[kropotkin thinks...] - MotoGP Qualifying Shake Up: Two 15 Minute QP Sessions To Deci

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Qualifying for the MotoGP class is to undergo a shake up starting from next year. Instead of the current one-hour qualifying format, two sessions of 15 minutes will settle the starting grid, with the riders divided into two groups on the basis of their combined times through the three sessions of free practice.

The new system is a hybrid of the current system and the superpole format used by World Superbikes and Formula One. An intial selection will be made on the basis of the combined times of the first three sessions of free practice, with the 10 fastest riders going straight through to QP2, with the rest left to fight it out in QP1. The 2 fastest riders in the 15-minute QP1 session will go through to QP2. The original 10 fastest from free practice will be joined by the 2 fastest from QP1 to fight it out for the top 12 grid positions in the 15-minute QP2 session.

To compensate for the shortened qualifying sessions, a 30-minute-long fourth session of free practice will added before qualifying starts.

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