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Poll Results: Best format for F1 qualifying

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Poll Results: Best format for F1 qualifying

By alley - Apr 8, 2016, 7:46 PM ET

F1's qualifying system has changed several times over the past 20 years. Which was your favorite?Early elimination; 10-driver pole battle, low fuel loads (2010-2015) 50% (3,044)One hour, maximum 12 laps (1996-2002) 22.4% (1,365)Single-lap qualifying, Saturday only (2004) 14.5% (882)Aggregated qualifying (2005) 3.4% (206)Single-lap qualifying, Friday/Saturday (2003) 3.0% (184)Early elimination; 10-driver...

F1: New qualifying easy to solve, says Horner

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F1: New qualifying easy to solve, says Horner

By alley - Feb 28, 2016, 5:31 AM ET

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes Formula 1's new qualifying format will swiftly be figured out by all the teams.Following meetings of the Strategy Group and F1 Commission in Geneva last week, it was announced that qualifying will be changed to a knock-out system. However, on Saturday, Bernie Ecclestone...

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