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Ecclestone: I say we continue with the new qualifying format
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone appears to have made an about turn as he confirmed reports that the controversial ‘musical chairs' qualifying format could actually have survived the 2016 season opener. After the farcical debut session in Melbourne last Saturday, team bosses got together before Sunday's race and voted unanimously to scrap it ahead of Bahrain. 'I was also confused as it was the first run and all the variables couldn't have been predicted, like how everything was decided in Q3,' Ecclestone told La Gazzetta dello Sport on Thursday. 'We can improve.' Indeed, reports earlier on Thursday suggested that the only proposal forwarded to the F1 Commission for approval by fax this...
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