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How F1 misjudged new qualifying format

The new elimination-style qualifying format is set to keep F1 strategy group members scratching their heads long into the Australasian night. The change to qualifying was introduced with the prospect that it would mix up the race grid and provide an exciting conclusion. Instead, it created an anticlimactic end to a qualifying hour which otherwise could have been an enthralling start to the season. The strategy group's intention for the new regulations was dramatically inaccurate. The eventual grid formation was overall nothing extraordinary, and, if anything left driver's frustrated as opportunities were limited. Suspicions are that rule makers failed to take into account the amount of...
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