Don’t think I’ve ever seen those “S” before. And I think it was only during Q3.

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    That is the tire that the lap was set with. It is colored the same as the banding on the tires. Red s, yellow M, or white H.

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    Those drivers are on soft tyres Edit: Or maybe they set their fastest lap on softs? I’m actually not sure.

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      It shows the fastest lap compound. You can see it in fp2, when they go into the long runs on meds. You’ll still only see S everywhere because they did q sims before.

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    It’s the tire compound used. They are all relative now, with there being hard, medium, and soft.

    I believe they changed the rules so hard is used in Q1, medium is used in Q2, and soft is used in Q3.

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      No they did not. They tried it a couple of times last season. There is no restriction on compound during any qualy session and there is no longer the need to start on your q2 tyre.