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Ecclestone is uncertain about qualifying changes
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For Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, the jury is still out on whether the recent changes made to Grand Prix racing's qualifying format will lead to better racing. The 85-year-old initially pushed for a status quo of the three-segment session but wanted to introduce a time penalty scheme into the mix. In the end, he voted in favour of the change as a means of mixing up the grid, and thus the racing. "I voted for them because I think we needed to do something," Ecclestone explained to Sky Sports HQ. "I'm not particularly sure that this will achieve exactly what we wanted to do, but we've got to try it and see. "What I wanted to do was leave qualifying...
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