 2:01.813 2:10.339 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio RUS Virgin 2:11.601 108.035 Yes ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi ESP HRT 2:11.616 108.047 Yes AUS Daniel Ricciardo 2:13.077 109.246 Yes 2011 Indian 1:26.189 1:32.222 GER Timo Glock RUS Virgin 1:34.046 109.116 Yes 2012 2012 Australian 1:26.182 1:32.214 ESP Pedro de la Rosa ESP HRT 1:33.495 108.486 No IND Narain Karthikeyan 1:33.643 108.658 No 2012 Spanish 1:22.583 1:28.363 IND Narain Karthikeyan ESP HRT 1:31.122 110.340 Yes 2012 British 1:46.279 1:53.718 FRA Charles Pic RUS Marussia 1:54.143 107.399 Yes 2013 2013 Australian 1:43.380 1:50.616 FRA Charles Pic MYS Caterham 1:50.626 107.009 Yes 2014 2014 British 1:40.380 1:47.406 SWE Marcus Ericsson MYS Caterham 1:49.421 109.006 Yes JPN Kamui Kobayashi 1:49.625 109.210 Yes 20152015 Malaysian1:39.2691:46.217 ESP Roberto Merhi GBR Marussia1:46.677107.462Yes2015 Japanese1:33.0151:39.386 USA Alexander Rossi GBR Marussia1:47.114115.158Yes2015 United States1:56:4952:04.650 ESP Carlos Sainz Jr. ITA Toro Rosso2:07.304109.279Yes 20162016 Monaco1:14.9121:19.832 NED Max Verstappen AUT Red Bull1:22.467110.085Yes 2016 Hungarian 1:33.302 1:39.833 AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUT Red Bull1:39.968107.145Yes NED Max Verstappen1:40.424107.663Yes MEX Sergio Pérez IND Force India1:41.411108.691Yes GER Nico Hülkenberg1:41.471108.755Yes FIN Valtteri Bottas GBR Williams1:42.758110.135Yes GBR Jolyon Palmer FRA Renault1:43.965111.428Yes BRA Felipe Massa GBR Williams1:43.999111.465Yes DEN Kevin Magnussen FRA Renault1:44.543112.048Yes SWE Marcus Ericsson SUI Sauber1:46.984114.664Yes GER Pascal Wehrlein GBR Manor1:47.343115.049Yes IDN Rio Haryanto1:50.189118.099Yes20172017 Italian1:35.7161:42.416 FRA Romain Grosjean USA Haas1:43.355107.226Yes20182018 Azerbaijan1:42.5381:49.715 NZL Brendon Hartley ITA Toro Rosso1:57.354114.449Yes20212021 French1:31.0011:37.371 CAN Lance Stroll GBR Aston Martin2:12.584145.695Yes 20232023 Saudi Arabian1:28.7611:34.974 USA Logan Sargeant GBR Williams2:08.510144.782Yes2023 Azerbaijan1:41.2691:48.357 NED Nyck de Vries ITA AlphaTauri1:55.282113.837Yes2023 Qatar Sprint1:24.4541:30.366 USA Logan Sargeant GBR Williams2:05.741137.586Yes Use in other racing series The 107% rule, or variations thereof, has also been used in other motorsport series. Formula E Formula E applies an alternative 110% rule in qualifying. Race stewards have discretion to allow drivers who broke the rule to partake in the race,Doc 46 – Decision 16 https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/04_R04%20Mexico%20City/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/46_Doc%2046%20-%20Decision%20No.%2016.pdf FIA Formula E 1 March 2020 usually by looking at the times posted in free practice sessions.Doc 53 – Decision 17 https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/05_R05%20Marrakesh/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/53_Doc%2053%20-%20Decision%20No.%2017.pdf FIA Formula E 1 March 2020 The rule is most commonly broken when a driver fails to enter his qualifying lap in timeDoc 41 – Decision 14 https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/05_R05%20Marrakesh/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/41_Doc%2041%20-%20Decision%20No.%2014.pdf FIA Formula E 1 March 2020 or has had his qualifying lap invalidated (therefore only his entry lap is recorded).Doc 47 – Decision 13 https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/05_R05%20Marrakesh/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/47_Doc%2047%20-%20Decision%20No.%2013.pdf FIA Formula E 1 March 2020 The car breaking down or a crash during the session could also lead to a violation of this rule. There has been no occasion where a driver was not allowed to compete in the race so far. GP2 and F2 Series The 107% rule is also used in the GP2 Series as well as its successor Formula 2, where it has been applied on four occasions. Marcos Martínez failed to qualify for his debut race meeting at the Hungaroring in 2007 after failing to set a lap time due to engine problems, despite lapping within 107% of the fastest time in free practice.Martínez not allowed to debut in GP2 this weekend GPUpdate http://www.gpupdate.net/en/gp2-news/162167/martinez-not-allowed-to-debut-in-gp2-this-weekend/ 7 August 2007 28 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225201507/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/gp2-news/162167/martinez-not-allowed-to-debut-in-gp2-this-weekend/ 25 February 2012 dead dmy-all At the Monaco round of the 2009 season, Ricardo Teixeira failed to lap within 107% of the pole position time and was not allowed to take part in the races.Trident Racing's Davide Rigon, 9th while Ricardo Teixeira did not start Automobilsport automobilsport.com http://www.automobilsport.com/teams-pilots--35,63749,Trident-Racings-Davide-Rigon-9th-while-Ricardo-Teixeira-did-not-start,news.htm 23 May 2009 24 July 2009 Maggy Parries https://web.archive.org/web/20110707192133/http://www.automobilsport.com/teams-pilots--35,63749,Trident-Racings-Davide-Rigon-9th-while-Ricardo-Teixeira-did-not-start,news.htm 7 July 2011 usurped dmy-all During qualifying for the round of the championship held at the Hungaroring later that year, Romain Grosjean and Franck Perera collided before either had set a representative lap time: Perera was judged guilty of impeding and was barred from taking part in the first race, but allowed to start from the back of the grid in the second; Grosjean was given dispensation to start both races.Franck Perera handed penalty GP2 Series gp2series.com http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2457 24 July 2009 24 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090802010732/http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2457 2 August 2009 dead Perera also failed to qualify for the Spa-Francorchamps races under the 107% criteria.Glendenning Mark Di Grassi penalised for blocking Haymarket Publishing autosport.com http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78085 28 August 2009 19 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090831143130/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78085 31 August 2009 live Alessio Deledda became the first driver since Perera in this racing category to fall victim to the 107% rule. He qualified 6.341 seconds off from the fastest time set by Robert Shwartzman in his group during qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix round in 2021. As he was 7.314 seconds off the fastest time set by Shwartzman during the practice session, he was unable to take part in all three races in the weekend. He was, however, given permission to start by the stewards, after it was later revealed after the weekend that Deledda's car had mechanical problems and that he was within the 107% time during the previous round at Bahrain.Deledda allowed to start in Monaco F2 despite 107% rule https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/deledda-start-monaco-f2-despite-107-percent-rule/6512188/ 2021-06-05 www.motorsport.com enMasi explains why Deledda raced despite 107% breach https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/masi-explains-why-deledda-raced-despite-107-breach-/6514984/ 2021-06-05 www.motorsport.com en In the following year's running of the same event, Richard Verschoor became the latest driver to fall foul of the rule when he failed to set a representative time within 107% time due to ongoing electrical issues, and the premature ending of the qualifying session due to an accident from Jake Hughes denying him from setting a time, but was again given permission to start both races by the stewards.F2 Monaco: Lawson loses feature race pole over yellow flag infringement https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/f2-monaco-lawson-loses-feature-race-pole-over-yellow-flag-infringement-/10311831/ 2022-05-28 www.motorsport.com en GP3 and F3 Series The 107% rule is also used in the GP3 Series and the succeeding Formula 3. So far, the rule has only been in effect on one occasion during the GP3 era. In the 2012 Silverstone round, Carmen Jordá failed to set a lap time within 107% of the pole time. As she was also outside 107% of the fastest time in the practice session, she was not allowed to start the race. After a 10-year absence, Zdeněk Chovanec became the first driver in the F3 era to fall foul of the rule, qualifying about 8 seconds off pole position time at Austria, but he was allowed to start both sprint and feature races, as his lap time from the free practice session was sufficient for him to participate.Chovanec given permission to start from the back of the grid https://www.fiaformula3.com/Latest/5u5AVOJiLcDiXJYdgZph9n/chovanec-given-permission-to-start-from-the-back-of-the-grid 8 July 2022 FIAFormula3 – The Official F3 Website en MotoGP MotoGP uses a similar rule for race competition, where riders must be within 105% of the lap times of the fastest rider in each of the practice sessions in order to take part in qualifying sessions. Between 2013 and 2021, the 107% rule was also used in the competition. Riders including Aleix Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow criticized about the effectiveness of the rule when Christophe Ponsson finished one lap slower than the race winner in 2018 San Marino Grand Prix, urging the FIM to tighten the rule. Japanese rider Takumi Takahashi, who won Suzuka 8 Hours in 2010, failed to qualify in 2023 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix after running 0.6 slower than the 105% of the fastest lap time in practice sessions. IndyCar The IndyCar Series uses a similar rule for race competition, where cars must be within 105% of the lap times of the fastest car.IndyCar officials rule no extra boost for Lotus on race day at Indianapolis http://autoweek.com/article/indycar/indycar-officials-rule-no-extra-boost-lotus-race-day-indianapolis autoweek.com 18 March 2015 May 21, 2012 NASCAR NASCAR uses a similar rule for race competition, where cars must be within 115% of the fastest lap set in the final practice.Ryan Nate Jeff Gordon says NASCAR should rethink minimum speeds https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2014/07/14/jeff-gordon-thinks-nascar-should-raise-minimum-speed-joey-logano-morgan-shepherd/12633809/ USA Today 18 March 2015 July 14, 2014 Super GT In Super GT series, a slightly different 107% rule is being used. Until 2024, the base time is calculated by the mean time of top three cars within a class rather than the fastest lap time by a single car in that class. All drivers in the non-seeded teams must set a lap time within this time in order to qualify for the race. However, teams which could not qualify in official qualifying sessions may still be allowed to retry in following day's practice session, providing reasons such as accidents. In this case, the 107% of top three cars in practice session's will be used instead, in return, teams will start at the back of the grid. In races using the knockout format, a separate qualifying session will be launched prior the knockout qualifying to decide teams which are allowed to take part in the race.http://supergt.net/supergt/2010/10regulation/index.htm 2010 Super GT Regulations Digest supergt.net https://web.archive.org/web/20110928200747/http://supergt.net/supergt/2010/10regulation/index.htm 28 September 2011 From 2024, this was removed from Q1 lap times and only applied to Q2 laps.O’Connell R. J. 2024-04-30 dailysportscar.com SUPER GT, Qualifying Rule Revision https://www.dailysportscar.com/2024/04/30/super-gt-qualifying-rule-revision-fuji-3-hours-special-conditions.html 2026-05-17 www.dailysportscar.com en-GB Another major difference of the 107% rule in Super GT is that there is a protection system called "seeded teams", which is awarded to each team which participated in all races and finished within the top 12 of its class in the previous season. These teams, provided they meet other entrance requirements, are allowed to participate in all races even when they fail to meet the qualifying time in official qualifying sessions. A team's "seeded team" status is forfeited when the team switches class or withdraws from the series, and the void caused by this will not be filled in by other teams. Rally raid The World Rally-Raid Championship used a 107% rule to set the starting lineup for the first stage of a given rally. If a driver regardless of category set a time within 107% of the prologue's winner, they were to start ahead of those with slower times for the next day. This percentage expanded to 115% for drivers with a gold or platinum FIA Driver Categorisation.Nguyen Justin https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2024/10/fia-tweaks-start-order-for-2025-w2rc/ FIA tweaks start order for 2025 W2RC The Checkered Flag 30 October 2024 23 June 2026 In mid-2026, the percentage was increased to 117%.https://www.fia.com/news/building-stronger-future-fia-championships-updated-regulations-approved-world-motor-sport Building a stronger future for FIA Championships with updated regulations approved by the World Motor Sport Council Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 23 June 2026 23 June 2026 References Footnotes 30em Books Domenjoz Luc Silbermann, Eric Formula 1 Yearbook 1997–98 https://archive.org/details/formula1yearbook0000unse_g8j1 Chronosports Editeur/Parragon 1997 0-7525-2386-4 registration Henry Alan Alan Henry AUTOCOURSE 1995–96 https://archive.org/details/autocourseworlds0000unse/ Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1996 1-874557-36-5 registration Henry Alan AUTOCOURSE 1996–97 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1996 1-874557-91-8 Henry Alan AUTOCOURSE 1997–98 https://archive.org/details/autocourse1997980000unse/ Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1997 1-874557-47-0 registration Henry Alan AUTOCOURSE 1998–99 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1998 1-874557-43-8 Henry Alan AUTOCOURSE 1999–2000 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1999 1-874557-34-9 Henry Alan AUTOCOURSE 2000–2001 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 2000 1-874557-79-9 Henry Alan AUTOCOURSE 2001–2002 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 2001 1-903135-06-0 Henry Alan AUTOCOURSE 2002–2003 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 2002 1-903135-10-9 Mansell Nigel 2001 Formula One Annual European Press Ltd https://archive.org/details/officialformulao0000unse 2001 0-9541368-0-2 registration Category:Formula One Category:Sports rules and regulations Category:1996 introductions Category:2011 introductions