Following the failure of the negotiation between Liberty Media and all the teams at the start in F1 – Mercedes and Red Bull wanted (a lot) more money to budget – in 2022 the number of three sprint races as in 2021, with the difference that the points will be awarded to eight riders instead of three and from a statistical point of view the pole position will already be counted on Friday, while obviously the sprint race will continue to determine the starting grid through its order of arrival. departure of the actual Grand Prix.
The appointments that will host a sprint race on Saturday will be the Grand Prix of Emilia Romagna and Made in Italy in Imola, the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring and the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Liberty Media has made official the timetables of the sessions, below are the details taking the Imola weekend as a reference point, which will coincide with those of the Red Bull Ring. As for Brazil, however, the time zone will obviously be taken into consideration.
Sprint races, weekend times
Friday: 1:30 pm free practice / 5:00 pm qualifying
Saturday: 12:30 free practice / 16: 3rd sprint race
Sunday: 15:00 race
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