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Elimination qualifying to go unchanged for Bahrain Grand Prix

Formula 1 will continue with the elimination qualifying used at the Australian Grand Prix after unanimous support to change the format failed during a F1 Commission vote on Thursday. Although a meeting of the Strategy Group on the morning before the Australian GP agreed unanimously to ditch the format - which sees drivers eliminated every 90 seconds after a set period of time - the same decision wasn't agreed upon by the F1 Commission - a 26-member group made up of representatives from the teams, the FIA, Formula One Management, race promoters and sponsors. It's believed Bernie Ecclestone was one of those who voted against ditching it completely or tweaking it...
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