Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says there is already a will among Formula One's stakeholders to ditch live-elimination qualifying ahead of the next round in Bahrain.
The new format was introduced for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix qualifying, but confusion in the opening session and an anti-climax in the final session led to widespread criticism from team bosses, drivers and fans. The most likely outcome is a return to the last year's qualifying format, although it has been suggested Q1 and Q2 could remain in the new format and Q3 reverts to the old format.
After taking a phone call from F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone ahead of his Saturday evening press conference, Wolff said there is already a desire to change the rules ahead of the next race.
"I think there is a will," Wolff said. "Nobody tried to really damage the spectacle in qualifying on purpose. The basic idea of having a shootout and making it very exciting that every 90 seconds someone drops out could trigger results that give a certain variability and mean that a favourite gets it wrong. So the basic concept was not completely stupid.
"As with many things, the devil lies in the detail and we've seen today that we actually complicated things in the time where we should simplify them. There was periods when no car was running and we saw that at the end and it wasn't really exciting. Everybody has an opinion and I doubt if there is somebody in the room who thought it was great."
In order to bring about change, any regulation tweaks would require unanimous agreement, but Wolff is confident none of the teams would object.
"I think if all the teams were to come together and say this was a unanimous opinion, I think we have a pretty good chance in getting through. I doubt there would be anybody who would raise their hand and be in favour of the new qualifying."
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier agreed the qualifying format had to be addressed.
"It's not a great result on TV for the fans. I think it's worth really thinking about this format, so that's going to be our position."
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes change would receive unanimous approval.
"I would think so. It's hard to make an argument not to change it at this point!"