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Formula 1 set to drop elimination qualifying

Pirelli Media The FIA and FOM have accepted a request byFormula 1 teams to drop the live elimination qualifying session from the Chinese Grand Prix next weekend. A new system, in which drivers were eliminated at 90 second intervals in Q1, Q2 and Q3, made its debut in Australia and was universally criticised, but the sport could not agree on a solution and it was used once more in Bahrain. After more criticism, teams met with FIA President Jean Todt and Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone on Sunday morning but once more an agreement could not be reached. All 11 teams wrote to the FIA and FOM before a vote on Thursday to unanimously demand that qualifying reverts to the system used between...
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