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Lewis Hamilton takes his dog for a stroll on an electric hoverboard while F1 set for 2016 eliminations shake-up

LEWIS HAMILTON arrvived in the paddock in Barcelona in style on an electric
hoverboard while taking his dog for a walk!

The Formula One world champion ditched his car to take his pet pooch Roscoe
for a stroll on his airwheel unicycle.

Meanwhile, F1 bosses have agreed a radical shake-up to this year’s qualifying
sessions to help improve the show.

Lewis Hamilton will be hoping to get off to a good start this season

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Team chiefs met with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and FIA President Jean Todt
in Geneva yesterday to rubber-stamp the proposal.

Although the official announcement will not be confirmed until March 3rd,
SunSport understands that Saturday’s will be different from this season
onwards with a new knock-out style system.

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone supports new shake-up proposals

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The elimination qualifying session is likely to be split into three sections
with the slowest car on the track knocked out every 90 seconds after some
limited track time to get up to speed.


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The belief is that it will lead to a final 90 second showdown between two cars
for pole position.

F1 bosses want to increase unpredictability in races

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The teams are also understood to have agreed to the bodywork rules for 2017
and the introduction of head protection above the drivers’ cockpits.