Reporter Erik van Haren is in Italy and follows the sprint race minute by minute.
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The scoring in a sprint race is different from last season in Formula 1. The winner of the sprint race receives eight points, the number 2 receives seven, the number 3 six, up to the number 8, who adds one point to his World Cup number. may add. The starting grid for the Grand Prix on Sunday is therefore not determined by the usual qualifying session, but by the result of the shorter sprint race over 21 laps.
After three Grand Prixs, defending champion Verstappen is in sixth place in the World Cup with 25 points. He is 46 points behind leader Charles Leclerc.