Max Verstappen in front of Lewis Hamilton during the sprint in the USA. | photo: Reuters
The commission supported the effort to update the sprint format in 2024. Clem is to rationalize the weekend by separating the sprint from the activities of the Grand Prix itself. The final 2024 sprint schedule will be announced in five weeks, the FIA said.
In the summer of the season, there were six separate scoring sprints in the F1 World Championship, four of which Max Verstappen triumphed in. Thanks to the second place in the 100-kilometer steeplechase in Qatar, the Dutch Red Bull driver secured this championship title in advance.
The teams discussed changing the sprint lead-off program during the season. Qualifying for the sprint, the so-called heat, could be done in the morning, and the sprint itself would follow on Saturday before the qualifying for Sunday’s race. The starting line-up for the Grand Prix was now decided on the fifth first lap, and Saturday was reserved for sprint qualifying and sprint.
No more than the eight best riders could score points in the sprint, there is also discussion about a possible rotation of the starting order for the first plate.
It is clear that he has to move a little with the sprints. In some cases, they were slightly uninteresting. There is no pit stop during them and there is a tendency to finish in the same order as at the start, said Christian Horner of Red Bull.
2023-11-24 16:53:00
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