Formula One bosses met for 90 minutes on Sunday but were unable to reach agreement on a future format for qualifying.
Formula One bosses met for 90 minutes on Sunday but were unable to reach agreement on a future format for qualifying.
Veteran commercial ring-master Bernie Ecclestone left the talks without any immediate comment after they were locked in stalemate over calls for a return to the previously successful structure after the failure of the new ‘elimination’ system.
The teams have agreed that they want to see a reversion to the previously successful qualifying as used until the end of last season, but there is opposition to this plan.
Saturday’s qualifying session for Sunday’s Bahraian Grand Prix was run using the ‘new’ progressive elimination qualifying system introduced without success at the Australian Grand Prix.
It produced another unsatisfactory session with long periods of inactivity. The teams again called for the system to be ditched and hoped this would be achieved on Sunday.
Instead, all involved have agreed to talk again on Thursday after evaluating more complex proposals.
