Toning Down F1 Practice Session Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "QUALIFYING" which means:

noun
• • The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
• • Success in satisfying a test or requirement
verb
• • To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
• • To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
• • To certify or license someone for something.
• • To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
• • To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
• • To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
• • To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
• • To throw and catch each object at least twice.

An example sentence would be:

• • "He has just won a qualifying match and secured his place in the tournament."
• • "The qualifying rounds of the competition will begin next week."

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