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Wolff slams move to retain elimination qualifying
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has hit out at the move to prevent the scrapping of the much maligned elimination qualifying format after the option to drop it was not made available by the sport's organisers. Panned for being confusing and lacking any spectacle, the new format drew criticism across the board, with Mercedes boss Wolff himself labelling it 'pretty rubbish', while Christian Horner says fans deserved an apology for the farce. However, though team bosses agreed unanimously to scrap the format and return to the erstwhile knockout format in use since 2006, they were unable to enforce the change officially after the only options made available by the FIA and FOM were to keep the...
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