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Qualifying should be one shot per session - Carlos Sainz Jr.

Renault’s Carlos Sainz Jr. reckons Formula 1 drivers should only be permitted enough sets of tyres to have just one shot at a hot lap in each qualifying session. Formula 1 chiefs are considering whether to add a fourth segment to qualifying in 2019, up from the current three, with four drivers eliminated post Q1, Q2 and Q3, to leave eight in Q4. Five drivers are currently eliminated after Q1 and Q2, leaving 10 to duke it out in Q3, while there is sufficient session time and tyres to allow drivers two – or more – push laps in each segment. “I would like to see that [a Q4] but only with one set of tyres per session,” said Sainz Jr. “Don’t give the...
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