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Ecclestone wants to continue with current qualifying format

Whilst the events of Sunday afternoon tended to cause many to forget the debacle that was qualifying in Melbourne, the controversial new format could yet be seen again in Bahrain... and beyond. Whilst the teams, on the instructions of Bernie Ecclestone, met on Sunday morning and voted to return to the old format, it is understood that getting the change past the F1 Commission and World Motor Sport Council cannot be guaranteed. Pirelli and Force India have both voiced their feelings that the new format wasn't given a chance, and now Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that he feels it might yet work. Asked if he understood the format, the F1 supremo told Gazzetta dello Sport: 'I was confused,...
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