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Revealed: The new qualifying idea F1 is looking at

Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt have given their backing to a new "aggregate" qualifying system which will be evaluated in the coming days prior to further discussions on Thursday. Ecclestone and FIA president Todt did not want to go straight back to 2015 qualifying format, and instead they have suggested a way of modifying it with the specific intention of keeping the track busier for the whole session than was the case in the past. The idea is that every driver's time will be an aggregate of two quick laps in each of the three sessions. There is clearly an impact on tyre usage if the team opts to do those laps with a different set of tyres each time, although the alternative...
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