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F1 abandons plans for 'Q4' qualifying tweak in 2020

Formula 1's plans to introduce a fourth qualifying phase from 2020 onwards look to have been dumped, with the publication of the 2020 Sporting Regulations. The FIA document has qualifying unchanged from the three sessions currently in use, which has proven popular with fans since it was introduced back in 2006 – although it underwent a brief and short-lived change in 2016, which was quickly dumped after two rounds. F1 floated the idea of adding a Q4 with its own simulations suggesting it might increase the drama as drivers would have to survive three sessions, rather than two, to reach the final top-ten shoot-out (or in the case of Q4, a top-eight shoot-out). The...
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