It confirm before this mornings Australian Grand Prix (20/3/16), the much controversial new knock-out F1 qualifying format is set to be ditched after just one event following a crunch meeting between the FIA and team bosses, with a return to the 2015 format set for Bahrain Grand Prix in two weeks time.
The emergency meeting was held after the new style elimination format proved to be a complete disaster after it ran for the first time on Saturday.
Team bosses and drivers throughout the paddock slated the new knock-out system, with F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone felt the new knock-out qualifying was "pretty crap."
The first attempt at running the revamped system led to a lack of time and tires to allow drivers to react to ending up "on the bubble" in the 90-second elimination windows, resulting in large periods with no track action.
In my opinion, qualifying it wasn't broken from the 2006-2015 qualifying format, the new knock out from Australia was completely awful and thankfully people from the FIA and teams have common sense to revert back to the previous rules.
Anyway, back to normal for Bahrain.
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