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From what you have written it appears to me that qualifying was split in to two groups (presumably because the number of cars trying to qualify exceded the number allowed under the track license) in different sessions. As the weather/track conditions could have been different in each session the top eight in each group would qualify for the main race. This could mean that a driver (Jelinski) would be an automatic qualifier if in the top 8 of his group whereas another driver (Biela) would not be an automatic qualifier if placed outside the top 8 in his group despite having a quicker qualifying time. Presumably those outside the top 8 in each group went in to the qualifying race where an agreed number (presumably up to the maximum track license number) proceded to the main race.
Seems fair to me.
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