What is an F1 sprint race? A sprint is a short race that covers 100 km -- or about one-third of a typical grand prix d ...

The F1 Sprint is a format consisting of a 100-km dash to the chequered flag. Its focus is on attacking for position rather than strategic plays. Drivers typically avoid pit stops unless necessary.

It's just for eight points, but Piastri came out of the mini-break hungry to build his championship lead back.

However, the format was tweaked again in 2024 so that sprint qualifying took place on Friday afternoon instead of grand prix qualifying. That format has remained for the 2025 season.

After the Belgian GP, our readers are taking a long look at F1 wet weather racing and its sprint weekend format ...

The first thing you need to do is completely detach sprint qualifying and the sprint race from the main grand prix qualifying and race, which both take place later in the weekend.That has not ...

Formula One's Spa weekend marks a new start for Red Bull and reigning world champion Max Verstappen as the team go racing for the first time without Christian Horner at the helm.

The sprint format continues in Formula 1 this weekend as the US Grand Prix hosts the fourth sprint weekend of the 2024 season. The sprint was first introduced in 2021 at Silverstone as a way of ...

FOLLOW LIVE: F1 Brazilian GP sprint race updates in Interlagos The 2023 season introduced a new format. The number of sprint races were doubled to six, while Saturday was designed ‘sprint day ...

In addition, the result of the sprint race had no baring on the grand prix on Sunday. However, the format has been tweaked again in 2024 and we will see it in action at Interlagos.