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F1 bosses to vote on new qualifying format on Thursday

Fomula 1's powerbrokers will hold a teleconference later today to discuss qualifying, in the hope of agreeing upon a new system or whether to keep the current - and much maligned - elimination-style format. The teams, FIA president Jean Todt, Bernie Ecclestone and other stakeholders including Pirelli and circuit bosses will vote on whether a new system, whereby a driver's two best laps during each session are added together to give an aggregate time which will decide the grid, is adopted over the current format. It's not believed returning to the format used between 2006 and 2015 is currently an option, though if enough pressure is put upon those against that proposal, namely...
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