 The qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts . The first part ran for 20 minutes , and cars that finished the session 17th position or lower were eliminated from qualifying . The second part of the qualifying session lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 16 . The final part of the qualifying session determined the positions from first to tenth , and decided pole position . Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race , so ran lighter in those sessions . Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race , and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions . 
 The qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts . The first part ran for 20 minutes , and cars <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a>finished the session 17th position or lower <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> eliminated from qualifying . The second part of the qualifying session<a href='been_done' title='3'><mark></mark></a> lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='5'><mark></mark></a> finished in positions 11 to 16 . The final part of the qualifying session determined the positions from first to tenth , and decided pole position . Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race , so ran lighter in those sessions . Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> not allowed to refuel before the race , and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions . 
The qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts . da first part ran for 20 minutes , and cars finished the session 17th position or lower was eliminated from qualifying . Tdasecond part of the qualifying session been lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars  been finished in positions 11 to 16 . The final part of the qualifying session determined the positions from first to tenth , and decided pole position . Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel b4 the race , so ran lighter in those sessions . Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying was not allowed to refuel before the race , and as such carried more fuel den in thdarevious sessions .