F1 qualifying

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola in May has been chosen as the first venue to feature the trial of a new Formula 1 qualifying format, Autosport can ...

[PlusPlusFormula 1Bahrain February Testing ](/f1/news/the-rookies-looking-to-make-their-mark-on-f1-in-2023/10436950/) [PlusPlusFormula 1Bahrain February Testing ](/f1/news/a-bad-week-or-the-dark-horse-from-f1-testing/10437958/) If any of the sessions are declared wet, then tyre choice will become free.

Fernando Alonso topped the times on Friday for Aston Martin ahead of the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix. Here's how and when to watch qualifying.

[PlusPlusFormula 1Bahrain February Testing ](/f1/news/a-bad-week-or-the-dark-horse-from-f1-testing/10437958/) For the entire 2023 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. The temperature is set to be 23 degrees Celsius at the start of qualifying. In the United Kingdom Channel 4 is broadcasting highlights of qualifying for the Bahrain GP at 7:30pm GMT on Saturday evening. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98p or a month membership of £34.99p per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK.

Formula 1 will test a new qualifying format in 2023. Two race weekends this season will test this new format. In an exclusive interview with GPblog, ...

The full interview with the Italian will appear on the website after the weekend. On which weekends the new format will be tested is not yet known. In an exclusive interview with GPblog, [Mario Isola](/en/dossiers/mario-isola) explains exactly how this will work.

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola will be the first to hold a revised qualifying format in 2023.

The revised qualifying format will take place at "up to two events for the 2023 season only" according to the F1 sporting regulations. This means drivers will have access to three sets of Hard, four sets of Mediums and four sets of Softs during the weekend. The change will see the number of sets available to each driver reduced from 13 to 11 in a bid to reduce the amount of tyres brought to a race weekend, with plans to have six available for qualifying and five between practice sessions and the race.

On this live blog, well have all the updates you need to fully follow the Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying, from pre-race news to lap-by-lap coverage. It.

Those in the UK can catch the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sky Sports. There is a big queue waiting for the green light, as there isn't too much time left now. The start time for today's qualifying at the Bahrain International Circuit is 15:00 BST, making it 16:00 CEST.

Formula 1 is set to trial a new tyre allocation qualifying experiment at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola in May.

Under the new format, drivers will receive three sets of Hards, four sets of Mediums and four sets of Softs during the weekend. While drivers are currently free to choose which compounds they use in the three segments of qualifying, the new experimental format will force drivers to use Hard tyres in Q1, Mediums in Q2, and the Soft rubber in Q3. In a bid to reduce the large inventory of tyres that Pirelli brings to each Grand Prix, F1 has devised a new format that will be trialed at two venues this season.