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McLaren and Red Bull opposed ditching new qualifying
The lack of time and unanimity means Formula 1 is stuck with the much maligned ‘musical chairs' qualifying format for Bahrain. Mercedes' Toto Wolff, who like most other stakeholders declared the new 90 second countdown system rubbish after its farcical debut in Australia, sounded exasperated on Tuesday when faced with the prospect of a repeat this weekend. 'We haven't found the right format with this change and it's hard to see how it might be more entertaining for the fans this weekend in Bahrain,' he said. Team bosses were initially unanimous in wanting to scrap the system after Australia, but it emerges that McLaren and Red Bull opposed simply tweaking ‘Q3'. A senior...
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