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Claire Williams urges patience before judging new qualifying format
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Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams believes drivers and pundits who have criticized Formula1's new qualifying format should at least wait until after the fact before judging the scheme. In a bid to improve the entertainment and introduce a level of uncertainty into Sunday's race grid, Formula 1 has voted on the introduction of a system which will see the slowest driver eliminated after a succession of time intervals during each segment of qualifying. Many drivers - notably Sebastian Vettel - expressed an adverse opinion on the new format, while the debut of the scheme itself was even at one point deemed uncertain given the short delay required to change...
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