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Bernie Ecclestone believes F1 can still salvage the good from elimination-style qualifying as chiefs vote on what system is used for the Bahrain GP. F1s new-for-2016 qualifying format was panned by drivers, leading team bosses and fans following its introduction in Australia with pole position settled with four minutes of the final session still to run.Team bosses unanimously voted to revert to 2015s rules from the Bahrain GP during a meeting in Melbourne on race-day morning. However, it has since emerged that the 90-second elimination format could be retained in some form for Bahrain. Sky Sports News HQ understands the Strategy Group and F1 Commission are conducting e-votes on Thursday, with the second vote to take place in late afternoon.The teams are discussing that [qualifying] and they want to go back, Ecclestone told Italys Gazzetta dello Sport.If I were to give an opinion, I would say we will continue with the format from Australia. After a unanimous decision from fans and team principals that it wasnt successful, F1s new qualifying format has been scrapped The F1 supremo added: I am a prudent man, and new things must be tested. The new qualifying caused a bit of shock, but maybe we can salvage the good of the format.One suggestion is for a halfway house solution whereby Q1 and Q2 remain under the new elimination rules while Q3 reverts to the more established format.The idea of stopping the 90-second eliminations after Q2 and running Q3 under the old rules was first floated by team managers during a meeting with FIA race director Charlie Whiting during the second Barcelona test, only for the original idea to be voted through. When is Bahrain GP on Sky? All the times you need for the second race of the 2016 season. Although F1 teams agreed to drop the new format last Sunday, the F1 Commission still has to formally agree to any changes. The World Motor Sport Council would then deliver the final ratification for the new rules ahead of next weeks Bahrain GP. The F1 Commission represents a wider group of interests, including race promoters, sponsors and tyre supplier Pirelli, and team bosses had suggested that promoters had been keen on the elimination system.The Bahrain GP weekend is live on Sky Sports F1. The race begins at 4pm on Sunday April 3, with build-up underway from 2.30pm. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here. Also See: Mercedes v Ferrari analysed The F1 Gossip Column Edmonton Oilers Jerseys . 1 and reigning champion Caroline Wozniacki was among Thursdays third-round winners, while second- seeded Victoria Azarenka pulled out of the draw at the $4. Esa Tikkanen Jersey . Every once in awhile, it seems like life lets dreams become real - and that is a gift. http://www.officialoilersfanstore.com/authentic-grant-fuhr-oilers-jersey/ . 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"The standings are what they are. We want to play the best we can and the fact that we are in first place, I think thats pretty cool but weve got so much work to do. Weve got too much work to do. Weve got guys that need to get healthy. We havent even talked about it. We probably wont talk about it. Weve got to play the season out." Chris Andersen scored 13 points on 5-for-5 shooting and Mario Chalmers added 12 for Miami (51-22), which was again without Dwyane Wade (hamstring), Greg Oden (back) and Ray Allen (flu). Indiana (52-23) lost at home earlier Monday night to San Antonio, 103-77. "The No. 1 seed is the last thing on our minds right now," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said after his teams loss. The Heat -- who were three games out in the East after losing at Indiana on Wednesday -- are basically saying the same thing. Sure, its a neat perk -- Heat coach Erik Spoelstra called it an "ancillary" effect of hard work -- and Bosh acknowledged the outcomes Monday merited a very subtle fist-pump from him. But theres still plenty of time for things to change, and Miami is thinking more about getting those who are hurt and sick back into rhythm with the playoffs coming up in less than three weeks. "Were aware of it," Spoelstra said of the standings. "Its not that were naive to it. I didnt talk about it. ... These were pros that were getting ready for battle and its thhat type of focus, thats the type of thing were trying to stress right now, the process of building those habits.dddddddddddd. The results will follow. They tend to take care of themselves." Greivis Vasquez scored 17 points, DeMar DeRozan scored 16 and Jonas Valanciunas finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors. Steve Novak added 13 for Toronto, which lost Kyle Lowry to a sore left knee late in the third quarter after he collided with James. "It was a hard-fought game -- basketball at a high level," Vasquez said. "We lost it in the third period. We came out too relaxed. We didnt attack the basket. Everything worked for them." Lowrys knee swelled, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said, and that hardly sounds like good news for a team fighting for the No. 3 spot in the East. "He bumped knees," Casey said. "It puffed up a little bit. X-rays were negative. We just have to wait and see how he is tomorrow." The Heat were down 10 midway through the second quarter, and then closed the half on a 22-9 run to take the lead and never trailed again. Bosh had consecutive baskets in the fourth quarter, the last of them an easy breakaway, to put Miami up by nine. A possession later, after a 3-pointer from Vasquez, James split a pair of defenders on the dribble and found Toney Douglas for a right-wing 3. 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