(Photo : Clive Rose/Getty Images) ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme in the course of the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on November 26, 2023 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Formula 1 launched Sprint races in particular Grand Prix occasions starting with the 2021 season.
These races are shortened variations of a regular Grand Prix, the place Formula 1 vehicles take part in an uninterrupted, all-out race masking a distance of 100 km (roughly 62 miles) with none pit stops in between.
The Sprint Race was initially a qualifying occasion held on Saturdays earlier than the primary race, and its outcomes decided the beginning order of the grid till 2022.
However, beginning in 2023, the Sprint transitioned right into a standalone occasion, departing from the earlier format.
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How F1 Sprint weekends are structured
Friday
- One free follow session for 60 minutes.
- The typical qualifying session for the primary race on Sunday.
On Sprint weekends, the variety of follow periods is decreased from three to 1, limiting the time for groups to fine-tune their setups and simulate varied occasion levels.
A conventional qualifying session will happen on this present day to ascertain the beginning grid for the Sunday race. The normal qualifying, sometimes held on Saturday, has been shifted to a day earlier.
In distinction, a daily non-Sprint Grand Prix weekend normally includes three follow periods. Two periods are performed on Friday, one within the morning and one other within the afternoon. The third follow session takes place on Sunday earlier than the qualifying session.
Saturday
- Sprint Shootout
- Sprint Race
The Sprint Shootout determines the grid’s order, and its guidelines primarily resemble these of a conventional qualifying session, albeit with shorter time durations and a mandated set of tires for every section.
In SQ1, lasting 12 minutes, drivers are obliged to make use of medium tires. SQ2, a 10-minute section, permits utilizing medium tires, whereas SQ3, an 8-minute session, requires tender tires.
For the Sprint Race, the highest eight drivers achieve invaluable championship factors, with the winner incomes eight factors and the second to the eighth-placed driver receiving one level.
The variety of laps of the Sprint race is set by the size of the particular circuit, and the entire occasion sometimes lasts round 25 to half-hour. These races are strategically scheduled on circuits designed to encourage overtaking, making certain shut and entertaining racing experiences.
Sunday
- Main race
The fundamental Grand Prix is scheduled for Sunday, with the beginning grid order decided by the end result of the qualifying session performed on Friday.
2024 Sprint Weekends
The 2024 Formula 1 season is ready to characteristic six Sprint Weekends out of the 24 scheduled races, sustaining the identical quantity because the earlier yr in 2023.
- April 19 to 21: Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit
- May 3 to five: Miami Grand Prix at Miami Autodrome
- June 28 to 30: Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring
- October 18 to twenty: United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas
- November 1 to three: São Paulo Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace
- November 29 to December 1: Qatar Grand Prix at Losail International Circuit
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