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Commission ‘unanimously' accepts qualy change
Formula 1 could have a new qualifying format as early as next month after the F1 Commission gave the go-ahead to a knockout system. 'A new qualification format was unanimously accepted by the F1 Commission,' stated the FIA. 'The new system is being evaluated for introduction, potentially as soon as the beginning of the 2016 season.' As reported earlier qualifying will still take place in three segments with drivers eliminated minute-on-minute rather than at the end. The format is as follows… Q1
– 16 minutes
– After 7 minutes, slowest driver eliminated
– Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag
– 7 drivers...
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