FIA to revise qualifying rules before Bahrain

The FIA is to revise the qualifying rules for the Bahrain Grand Prix and this to prevent a repeat of the controversy during the session in Malaysia. This news was reported by our colleagues of autosport.

The FIA is to issue an imminent clarification to the teams imposing a maximum laptime for drivers in qualifying. An FIA spokesman confirmed that teams will be notified of the decision to impose a maximum time limit, which is likely to be 120 percent of a normal lap:

"The matter is under discussion and our clarification to the teams and drivers will be that cars returning to the pits having completed their flying lap or laps will be required to do so within a time that we will set.

"This could be approximately 120% of the 'normal' time as we do to prevent drivers going very slowly to the grid to save fuel."