Quali Planner Advanced

Car specific quali planner

Unlike the standard Quali Planner, the Advanced version is specifically designed for individual cars.
You can create, edit, save, load, and, if you have the required admin license, publish a qualification plan for other users connected to the same session.

⚠️ Publishing is a shared action. The latest published plan overwrites the currently shared plan for the session for all connected users. Review the complete plan before publishing.

Plan and timeline view

The plugin includes:

A timeline on the X axis showing elapsed session time
A car-selection sidebar for choosing which cars to display
A vertical yellow line showing the current time
A forecast section for planned activity and a completed section for activity that has already occurred

⚠︎ Only one pattern can be assigned to each car.

Lap colors

Color	Lap type
Orange / yellow	Out lap
Blue	Build / preparation lap
Green	Push lap

Final push-lap margin

The time shown for the final push lap indicates how much time remains in the session when the car is expected to begin its final push lap.

Example: If the final push lap shows 28 seconds, the car is expected to begin its final push lap with 28 seconds remaining in the session. See the screenshot above.

Edit a run sequence

Enable Edit Mode

Open the context menu by right-clicking within the plugin
Select Edit Mode

Edit Mode lets you add, change, or delete laps and select a reference car for traffic prediction.

Add a lap

In Edit Mode, locate the + symbol in the run sequence
Double-click the + symbol
Select or configure the required lap type

Change a lap type

Right-click the lap you want to change
Select the required lap type from the lap context menu

💡 Create only a realistic sequence. For example, do not add an out lap after a push lap when that sequence is not physically possible.

Define an out-lap type

You can define two types of out lap:

Out Lap — uses the defined Pit time for the preceding pit stop
Out Lap from Garage — uses the Pit&Fuel stop time

ⓘ This distinction is useful in series such as Formula E, where a minimum pit-stop duration may apply only when tyres are changed.

Add a wait block

Add a lap to the run sequence
Set its type to Wait
Open the context menu for the Wait lap
Set the required wait duration

Use wait blocks to represent planned delays between parts of the session sequence.

Save and load a qualification plan

Save a plan

Create the run pattern in Edit Mode
Right-click the created run pattern
Select the save option

Load a saved plan

Right-click the driver name
Select the saved qualification plan you want to load

ⓘ Saved plans are retained and can be loaded when you reopen ONE TIMING.

Publish a qualification plan

Users with the required admin license can publish the current qualification plan from the plugin.

Publish the plan

Review the complete run sequence for all relevant cars
Right-click the black area of the plan, not the car itself
Select Publish
Confirm the publishing action

The published plan becomes available in the advanced timing view for other users connected to the same session.

⚠️ Two engineers should not publish separate versions of the same session plan. The most recent publication overwrites the previous one.

⚠︎ Previous published data cannot be recovered after it has been overwritten.

Receive Plan Updates

When Receive Plan Updates is enabled, the plugin replaces the current local inputs when a user with an admin license publishes a plan to the timing feed.
Disable Receive Plan Updates if you want to retain your current inputs and prevent a colleague's published plan from replacing them.

💡 Disabling Receive Plan Updates prevents your current inputs from being replaced locally; it does not prevent another authorized user from publishing a plan to the shared session.

View Timestamps and Countdowns

When Edit Mode is turned off, the display returns to the relevant timestamps.

Completed laps

For completed laps, the plugin displays the recorded lap time. For out and in laps, the displayed lap time is based on the pit-entry and pit-exit lines

Scheduled laps

The displayed value depends on the lap type:

Lap type	Displayed value
Pit stop	Expected duration from pit entry to pit exit
Out lap	Expected timestamp when the car leaves the pit lane
Build lap	Estimated completion time for the lap

Show Countdowns

Enable Show Countdowns from the context menu to replace planned-lap timestamps with countdowns. The countdown indicates the remaining time until the completion of a build lap or the start of an out lap, depending on the lap type.

Predict traffic

Enable Edit Mode.
Select a reference driver by ticking the driver's checkbox.
Review the squares shown for other cars.

A square appears for each other car that finishes or begins a lap within a ±10-second window of the selected reference car. Use these indicators to identify potential traffic conflicts and assess whether you need to adjust the planned run sequence.

Context-menu options

Right-click within the plugin to open the general context menu. Right-click an individual lap to open the lap-type menu.

Edit mode — Opens the edit view, allowing you to modify the lap sequence and select a reference car for traffic warnings.

Populate Mode — Displays every completed lap from other cars. This option is disabled by default.

Show Countdowns — Displays countdowns instead of timestamps for planned laps.

Wrap Parameters' Text — Wraps lap-time text at the bottom of the plugin into multiple lines when the plugin width is too narrow to show all values on one line.

Sort using outing order — Sorts visible drivers by the order in which their cars exited the pits at the beginning of the session.

Use auto scale — Continuously adjusts the zoom so the entire session is displayed within the available plugin size.

Zoom — Sets the manual zoom level when Use auto scale is disabled.

Receive Plan Updates — Replaces current local inputs when an authorized user publishes a plan to the timing feed.

Quali Planner Advanced