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Pirelli could vote against reverting to old qualifying format

Pirelli's Paul Hembery is yet to be convinced that reverting to the old qualifying format is the best option for the sport, despite a vast majority of fans and team bosses criticising the new elimination-format. Such was the negative reaction on Saturday, an urgent meeting was called for Sunday morning in which team bosses unanimously agreed to revert to the former system used between 2006-15 as early as the Bahrain Grand Prix in just under a fortnight. That vote involved only team bosses. For the rule change to happen, it requires unanimous support from all memebrs of the F1 Commission which includes other stakeholders such as circuit promoters and tyre supplier Pirelli....
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