How will grid penalties be applied?Īlong with the announcement of the new format, clarification was also provided on how grid penalties will be applied during Sprint weekends. While teams are free to use any of their available tyres in regular qualifying, in the Sprint Shootout new sets of tyres will be mandatory in each of the three parts, with medium compounds in SQ1 and SQ2 followed by a switch to softs in SQ3. The other significant difference between the Sprint Shootout and regular qualifying will be restrictions on tyre usage. The aim is that each car would only have one flying lap in each session, although two runs could be done in SQ1 while SQ2 and SQ3 would allow time for two timed laps without a pitstop in between attempts. SQ3 has been shortened from 12 minutes to eight minutes. SQ2 has been shortened from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. SQ1 has been shortened from 18 minutes to 12 minutes. The Sprint Shootout will follow the same three-session knockout format as usual qualifying, but each Q1, Q2 and Q3 segment has been shortened to address engine and tyre concerns the teams had. The reduction to just one 60-minute practice session ahead of qualifying on Friday could also bring more jeopardy to the weekend, with teams having less time to understand tyre behaviour and set-up.įormula 1 chief Stefano Domenicali discusses the possibility of scrapping practice, increasing the number of Sprint races and adding additional teams to the sport How will the Sprint Shootout work? "It was boring for me, for the fans it was even more boring, so doing a qualifying session instead is good." "The Saturday morning session was boring as hell," Haas boss Guenther Steiner told the Sky Sports F1 Podcast. Under the old format, Saturday's Practice Two session had essentially become redundant due to F1's parc ferme rules - once cars leave the garage in qualifying on Friday, teams are unable to make any changes to their set-ups. It also brings more meaning to Saturday morning. With the Sprint no longer setting the Grand Prix grid, the hope is that it will encourage the drivers to be more attacking and take more risks during the 100km event given an incident would not compromise them on Sunday. In essence, to try and improve the entertainment and spectacle of the Sprint weekend. The Sprint, along with its own qualifying Shootout, is now essentially a separate entity from the main Grand Prix. Whoever is fastest on Friday evening will now start from pole on Sunday.Ī new, separate shorter qualifying session - the Sprint Shootout - will now take place on Saturday morning, with Practice Two removed from the weekend schedule. The key change is that the result of Saturday's shorter race will no longer set the grid for Sunday's Grand Prix, with that now being decided by Friday's qualifying session. On the Sky Sports F1 Podcast Simon Lazenby examined the pros and cons of the Sprint race weekends What's changed for 2023?
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