McLaren Roasts F1 Qualifying, Parachutes Button's Car onto the Track in New Ad

Those of you who missed the new qualifying format that had been introduced for the Australian Grand Prix will never get to see it again. The scheme led to such a poor show that it has already been scrapped, so expect something different for the upcoming Bahrain race.

However, McLaren seems to be willing to grab the microphone and assume the host role. At least that's what we understand after watching the F1 team's latest clip.

The piece of footage, which you can find below, sees Jenson Button in his McLaren-Honda racecar. So far, there's nothing unusual, except this time around, the driver is set to start the race by dropping from the sky.

Thanks to computer-generated special effects, we see Button and his machine being parachuted out of what appears to be an RAF C-130.

There might be one issue with McLaren's idea, though. You see, F1 steering wheels are already incredibly complicated nowadays and this would require yet another button to be added in order to allow the driver to control the parachute.

And we're not even sure the idea behind the whole thing is entirely original. After all, dragsters have parachutes and Le Mans starts used to see drivers involved in activities outside their cars back in the day, so why combine the two for F1?

Come to think of it, this still seems like a far better proposal than the one the FIA came up with. And maybe if they repeat the race we saw on March 20, drivers will float onto the track like feathers - this is how gravity works Down Under, right?