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Horner: F1 should apologise for new qualifying format

Red Bull/Getty Images Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes the sport needs to apologise to Formula 1 fans after the new qualifying format failed to achieve the desired spectacle. Under a revised format, drivers were eliminated throughout Q1, Q2 and Q3, but most posted one lap before retreating to the pit lane. Lewis Hamilton set his pole position time with several minutes left in Q3, with the session widely criticsed by fans on social media. "We should apologise to fans and viewers as that’s not what qualifying should be," Horner told Sky. "The intentions were well meaning but we have to accept we got it wrong, accept it quickly, and we should go back to what we...
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