This weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix will feature this exciting format
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Sprint races are one of the great attractions of the 2023 Formula 1 World Cup and, this weekend, we will have this new format again at the Austrian Grand Prix.
The main novelty compared to 2022 consists of the introduction of two different classifications, one for the Sprint on Saturday and one for the race on Sundaywith the detriment of losing a round of free practice.
So are F1 sprint races in this World Cup:
FRIDAY
Free Practice 1: It is the only free practice session of the entire weekend. The session lasts 60 minutes.
Qualifying for Sunday’s race: held in the afternoon and determines the starting grid for Sunday’s race and it has the same format as always: Q1 18 minutes, Q2 15 minutes and Q3 of 12 minutes. This will be the official classification and whoever achieves the first place will be the one who has the ‘pole position’ of the Big prize.
SATURDAY
Sprint Classification: It’s the first session on Saturday. It determines the starting order of the sprint race and it does not influence the race on Sunday at all. The format also consists of a Q1a Q2 and one Q3but with shorter times (12, 10 and 8 minutes respectively).
Sprint Race: It is the second session of the day in the afternoon. Race with 15 laps, so that the pilots will travel about 100 kilometers. The number of points to be distributed is also reduced: the winner will take 8 points and each of the rest of the classifieds will receive one less point, until reaching the eighth, the last to score.
SUNDAY
Career: On Sunday the traditional race is held to determine the winner of the Grand Prix with the starting grid defined by the qualifying session on Friday.
The Formula 1 2023 has six sprint format Grand Prix planned. The first, in the Azerbaijan GP, which was held from April 28 to 30. The one this weekend at the Austrian GP (from June 30 to July 2) and, later, the Belgian GP (from July 28 to 30), the Qatar GP (from October 6 to 8), the United States GP (from October 20 to 22) and the Brazilian GP (from November 3 to 5).