Formula 1 drivers have strongly criticised the new elimination qualifying format introduced for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix read more »

While Lewis Hamilton misses the "old days of qualifying", Christian Horner says F1 needs to make urgent adjustments after an anticlimactic qualifying in Melbourne... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has called the new qualifying format "rubbish" and says it needs an immediate rethink after a farcical first run at the Australian Grand... read more »

Toto Wolff bemoans the new elimination qualifying format as 'pretty rubbish', as team principals and drivers urge immediate change. read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes the sport needs to apologise to Formula 1 fans after the new qualifying format failed to achieve the desired spectacle. Under a... read more »

Lewis Hamilton takes pole position for the Australian Grand Prix as the new elimination qualifying format comes in for heavy criticism. read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says that Formula 1 needs to "apologise" to fans for the new qualifying format that made its debut at the Australian Grand… read more »

Toto Wolff brands new qualifying format 'pretty rubbish' read more »

As the new format of qualifying got underway in Melbourne, McLaren-Honda's Jenson Button is contempt with the way Saturday's action played out. read more »

F1's new qualifying format failed to excite in Q3 and didn't shake up the order as Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the Australian GP... read more »

Lewis Hamilton beat Nico Rosberg to pole position for the Australian Grand Prix, as Formula 1 experimented with a new qualifying format for the first time since 2006 read more »

Sky F1 pundit Martin Brundle has called for an immediate scrapping of the new qualifying format after it's introduction at the Australian GP on Saturday. read more »

Lewis Hamilton takes his 50th career pole, in shambolic, anti-climatic session. read more »

Lewis Hamilton will start the Australian Grand Prix from pole position but the new elimination style qualifying format would lurch from confusing to farcical read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the Australian Grand Prix as Mercedes mastered Formula 1's controversial new qualifying format. Hamilton topped the initial stages... read more »

Qualifying has been given a new look for 2016, with a live elimination format being introduced for the new season. Instead of seeing a group of drivers eliminated at the end of... read more »

Though he's willing to give it a go, Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene isn't convinced by new qualifying format. read more »

The new qualifying format could cause a "line like on Saturday on the cashier of the supermarket" at the start of sessions, says Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene. The... read more »

Force India's Sergio Perez is concerned the new qualifying format will be "more boring", especially at the end of Q3. In the weeks leading up to the Australian... read more »

Confused about the changes made to the qualy format for the 2016 season? Have a watch as Sky F1's Marc Priestley delivers a bite-sized explainer. read more »

Fernando Alonso expects Formula 1 teams to master the new qualifying format for 2016 immediately, believing everyone will have worked out the best approach before the... read more »

Niki Lauda says F1's new qualifying format is "really stupid" but adds that Mercedes also did not want a reversed grid... read more »

The FIA have confirmed the new knockout format of qualifying will be used this season in newly published 2016 Sporting Regulations. read more »

The FIA has revised Formula 1's sporting rules to reflect controversial changes to the qualifying format read more »

The FIA's F1 Commission has unanimously approved the new qualifying format... albeit with a tweak. read more »