News Details

Confusion over F1 qualifying format

The future of Formula 1's qualifying format remains shrouded in confusion after bosses failed to agree on a change for the next race in Bahrain. Teams decided at the season-opening race in Australia to ditch the new elimination system and revert to the one that had been in place for 2015. But when they met on Thursday to discuss possible options, returning to the old format was not one of them. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says there will be more talks early next month. The new format in Australia, which saw drivers eliminated every 90 seconds through three sessions of qualifying, came in for criticism because it failed to excite fans, as it had been designed to do. Instead, it led to an empty...
Full Story »
9y ago from BBC.co.uk 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Formula 1 bosses agree to revert to old qualifying...

Formula 1 will ditch the new elimination-style qualifying format and...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Qualifying format could remain same for Bahrain

After the majority of the F1 Paddock fell conflict to the new...
9y ago from F1Hub.net

Old qualifying format ‘likely' to return for...

Following a disastrous result after a new trial ‘elimination style'...
9y ago from F1Hub.net

Ecclestone wants to continue with current qualifying...

Whilst the events of Sunday afternoon tended to cause many to forget the...
9y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Romet Jürgenson to compete in opening three WRC2...

The rising Estonian talent is joined by co-driver Siim Oja and start...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Glasner hopes to gee up jaded Palace as he eyes...

sday’s quarter-final will be the Eagles’ 29th game of the season and...
6h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal interested in signing 24-year-old Borussia...

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 672 – 22.12.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
7h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.