Appeal to fans to vote on qualification
Formula One chiefs are asking fans to finally end the search for an acceptable qualifying system.
The sport has seen four different systems in the last three seasons but none has been well received and talks are underway to find a better solution.
A return to the traditional format of a one-hour free-for-all is welcomed by many but there are concerns it encourages large spells of inactivity early in the session.
That system was scrapped when television viewers and fans tired of seeing an empty track for the first 30 minutes of each session and the Formula One teams have proposed two solutions to that problem.
The first, which was proposed last year but rejected, would see two 25-minute sessions, with a driver's best time from each aggregated to determine the grid.
The second is more complicated and would see five cars eliminated from the session after 15 and 30 minutes respectively before a 10-car shoot-out decided the top positions.
Both proposals allow drivers to compete with low fuel, one of the main objections raised against the current format.
Fans are being asked to decide which qualifying system should be adopted via votes on the sport's official website, www.formula1.com , which is owned by commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone.
