Formula 1 sprint races: Six events chosen to host in 2023

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The Grands Prix successful Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Qatar, the USA and Brazil are the six races Formula 1 has chosen to big 'sprint' events successful 2023.

The database was agreed aft investigation of which tracks would beryllium champion suited and discussions of commercialized presumption with the contention organisers.

The fig of sprint events is doubling due to the fact that F1 says they summation gross and tv audiences.

The format of the lawsuit volition stay the aforesaid arsenic the sprint weekends this year.

A abbreviated contention connected Saturday, with points for the archetypal 8 finishers, defines the grid for the main expansive prix.

The grid for the sprint is acceptable by a modular qualifying, moved to Friday day from its mean slot connected Saturday.

The archetypal sprint volition beryllium astatine the Azerbaijan Grand Prix successful Baku connected 28-30 April, which volition beryllium either the 3rd oregon 4th contention of the play depending connected whether F1 replaces the cancelled Chinese Grand Prix.

The Austrian lawsuit is 30 June to 2 July, Belgium connected 28-30 July, Qatar connected 6-8 October, the US contention successful Austin, Texas, connected 20-22 October, and Brazil connected 3-5 November.

F1 has been fine-tuning its investigation of which tracks are champion suited to hosting sprint events.

It had wanted to big a sprint lawsuit successful Saudi Arabia, the 2nd contention of the play connected 17-19 March, but Saudi authorities baulked astatine the interest being demanded.

An F1 connection announcing the six sprint events said that successful 2022 the Austrian sprint lawsuit had a 39% summation successful assemblage compared with qualifying astatine the aforesaid contention the twelvemonth before.

"We person seen a hugely affirmative absorption to the F1 Sprint events during the archetypal 2 years of its running," said F1 president and main enforcement serviceman Stefano Domenicali.

"We can't hold to bring adjacent much enactment to fans with six events adjacent year, including our archetypal US F1 sprint successful Austin.

"The instauration of the F1 sprint has created a contention play that includes 3 days of competitory racing enactment and brings much amusement to fans of the sport, arsenic good arsenic further worth for cardinal stakeholders including teams, broadcasters, partners, and big venues."

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