Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Had to watch in the other room!
My thoughts on the qualifying were based on seeing the highlights only, Having seen it in full this time I have to take back my thoughts that the new format was OK for Q1 and Q2, but Q3 should revert t0 a shoot out, I now feel that Q1 and Q2 didn't really work too well and although Q1 was a bit better than in Australia it's still not really going to work most of the time either. So yes, I agree with Horner that the whole of qualifying should revert to the previous version until such time as they come up with something that is more likely to work.
As with this 'NEW' version, the only way to see if it really works is to put it into practice. So any future 'New' format can be tried for one race and if it's found not to work then we revert to the old format and the NEW format goes back to the drawing board,,,,,and so on until either a working 'New Format' is found or the whole idea is shelved.
I have not found a single F1 fan who is 100% happy with the new system of qualifying, mostly negative with two wanting to see how it evolves.
What I would do is see if there is a possibility of trying any new 'ideas' out in other formula's to see how it works first.