The World Motor Sport Council has today formally approved the return of the Formula One qualifying system as it was used in 2015. This means the elimination of 6 cars in the first two parts of qualifying, before a shootout among 10 cars in the final session.
#aerogollumturbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
When people sense an opportunity for change, or discussion, they voice their opinion.PTRACER wrote:When a new change doesn't work, suddenly everyone has their own ideas over what would be great, when in reality returning to a previous system is all we need. 60 minute qualifying sessions worked great for decades, and the top 10 shootout worked nearly as well. I don't need to see F1 go through the changes they went through a decade ago when they tried four different types of qualifying over two seasons.
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should do something.Fulcrum wrote: When people sense an opportunity for change, or discussion, they voice their opinion.
Generally I don't come to F1Technical for Buddhist quotes, but I'll bear that in mind the next time I have an unexpressed thought.dans79 wrote:Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should do something.Fulcrum wrote: When people sense an opportunity for change, or discussion, they voice their opinion.
F1 is set to revert to the 2015 qualifying format from the Chinese Grand Prix after the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone agreed to a request from teams, Motorsport.com has learned.
After an intense day of political intrigue, a breakthrough to solve the farce surrounding qualifying has finally been made.
Sources have revealed that following a letter from all teams requesting F1 immediately goes back to the 2015 system, it was decided by the FIA that there was no point in pursuing other options.
F1 teams had been expected to vote on a new aggregate idea on Thursday, but the situation took a dramatic twist when it emerged that they had written to the sport's chiefs.
In the letter from all 11 teams to the FIA, Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt they made clear that they were only interested in reverting to the 2015 format.
In light of that unanimous stance, it became clear that the FIA had a choice of either standing firm and leaving the sport unable to change elimination qualifying, or agreeing to what the teams wanted.
In the end sources suggest that following discussions between Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone, it was agreed that the only sensible solution would be to go back to the 2015 rules.
An official process will now begin for the rule changes to be put through the F1 Strategy Group and F1 Commission, so the changes can be ratified by the FIA's World Motor Sport Council.
This should be able to get completed before the Chinese GP.
#aerogollumturbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
My comment wasn't about you, but the talking heads in F1 wanting the change stuff for no good reason!Fulcrum wrote:Generally I don't come to F1Technical for Buddhist quotes, but I'll bear that in mind the next time I have an unexpressed thought.dans79 wrote:Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should do something.Fulcrum wrote: When people sense an opportunity for change, or discussion, they voice their opinion.
At the unanimous request of the teams in a letter received today, Jean Todt, President of the FIA, and Bernie Ecclestone, commercial rights holder representative, accepted, in the interests of the Championship, to submit a proposal to the F1 Commission and World Motor Sport Council to revert to the qualifying format in force in 2015.
This proposal, if approved by the F1 governing bodies, will take effect as from the Chinese Grand Prix and will apply for the rest of the season.
Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone welcomed the idea put forward by the teams to have a global assessment of the format of the weekend for 2017.
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