Jenson Button says the current disparity between teams is a bigger issue for F1 than the need to artificially mix up the grid in qualifying. Qualifying has been a big topic in... read more »

Focus on... Out with the new, in with the old Finally, common sense has prevailed -- F1 has scrapped the unpopular live elimination format and will go to China with the old,... read more »

Williams deputy principal Claire Williams says this year's debacle over qualifying proves F1 must stop experimenting with new ideas in public. Qualifying has gone back to... read more »

The World Motor Sport Council has today formally approved the return of the Formula One qualifying system as it was used in 2015. This means the elimination of 6 cars in the... read more »

Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, has officially confirmed that the sport will revert to last year's qualifying format, meaning that the live elimination sessions... read more »

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve says F1 drivers should "shut up" about rule changes and just focus on their jobs. The recent debacle over the live... read more »

So Formula 1 got there in the end. After two wholly unsuccessful and unpopular public experiments, elimination qualifying has now – seemingly – been eliminated itself. read more »

Bernie Ecclestone says the motivation behind tweaking F1's qualifying system has been forgotten amid the controversy around the live elimination format. The FIA and Bernie... read more »

The FIA and FOM has accepted a request by teams to drop the live elimination qualifying session from the Chinese Grand Prix next weekend. A new system, in which drivers were... read more »

Formula One is set to revert to the last year's qualifying format, doing away with the unpopular live-elimination system used at the opening two round of the season. After... read more »

F1's qualifying format is being put to a vote again on Thursday, with a system of aggregate times the latest alternative put forward to the little-loved elimination system. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says the aggregate qualifying proposal that could be adopted on Thursday is a "s--- idea". Despite warnings from teams and drivers, Formula One... read more »

Formula 1 faces yet another vote on Thursday, with the sport's bosses reconvening to discuss whether aggregate qualifying should replace the little-loved current... read more »

Jenson Button says he would be willing to give aggregate qualifying a go because anything, including "driving with one eye shut", is better than the current live... read more »

Jenson Button says "anything is better" than Formula 1's current elimination-style qualifying format, as a new aggregate system is investigated read more »

Formula One bosses failed to agree on a new qualifying format during a meeting in the Bahrain paddock on Sunday, but will analyse a new proposal ahead of a further meeting on... read more »

The much maligned elimination qualifying format remains for the time being as no agreement is reached between F1 chiefs and team bosses in Bahrain. read more »

After failing once again to gain supporters, the elimination style qualifying format will be discussed by F1 and team bosses, with the aim to find a solution read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and McLaren counterpart Eric Boullier have demanded F1 scrap its controversial elimination-style format in qualifying. read more »

F1 stakeholders will meet to decide whether elimination qualifying stays, but while teams want a total reversal it is unclear if it will be tabled. read more »

Romain Grosjean says he was urging Nico Hulkenberg to knock him into the elimination zone in Q2 because he knew it would set him up well for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean... read more »

Lewis Hamilton took his second consecutive pole position as F1's live elimination format failed to deliver on its second run of 2016 at the Bahrain Grand Prix.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton takes a second consecutive pole for the Bahrain Grand Prix as elimination qualifying gets another closely-observed outing read more »

Formula 1's new elimination qualifying failed to shine under the lights in Bahrain as Lewis Hamilton pipped Nico Rosberg to pole position by 0.077s... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has secured his second consecutive pole position of the season, marginally topping team mate Nico Rosberg who will join him on the front row of Sunday's... read more »