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‘F1 qualifying can be changed for Bahrain’
Formula One needs to change its new qualifying format after it fell flat at Saturday's Australian season-opener and tweaks can be made before the next race in Bahrain, according to the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone. The new format, based on racers being progressively eliminated during the sessions rather than at the end of each, was intended to add excitement but instead took away any suspense with no cars on track in the final minutes. Asked by Reuters whether the format should and could be changed before the second round of the championship in Bahrain on April 3, Ecclestone replied "Yes". "This idea was the (governing) FIA's," added the 85-year-old,...
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