"F1's Sprint Format: Rule Details, Tweaks, Upgrades, and Criticisms Explained"

F1 teams are studying the revised regulations for the new sprint race weekend format, which includes the Sprint Shootout qualifying session. The new format will have a compressed Q1/Q2/Q3 qualifying format, with the three sessions running for 12 minutes, 10 minutes, and eight minutes. Drivers can only use medium tyres for SQ1 and SQ2, and for the final session, just a soft. Parc ferme rules will remain in force, and any changes made to the settings before the start of the sprint race mean that the car must start from the back of the grid for the Saturday race as well as Sunday’s main event. The FIA has left the door open to allowing itself to make emergency changes on a specific race weekend without going through the traditional process.