Silverstone is all set to turn out to be the primary circuit to trial Formula One’s new dash qualifying format, the British Grand Prix. The Sprint Qualifying begins at 1630hrs native time and the Sprint Qualifying shall be a race run over 100km and lasting round 25-Half-hour. It is designed to offer a brief and fast-paced racing spectacle – with drivers racing flat-out from begin to end with out the necessity to pit.
Last month it was confirmed that groups and executives had agreed unanimously to debut a brand new points-scoring qualifying race at three grands prix this season.
Points shall be awarded to the highest three finishers, three for the winner down to at least one level for third. There received’t be a podium ceremony, as that honour will stay the privilege of the highest three in Sunday’s Grand Prix, nonetheless the winner will get a trophy in Parc Ferme, introduced in an identical method to the tyre the pole-sitter at present from F1’s tyre provider Pirelli after qualifying now.
The ending order of the race will outline the grid for Sunday’s showpiece occasion – the Grand Prix, the place the standard format will stay unchanged.
“We are extremely excited that Silverstone followers would be the first to expertise the Formula One dash qualifying format at this yr’s British Grand Prix,” had said the circuit’s managing director Stuart Pringle in a statement.
Pringle had also said tickets for Sunday were already nearly sold out.
The British Grand Prix took place without spectators last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but organisers are hoping to welcome back crowds for the July 18 race.
Under the new format, a qualifying session will be held after the first Friday practice to determine the grid for a sprint race on Saturday.
The finishing order of the sprint — which at 100km will be about a third of a normal race distance and last about half an hour without mandatory pit stops — will determine Sunday’s starting grid.
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