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F1 qualifying fiasco is 'madness', says Wolff

Formula 1's ongoing failure to sort out the mess surrounding its qualifying format has been labelled as 'madness' by Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff. Bernie Ecclestone, Jean Todt and the teams met on Sunday morning in Bahrain to discuss how best to move on from the elimination format which has been universally criticised. But despite teams wanting to revert to the 2015 qualifying format, that idea is being vetoed by Ecclestone and Todt, who insist the sport cannot go back. Instead, they are now pushing for an aggregate type system, whereby a drivers' qualifying time will be based on his two best laps in each session. Wolff, who over the Bahrain weekend suggested that anyone blocking...
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