Six sprint locations for F1 2023 revealed - including four new venues
On Wednesday morning F1 presented to the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) that t𝕴he six sprint event venues will be:
Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Baku (30 April)
Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring (2 July)
Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps (30 July)
Qatar Grand Prix - Losail (8 October)
United States Grand Prix - Austin (22 October) 🍷;
Sao Paulo G🧸rand Prix - Interlagos (5 November)
It will mark the first time that Baku, Spa, Los🌃ail and Austin have held a sprint race.
F1 first introduced the sp🍸rint race format at three rounds in 2021, with a further thr﷽ee events taking place across the 2022 season.
The shorter 100km Saturday races are used𓂃 as a way of determining the gri🐟d for Sunday’s main grand prix, with the traditional qualifying session - which sets the starting order for the sprint - shifted to Friday evening.
A plan to double the number of sprint events from three to six in F1 2023 was approved by F1 and 🔥governing body the FIA earlier this year.&﷽nbsp;
F1 has made some tweaks to the format, such as increasing the amount of points awarded, and is evaluating the possibility of making sprint races s♍tandalone event🗹s in the future.
No further changes will be made to the format for next season, but b💯ackground discussions about what could be adapted for the ๊future are ongoing.
Sprint races have divided opinion among fans and drivers, with world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen being particularly vocal in his criticism.
“I’m just not a big fan of it, because I feel like we don’t really race,” said Verstappen. “OK, there are a few points to get, but you also know that you can’t really risk i🅠t because the main race is where you really get the points.
“You don’t do a pit stop so you just put on the tyre that will last the distance. With these cars the racing is probably a little🐼 bit better, but overa🏅ll you don’t really see a lot of overtaking unless there is a car out of position. Everyone has their own opinion but for me it is not that fun.
“I do like having one practice session and then straigh🐭t to qualifying, I don’t mind that because it’s less practice for everyone to get fully up to speed and then you really need to nail the set-up. But I al𓃲ways feel when I go into a sprint race that you’re not really risking a lot because you want to play safe."
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