Mattias Ekstrom says he misses the DTM’s old knockout qualifying system after the first weekend of the series’ new two-race format at Hockenheim. The German championship chose to overhaul the format for all of its events in 2015, adding a second race and an additional qualifying session to each race weekend. This has meant that series organisers have had to move away from the Formula 1-style knockout qualifying system and towards a short 20 minute session for each race, a change that Audi driver Ekstrom believes would have been unnecessary with a reduced amount of free practice. “Doing two races per weekend is fantastic, but I have to admit I loved the old style qualifying,” said...
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