News Details

Elimination style qualifying will be delayed until Spanish GP - Ecclestone

Formula 1 is set to introduce a new qualifying system for the 2016 season which will see the slowest cars eliminated after 90 seconds, but Bernie Ecclestone says it's likely to be delayed as the new timing system won't be ready for the start of the season. Timing is the responsibility of Formula One Management (FOM), rather than the FIA, and although the new system has been in the pipeline for some time, Ecclestone admitted the timing software wouldn't be ready for the opening round of the season in Australia. 'The new qualifying won't happen because we can't get everything together in time,' he told The Independent. 'It was going to come in at the start of...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 set to delay new qualifying format

Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 is set to delay the introduction of its...
9y ago from F1Zone.net

Ecclestone says new qualifying system delayed until...

Bernie Ecclestone says that Formula 1's new elimination qualifying system...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

New qualifying system will shake up F1 grids - Symonds

Williams chief technical officer Pat Symonds says that the elimination F1...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

New Formula 1 qualifying format introduced this season

Formula 1  will have a new qualifying format this season as part of...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar announces Donald Trump-backed race on National...

IndyCar has announced an inaugural race on America's National Mall,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Okay…' – Mikel Arteta gives perfect...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta gave the perfect response when asked about...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arteta calls Arsenal ‘most exciting team in...

t;li>‘We have the most goals, the most clean sheets’Liam Rosenior...
3h ago from TheGuardian.com

'I'm told…' – Journalist reveals Chelsea...

Arsenal have reportedly won the race to sign Jaden Dixon from Stoke City,...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal vs Chelsea Prediction and Betting Tips | 3rd...

The EFL Cup features another round of semifinals this week as Chelsea lock...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.