The current format features a sole Friday practice session followed by qualifying for the Sunday main race.
SAO PAULO: Formula 1 teams are discussing changes to the sprint format for next season so that the weekend schedule becomes easier for fans to follow.
Saturday then has a half-hour sprint “shoot-out” to determine the starting order for the same day’s standalone 100km sprint race, which offers points for the top eight finishers.“I think it needs tweaking a bit more,” Aston Martin’s performance director Tom McCullough told a press conference at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, which includes the last of six sprint races this season.
Potential changes were discussed at a meeting of F1’s sporting advisory committee this week, McCullough said. “There are also other options on the table,” added Ioverno. “We will work all together because at the end, this is our target, to make it as good as possible for our fans.”