News Details

Silverstone confirmed as first venue for F1 sprint race trial

Sam Hall Wednesday 28 April 2021 12:39 - Updated: 12:39 Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle has confirmed the British Grand Prix will be the first event to trial F1's new sprint race qualifying format later this year. F1 announced on Monday it had received the green light to proceed with its plan to trial a new weekend format including a Saturday sprint race that will decide the grid for the grand prix. Article continues under video The official statement detailed that two trial events would take place in Europe with the third to be completed at one of the flyaway races. In a statement, Pringle said: “We are incredibly excited that Silverstone fans will be the first to...
Full Story »
4y ago from GPFans.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sprint races to go ahead at three Grand Prix in 2021

Formula 1 will debut a new sprint race format at three Grand Prix this...
4y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Brawn: Unlikely Sprint Qualifying will happen at every...

Formula 1's new Sprint Qualifying format is unlikely to be adopted at...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

F1 to trial Sprint Qualifying for three rounds in 2021

F1 commission votes through trial of new Sprint Qualifying format

Pirelli clarify tyre compound rules for Sprint...

Pirelli have clarified changes to the tyre rules on weekends earmarked...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou responds to McLaren court ruling

Alex Palou has been ordered to pay McLaren Racing over $12 million...

McLaren wins contract breach suit against Alex Palou

McLaren has prevailed in its lawsuit against star IndyCar driver Alex...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Deadly deliveries and controlled chaos: how Arsenal...

el Arteta’s side have scored 19 goals from corners this season. Why are...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Then and now: what has changed since the opening...

s weekend’s fixtures are the reverse of a first round that saw Arsenal...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal vs Manchester United Prediction and Betting...

The Premier League returns to the fold with a massive clash between two of...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal handed double injury boost ahead of PL clash...

Arsenal have been handed a double injury boost ahead of their Premier...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Adrian Newey 'furious' about latest FIA ruling

F1 design legend Adrian Newey has reportedly been... Read More »
53m ago from GPFans.com

Ferrari to 'raid McLaren' after Lewis Hamilton switch

Lewis Hamilton will have a new race engineer in... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.