Formula 1's qualifying format will revert to the knockout system used last season after teams successfully persuaded the FIA and the commercial rights holder to back down on more revisions. The sport adopted an elimination-style format for the start of the season, but teams provisionally agreed to a plan to revert back to the more popular 2015 format when it was panned by fans and drivers, only to be blocked from doing so by the FIA and FOM. With the F1 powers seemingly unwilling to go back during a crunch meeting at the Bahrain Grand Prix, a revised proposal was to be tabled at a meeting which included a new aggregate style format. However, teams would formally unite with a letter sent to...
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