107% Rule

RThe 107% Rule is a means to ensure that entries to a race are fast enough to be competitive, and not pose a danger to faster cars. It was originally enacted for the season, and was in place through . The rule reintroduced for , and has been in place ever since.
==The rule==
The rule as it stands now is fairly simple: during the first qualifying session, every car has to turn a time that is within 107% of the fastest time. For example, if the fastest car in Q1 turned a time of one hundred seconds (1:40.000), then all of the other cars would have to be faster than one hundred and seven seconds (1:47.000). Cars that fail to reach that threshold can appeal to the stewards, if they can show evidence that the car was clearly fast enough in timed practice, and the time in Q1 was caused by issues like weather, mechanical problems or an incident. But if a car was consistently slow all weekend, and failed to post a fast enough time, that car will not be allowed to start the race. You can calculate 107% of the best lap time manually or use an online calculator like the one at simhobby.com/lap-time-percentage-calculator.
As shown by the chart below, it has been a number of years since the rule has had to be enforced.
==List of 107% time violations==
Year 	Event 	107% Time 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Percent 	Race?
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:38.837 	Luca Badoer 	 	1:39.202 	107.395% 	No
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:38.837 	Andrea Montermini 	 	1:42.087 	110.518% 	No
 	European Grand Prix 	1:24.467 	Andrea Montermini 	 	1:25.053 	107.742% 	No
 	European Grand Prix 	1:24.467 	Luca Badoer 	 	1:25.840 	108.739% 	No
 	San Marino Grand Prix 	1:32.972 	Andrea Montermini 	 	1:33.685 	107.820% 	No
 	Spanish Grand Prix 	1:26.295 	Luca Badoer 	 	1:26.615 	107.396% 	No
 	Spanish Grand Prix 	1:26.295 	Andrea Montermini 	 	1:27.358 	108.317% 	No
 	British Grand Prix 	1:32.956 	Andrea Montermini 	 	1:35.206 	109.590% 	No
 	British Grand Prix 	1:32.956 	Luca Badoer 	 	1:35.304 	109.702% 	No
 	German Grand Prix 	1:51.186 	Giovanni Lavaggi 	 	1:51.357 	107.165% 	No
 	Belgian Grand Prix 	1:58.314 	Giovanni Lavaggi 	 	1:58.579 	107.240% 	No
 	Japanese Grand Prix 	1:45.833 	Giovanni Lavaggi 	 	1:46.795 	107.973% 	No
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:35.625 	Pedro Diniz 	 	1:35.972 	107.388% 	Yes
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:35.625 	Vincenzo Sospiri 	 	1:40.972 	112.983% 	No
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:35.625 	Ricardo Rosset 	 	1:42.086 	114.230% 	No
 	Spanish Grand Prix 	1:25.880 	Ricardo Rosset 	 	1:25.946 	107.082% 	No
 	Monaco Grand Prix 	1:25.383 	Ricardo Rosset 	 	1:25.737 	107.443% 	No
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:22.361 	Ricardo Rosset 	 	1:23.140 	108.012% 	No
 	Japanese Grand Prix 	1:43.033 	Ricardo Rosset 	 	1:43.259 	107.234% 	No
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:36.794 	Marc Gené 	 	1:37.013 	107.242% 	Yes
 	French Grand Prix 	1:45.331 	Damon Hill 	 	1:45.334 	107.002% 	Yes
 	French Grand Prix 	1:45.331 	Marc Gené 	 	1:46.324 	108.008% 	Yes
 	French Grand Prix 	1:45.331 	Luca Badoer 	 	1:46.784 	108.475% 	Yes
 	French Grand Prix 	1:45.331 	Pedro de la Rosa 	 	1:48.215 	109.929% 	Yes
 	French Grand Prix 	1:45.331 	Tora Takagi 	 	1:48.322 	110.037% 	Yes
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:32.974 	Tarso Marques 	 	1:33.228 	107.292% 	Yes
 	British Grand Prix 	1:26.078 	Tarso Marques 	 	1:26.506 	107.532% 	No
 	Belgian Grand Prix 	1:59.917 	Jos Verstappen 	 	2:02.039 	108.893% 	Yes
 	Belgian Grand Prix 	1:59.917 	Fernando Alonso 	 	2:02.594 	109.389% 	Yes
 	Belgian Grand Prix 	1:59.917 	Enrique Bernoldi 	 	2:03.048 	109.794% 	Yes
 	Belgian Grand Prix 	1:59.917 	Tarso Marques 	 	2:04.204 	110.825% 	Yes
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:31.851 	Takuma Sato 	 	1:53.351 	132.045% 	Yes
 	San Marino Grand Prix 	1:26.757 	Alex Yoong 	 	1:27.241 	107.584% 	No
 	British Grand Prix 	1:24.527 	Alex Yoong 	 	1:24.785 	107.326% 	No
 	French Grand Prix 	1:17.023 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	 	1:18.497 	109.046% 	No
 	French Grand Prix 	1:17.023 	Enrique Bernoldi 	 	1:19.843 	110.916% 	No
 	German Grand Prix 	1:19.596 	Alex Yoong 	 	1:19.775 	107.240% 	No
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Year 	Event 	107% Time 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Percent 	Race?
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:31.267 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	1:32.978 	109.006% 	No
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:31.267 	Narain Karthikeyan 	 	1:34.293 	110.547% 	No
 	Canadian Grand Prix 	1:18.989 	Jérôme d'Ambrosio 	 	1:19.414 	107.575% 	Yes
 	Belgian Grand Prix 	2:10.339 	Jérôme d'Ambrosio 	 	2:11.601 	108.035% 	Yes
 	Belgian Grand Prix 	2:10.339 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	2:11.616 	108.047% 	Yes
 	Belgian Grand Prix 	2:10.339 	Narain Karthikeyan 	 	2:13.077 	109.246% 	Yes
 	Indian Grand Prix 	1:32.222 	Timo Glock 	 	1:34.046 	109.116% 	Yes
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:32.214 	Pedro de la Rosa 	 	1:33.495 	108.486% 	No
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:32.214 	Narain Karthikeyan 	 	1:33.643 	108.658% 	No
 	Spanish Grand Prix 	1:28.363 	Narain Karthikeyan 	 	1:31.122 	110.340% 	Yes
 	British Grand Prix 	1:53.718 	Charles Pic 	 	1:54.143 	107.399% 	Yes
 	Australian Grand Prix 	1:50.616 	Charles Pic 	 	1:50.626 	107.009% 	Yes
 	British Grand Prix 	1:47.406 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:49.421 	109.006% 	Yes
 	British Grand Prix 	1:47.406 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	1:49.625 	109.210% 	Yes
 	Malaysian Grand Prix 	1:46.217 	Roberto Merhi 	 	1:46.677 	107.462% 	Yes
 	Japanese Grand Prix 	1:39.343 	Alexander Rossi 	 	1:47.114 	115.158% 	Yes
 	United States Grand Prix 	2:04.653 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Toro Rosso-Renault 	2:07.304 	109.279% 	Yes
 	Monaco Grand Prix 	1:19.832 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:22.467 	110.085% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:39.968 	107.145% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:40.424 	107.663% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:41.411 	108.691% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:41.471 	108.755% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:42.758 	110.135% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	1:43.965 	111.428% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:43.999 	111.465% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:44.543 	112.048% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:46.984 	114.664% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	1:47.343 	115.049% 	Yes
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	1:39.833 	Rio Haryanto 	 	1:50.189 	118.099% 	Yes
 	Italian Grand Prix 	1:42.416 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:43.355 	107.226% 	Yes
 	Azerbaijan Grand Prix 	1:49.715 	Brendon Hartley 	 	1:57.354 	114.449% 	Yes
 	French Grand Prix 	1:37.371 	Lance Stroll 	 	2:12.584 	147.332% 	Yes
 	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 	1:34.974 	Logan Sargeant 	 	2:08.510 	144.782% 	Yes
 	Azerbaijan Grand Prix 	1:48.357 	Nyck de Vries 	Alpha Tauri-RBPT 	1:55.282 	113.837% 	Yes
 	(Sprint Shootout) 	1:31.391 	Logan Sargeant 	 	2:05.741 	137.586% 	Yes
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