Session time for Sprint Qualifying revealed | Full details inside

The first of three 2021 events with the brand-new Sprint Qualifying weekend format will be the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 16-18. The revised schedule will see Free Practice 1 and Qualifying on Friday, with Free Practice 2 and Sprint Qualifying on Saturday, and the Grand Prix itself on Sunday, as usual.

British Grand Prix weekend schedule:

FRIDAY

FP1: 1430-1530

Qualifying: 1800-1900

SATURDAY

FP2: 1200-1300

Sprint Qualifying: 1630-1700

SUNDAY

Race: 1500

Sprint Qualifying will be a race run over 100km and lasting around 25-30 minutes. It is designed to provide a short and fast-paced racing spectacle – similar to a Twenty20 cricket match – with drivers racing flat-out from start to finish without the need to pit.

Know full details regarding the point system in Sprint Race by clicking here.

-by Amaan Attar