|
F1 bosses scrap qualifying format change
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-06-29 10:53
There would be no change in the qualifying format for next month's British
Grand Prix, Formula One(F1) commercial rights supremo Bernie Ecclestone said
Monday after F1's governing body and team bosses scrapped the plans.
Ecclestone, who has criticized the current one-lap format as not exciting
enough, said after a meeting of the Formula One Commission in
London that the International Automobile Federation (FIA) had vetoed an
idea to replace it with two free-for-all sessions.
After suggestions from Ecclestone, teams had come up with a revised system
which would see two 25-minute sessions in which drivers would have to complete a
total of 12 laps.
But the FIA, concerned that a new format would cut the television exposure
for smaller teams, rejected the proposals during a meeting at Heathrow Monday.
Next month's British Grand Prix at Silverstone was to have been the first
track to feature the new system which was designed to give viewers and
spectators a more interesting Saturday qualifying.
| |
 |
|
|
|
|
Today's
Top News |
|
|
|
Top Sports
News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
