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Todt calls fresh qualy meeting

ean Todt will host a meeting of the teams, F1's commercial rights holder, the FIA and Pirelli on Sunday in the hope of resolving the sport's ongoing qualifying farrago in time for the Chinese GP. The unpopular knockout format used in Australia will be run again in Bahrain after unanimous agreement could not be reached on how qualifying should be changed again.  According to Todt, the teams wanted to alter Q3 before the new regulations were passed by the World Motorsport Council, but that it was his decision to stick with the original proposal for Australia. "It was a strong request from race promoters that qualifying was not exciting enough," said Todt. "To change the...
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