Quali

Quali (QualifyingQualifying (Quali) is a one-hour session used to determine pole position and the order the cars will line up behind...) is a one-hour session used to determine pole positionPole Position (Pole) is the first grid box closest to the start line. The rest of the field lines up,... and the order the cars will line up behind pole.

The hour is structured in three sessions – Q1 at 18 minutes, Q2 at 15 minutes and Q3 at 12 minutes.

Teams are free to put their car on track at any stage of Q1 but they must have registered a formal time before the flagRace tracks have long used flags as a way for marshals to communicate with drivers. The colour and meaning of... drops. At the end of the session, the five slowest cars are dropped and the position they finished Q1 in is the position that they will start from.

Q2 and Q3 follow the same format with the fastest driverOK, so we all know what the driver is, right. I've always liked the description that F1 drivers are like... in Q3 securing Pole Position at the front of the gridThe grid is a reference to the starting order of the race is typically determined by qualifying, however, with the....