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New Formula 1 qualifying format introduced this season

Formula 1  will have a new qualifying format this season as part of changes that will help make the sport more exciting, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Wednesday. Speaking to Reuters, the 85-year-old confirmed that the change, agreed unanimously by teams on Tuesday, would be introduced at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 20 once the governing body had formally approved it. 'The idea really is that it will be the same as qualifying in wet conditions. Maybe one or two of the hotshoes aren't going to make it (to the front). So we won't see the obvious on the front of the grid,' he said in a telephone interview. The new format will see the slowest...
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