After a fruitful North American excursion , F1 is heading to Europe .
This weekend will see the 2nd Sprint race of the season , which will happen at Austria’s Red Bull Ring .
Friday will host only one 60 minute practice session for the weekend .It will be followed by the qualifying session for the Sunday’s race .
Saturday morning will host the sprint Shootout .Sprint Shootout consist of 12 minute SQ1 , 10 minute SQ2 and a 8 minute SQ3 .
New tyres are mandatory for each session . SQ1 and SQ2 will be done on the medium compound and SQ3 will be on a mandatory soft tyre .
The Sprint shootout will set the grid for the 100Km sprint race later that same day .
36 points are distributed to Top 8 finishers of the Sprint race . Points are given in descending order starting from P1 with 8 points till P8 with 1 point .
The new sprint is designed to encourage the drivers to be more attacking and take more risks , as any incident on the Sprint race would not compromise Sunday’s race .
Dates of F1 Sprint race in 2023
| Venue | Date |
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| Azerbaijan GP | April 29 2023 |
| Austrian GP | July 1 2023 |
| Belgian GP | July 29 2023 |
| Qatar GP | October 7 2023 |
| US GP | October 21 2023 |
| Sao Paulo GP | November 4 |
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