Of course, the option should always be there not sure why they removed it between sessions since it is a single-player game; we should be able to do what we want.
But I feel 1 sec 1.5 sec between practice and real qualification is normal in practice unless you are testing qualif. time you have much more gasoline on the yellow or white tire (especially if u want to save a red one). And when you are using red, you are probably testing setups. I think they are balanced.
I personally set one level and never change it for the all-season because I suspect when it is easy is because I know the race very well, and when it's hard, I feel I need to improve myself instead of lower the level. Don't get me wrong, Devs make a mistake like qualification-challenge in practice (awfully wrong by a lot), but overall, tweaking the level too often, I feel it is more because of our inconsistent capacity than their problem. Then again, each one play however they want!
@s00zster it deserves to be added to the section https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Suggestions/bd-p/f1-23-drivers-lounge-en 😉
