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FIA to use strict maximum lap time to stop slow warm-ups

The FIA will be implementing a strict minimum lap speed around Paul Ricard at the weekend, to try and halt driving unnecessarily slowly during qualifying. Race director Eduardo Freitas will be implementing a rule whereby drivers must not exceed a lap time of 1:48 while going around in qualifying and pre-race laps once the pit lane opens, to try and ease congestion around the circuit as drivers wind up for flying laps. It is not uncommon for drivers to bide their time and queue for a gap to emerge before winding up for a full qualifying run, but the ruling will stop drivers from sitting and waiting for too long. This maximum lap time is around 15 seconds slower than the drivers had managed...
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