Trulli about new qualifying format

Panasonic Toyota Racing driver, Jarno Trulli, has criticised Formula 1's new qualifying system for being too "complicated". The old maligned one-lap shoot-out will be replaced by a three-part knock-out system for 2006.

The Italian, a director of the Grand Prix Drivers Association, told reporters at the Toyota Motorsport Festival at its Fuji Speedway circuit in Japan that the format is not popular among the drivers.

Jarno Trulli "It seems pretty complicated and confusing. I’m sure it will be fine, but as for me, I don’t like it very much, and I don’t think there are any other drivers that support the new system. But it’s already been decided, so we just have to wait and see what actually happens."

Trulli prefers the old free qualifying sessions when everyone was on the track together.

"I think the qualifying system we have had in the past was the best. I think it determined the pole position in the truest sense."