It was confirmed yesterday afternoon (24/3/16), the much controversial new knock-out F1 qualifying format will remain in place for the next weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, despite the sport agreeing to scrap it straight after its debut at the Australian Grand Prix.
But it was heavily criticised on its debut in Melbourne as most drivers returned to the pits following early runs, leaving an empty track, including for Q3, when pole position was settled with over three minutes to spare.
Formula 1 team bosses met with FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting ahead of the race, during which they tentatively agreed to switch back to the old format, used from 2006-2015, for Bahrain.
However, this during a crunch vote on Thursday, the required unanimous agreement was not reached, and the system will stay in place for further evaluation at next weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.
In my opinion, qualifying it wasn't broken from the 2006-2015 qualifying format, the new knock-out system from Australia was completely awful and people who are running the sport have not got the common scene to revert back have no idea what the fans wants (cough cough Bernie Ecclestone) and now the drivers have enough what the people who are running the sport.
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