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'Bernie says we got it wrong' Wolff
Bernie Ecclestone has said Formula One got it wrong with the new elimination-qualifying format. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff discussed the shambolic scenes with F1's supremo following qualifying in Australia - and the Austrian then admitted the format was too complicated and confusing, having earlier labelled it as 'pretty rubbish'. Asked what Ecclestone said about quali, Wolff replied: “I think we got it wrong”. “Nobody tried to really damage the spectacle in qualifying on purpose,” Wolff added. “The basic idea of having a shootout and making it very exciting that every 90 seconds someone drops out, could trigger results that give a certain variability and mean that a favourite gets...
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