Formula One Sprint Shootout debuts in Azerbaijan Grand Prix Caliber.Az on YouTube

The Sprint Shootout will be held on April 29, the second day of the Formula-1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

The competitions will be held both in the Formula 1 class and in the Formula 2 class.

The F1 Sprint Shootout will debut at the 2023 Azerbaijan GP this weekend. Here is how things will unfold.

On April 28, a usual Practice session spanning 60 minutes was held, where drivers tested their new setups and got familiar with the circuit.

After the Practice session, the Qualifying session for the main race on April 30 took place on April 28. The usual Qualifying rules were applied here.

In the Formula 1 class, Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen won the usual Practice session, and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was the winner in the qualifying race. In Formula 2, Prema Racing driver Oliver Berman finished first in both the free practice and qualifying. The results at the end of Q3 determined the grid for the main race on Sunday.

On April 29, the new F1 Sprint Shootout will hold a mini-qualifying session. The Sprint Qualifying 1, or SQ1, will run for 12 minutes, followed by the SQ2 session for 10 minutes, and the SQ3 session for 8 minutes. The results from the SQ3 session will determine the grid for the F1 Sprint race.

Just after the Sprint Shootout on April 29, the F1 Sprint race will be held. The race distance is set at 100 kilometers, allowing drivers and teams to give it their all. Points will be awarded, as usual, to the top eight finishers in the race.

Finally, on April 30 we will get to see the main race, where the grid lineup will be determined by Friday’s Qualifying session.