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Teams chiefs promise to reconsider qualifying change for 2017
Formula 1 teams have promised to revisit the possibility of spicing up the qualifying hour ahead of the 2017 season. The pledge has been made in return for the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone finally agreeing the scrap the hated ‘musical chairs' format that took place in Australia and Bahrain. Although tasked with considering an all-new ‘aggregate' format for China and beyond, the teams actually showed rare unanimity on Thursday by writing a letter pleading for the popular and tested 2015 system to return next week. In a statement, the FIA said president Jean Todt and Ecclestone accepted 'in the interests of the championship'. Reverting to the 2015 system must now be approved by the...
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