Williams: Sunday Qual Here To Stay

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from itv-f1.com:

WILLIAMS: SUNDAY QUAL HERE TO STAY

Last Updated: Tuesday, 11, January, 2005, 15:04

Frank Williams believes there is unlikely to be another change to the F1 qualifying system before the season gets underway at Melbourne.

The decision to move final qualifying to Sunday morning was initially well received since an impromptu trial of the format at Suzuka last year proved successful.

But the move has not been welcomed by the television companies covering the sport, and there are fears that packing everything into Sunday morning will diminish interest in Saturday

[Sato 0]

why don't they do fridays stuff on saturday instead?

[jjoseph 0]

Defenetly they have to consider the interests on television audience also

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If we have to have single lap qualifying what was wrong with the original 2003 format?

[Shadow 0]

If we have to have single lap qualifying what was wrong with the original 2003 format?

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yeah it is perplexing

[Senna 0]

What Bernie and others are trying to do is provide more entertainment for trackside viewers on Sunday to combat falling ticket sales but this makes Saturday qualifying less important and upsets TV broadcasters. He hasn

[nojvnof1 0]

If we have to have single lap qualifying what was wrong with the original 2003 format?

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nothing, which is why the teams voted to change it probably, they never know a good thing when they see it. This system will be as big a joke as the '04 version, if not bigger!!