Romain Grosjean hails Haas' qualifying pace but is left frustrated that the qualifying format prevented him from truly showing it. read more »

Fernando Alonso thinks the live elimination system is "unfair" on less competitive teams but says it should be given more time after a farcical debut in Australia.... read more »

Formula 1 drivers have lined-up to comment on the changes made to the qualifying format, which was trialled for the first time at the Australian Grand… read more »

Sebastian Vettel is not surprised by F1's live elimination qualifying farce because drivers warned the sport's bosses it was going to happen. The new format was met... read more »

Leading Formula 1 teams are adamant the 2016 qualifying format must be changed at the earliest opportunity after its underwhelming debut at the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Christian Horner says F1 owes fans an apology for the farcical live elimination system and expects it to be changed in time for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The controversial new... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says the changes to the qualifying format are 'rubbish', after the system was sampled for the first time during the Australian Grand Prix.... read more »

New season gets off to worst possible start as new qualifying format proves shambolic and anticlimactic. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has labelled Formula 1's new qualifying format as "rubbish," despite his drivers completing a front row lockout at the Australian Grand… read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has called the debut for Formula 1's new qualifying format "pretty crap" after watching it on television read more »

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 »