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F1 deciding on fate of unliked qualifying system

Formula One team bosses and the series' key powerbrokers will vote on Thursday whether to adopt a new qualifying system in which a driver's time is based over two laps instead of one. The rolling elimination format used over the opening two races, in which the slowest driver was eliminated every 90 seconds, was universally condemned by drivers, teams, and fans due to a lack of on-track action as drivers preferred to save their tyres rather than try to improve their times. Teams advocated a return to the old qualifying system, but FIA president Jean Todt and the series commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone ruled at a meeting at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday that there would be no...
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