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F1 "can't be proud" of qualifying vote failure - Vettel
Sebastian Vettel says the decision to retain elimination qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix is something that Formula 1 cannot be proud of. Although all teams agreed at the Australian GP that the new format had not worked after no cars ran in the final minutes of Q3, they failed to get the system changed for Bahrain after Red Bull and McLaren voted against going back to the previous format. Ferrari driver Vettel admitted the failure to change the system back was highly disappointing and that reflected poorly on F1. "I am as disappointed as probably anyone that I know that we didn't go back," said Vettel on Thursday. "Put it this way: if you sell vanilla ice cream, but...
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