Formula One authorities have now dropped a brand-new qualifying format after a farcical intro at the Australian Grand Prix.
The sport will go back to the 2015 qualifying format, ditching brand-new guidelines imposed at Melbourne’s Albert Park on Saturday when motorists went through rolling removals during qualifications.
Group authorities consulted with FIA race director Charlie Whiting on Sunday prior to the Sunday’s season-opening grand prix and unanimously dealt with to instantly drop the brand-new system.
“We slipped up and will return (to the old system) for the next race,” Red Bull Racing’s Christian Horner informed.
The turnaround is anticipated to be validated by the F1 Commission and World Motor Sport Council prior to the upcoming grand prix in Bahrain from April 4.
The brand-new certifying guidelines were roundly criticised by motorists and groups after amazingly backfiring on Saturday.
There were no automobiles on the track for the last 3 minutes of certifying after Mercedes ace Lewis Hamilton secured pole position.
Under the brand-new system, the slowest motorists were knocked out of certifying in rolling removals every 90 seconds in the 3 phases of the session.
The move was presented to eventually leave 2 automobiles fighting for pole in the last minutes however groups rather decided to conserve tires and energy for Sunday’s race.
Horner on Saturday stated F1 organisers must apologise for short-changing fans, Mercedes’ group principal Toto Wolff explained the brand-new guidelines as “rubbish” and motorists blasted the modifications as bad for the sport and viewers.
From the Bahrain GP, the certifying system will go back to the conventional three-part knockout format made use of in between 2006 and 2015, where slower motorists are gotten rid of after each part of the one-hour session rather of at rolling periods.
