Nico Rosberg secured his first pole position of this season as he held of Daniel Ricciardo in China while Lewis Hamilton will line up P22 due to an ERS problem... read more »

F1's reversion to the 2015 qualifying regulations has been formally approved by the F1 Commission and the World Motorsport Council. read more »

So Formula 1 got there in the end. After two wholly unsuccessful and unpopular public experiments, elimination qualifying has now – seemingly – been eliminated itself. read more »

F1 teams' rare show of unity ensured they won their 'power battle' with Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt over qualifying, the British press said on Friday. read more »

Having agreed to revert to the 2015 qualifying format, F1 teams have now requested a "global assessment of the format" ahead of the 2017 season... read more »

F1 authorities have agreed to revert back to the 2015 qualifying format from the Chinese GP onwards, Sky Sports understands. read more »

After a proposal was put forward by the Formula 1 bosses for a new aggregate qualifying system after the eliminated based format was blasted, F1 teams have rejected the idea... read more »

F1's qualifying format is being put to a vote again on Thursday, with a system of aggregate times the latest alternative put forward to the little-loved elimination system. read more »

Formula 1 faces yet another vote on Thursday, with the sport's bosses reconvening to discuss whether aggregate qualifying should replace the little-loved current... read more »

The future of F1's qualifying format remains up in the air after a fresh meeting of the sport's chiefs failed to reach a resolution on the way forward at the Bahrain GP. read more »

Drivers across the Formula 1 grid have slammed the proposal of implementing an aggregate qualifying system as talks about a qualifying change continue... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has given short shrift to the new proposed aggregate qualifying system, labelling the idea "s***". read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and McLaren counterpart Eric Boullier have demanded F1 scrap its controversial elimination-style format in qualifying. read more »

As the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix qualifiers came to a conclusion, Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo was impressed at the fact that he was able to make it all the way into Q3 on... read more »

Qualifying ahead of his teammate Jenson Button on his Formula 1 debut, McLaren-Honda driver Stoffel Vandoorne was delighted with his performance ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix... read more »

Formula 1's new elimination qualifying failed to shine under the lights in Bahrain as Lewis Hamilton pipped Nico Rosberg to pole position by 0.077s... read more »

Jean Todt will meet with the F1 team bosses and Bernie Ecclestone on Sunday to make a final ruling on the qualifying format. The controversial elimination system will be used... read more »

How to solve a problem like F1 qualifying? With confusion surrounding which system will see out the 2016 season, vote for your favourite format using 'upvote' and... read more »

After a shaky start to Fridays practice sessions ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel has said that they have to prep the car as best as possible ahead of qualifiers. read more »

Sebastian Vettel is disappointed that Formula 1 did not revert to the 2015 qualifying format after the new system was widely criticised by fans and drivers... read more »

Mark Webber is shocked that Formula 1 bosses went back on plans to scrap the new elimination style qualifying system... read more »

After new qualifying format that was introduced at the Australian Grand Prix was met with much criticism, Toto Wolff expressed his disappointment that it will be used again in... read more »

The announcement that F1 will continue with the new qualifying format in Bahrain is due to McLaren and Red Bull reportedly saying no to a revised format... read more »

Qualifying will remain unaltered from its heavily-criticised elimination-style system for the Bahrain GP, Sky sources understand. read more »

Bernie Ecclestone believes F1 can still "salvage the good" from elimination-style qualifying amid reports a revised version of the system could run in Bahrain. read more »