Qualification

**Qualification session** is on of the 3 sessions which is focus to qualify your drivers **as high as possible** for **the race session** the next day.

***How it works:***

Your drivers will end in their position by the following reasons:

1. **Driver** **stats**: The higher the stats of an driver, the better he will qualify against a driver with the same car, but with less better stats. **PAY ATTENTION!** The driver will do their best by their **consistency** stat. A low consistency and the driver has trouble setting a good lap in. A high or near perfect consistency stat and the driver will set amazing time laps.
2. **Ca**r: The better the car, the faster it is, thus the higher the driver will qualify. A bad car and the driver cannot do well.
3. **Car setup**: The setup of the car needs to fit the conditions of the track. A wrong setup and car or driver quality won't make any difference in better time laps. A better car setup will make an difference between 1 or 2 seconds instead of tenths of a second.
4. **Out lap**: A driver needs to heat up his tyres and brakes before starting his/her lap. a good preparation will end up in even better lap times. Bad preparations and the driver has more chance to ruin his lap.
5. **Optimal tyre**: This is something very small, but also very important. A wrong set of tyres in qualifying has a big impact on your lap times. Most of the time you want to use the fastest slick tyre, but when it is raining, you should look out onto your weather report which wet tyre you need.

Normally, the ERS works in a reverse grid system, they don't have a a qualification session. Instead, the drivers start in a order reversed where they are on their championship. So for example, if driver number 4 stands 4th in the championship, he will start 17th on the grid. if driver number 11 stands 16th in the championship, he starts 5th and so on. The first race when everyone has 0 points starts on alphabetical order (on driver's first name).

The APS and WMC has by default an qualification session, but that can change by political influence, as example if there are enough votes for next year there can be a reversed grid in the WMC, just like in the ERS. This also counts for the ERS, but then the opposite. There can also be a randomized grid voted in.

***Strategies:***

**Step 1: Preparation:**

To qualify your drivers high as possible, you first should prepare for the session. this applies for:

* Car setup
* Tyres
* Drivers

Make sure you have an good car setup for both drivers. it can be slightly off, and you can even improve it during the session. Having the right tyres for each session is also important as you need to be sure you have a set or 2 left of the softest tyre available. Also make sure your drivers are in form and not injured.

**Step 2: During the session:**

Send out your drivers and try to get the 2 bars for tyres and brakes in the middle temperature. this way the driver is good prepared for an good lap time. Don't heat up or cool down your brakes or tyres up too much or you will end up with a driver with an bad lap time because of that. During the session, change the setup a bit for improvements.

**What about rain you ask?**

During the session, you should put on the right tyre. If it is dry, put on the softest tyres. If it is lightly raining, consider intermediates, or slicks if it is drying up. Otherwise stick to intermediates if there is above 15% of rain, heavy rain and then think about wet tyres. So for following rules:

Dry track = Softest slick tyres.

Light rain track with increasing rain = Intermediate tyres.

Light rain track with decreasing rain = Softest slick tyres if the track is dry enough, like if there is 5% of rain left.

Heavy rain with increasing rain = Wet tyres.

Heavy rain with decreasing rain = Wet or Intermediate tyres. unless it is drying up very fast, then wait a bit and go onto slick tyres.

**Step 3: After the session and following day:**

After qualifying, your drivers will start on race day the position they finished. Bonuses will be awarded if you manage to reach your sponsor's goal. If your series has qualifying you get half the sponsor reward for each of qualifying and the race. If (like the ERS) you don't have qualifying the full sponsor reward is on the race.