Formula One will have three qualifying sprint races in 2022 with points now given out to the top eight rather than just the top three, it was confirmed at Monday’s F1 Commission.
The revised weekend format with qualifying on a Friday evening, a sprint race on Saturday and the main race on Sunday, will take place at April’s Emilia Romagna GP, July’s Austrian GP and November’s Brazilian GP.
The winner of the sprint race at each of those events will score eight points, rather than three like last year, with the points scaling down to eighth position, which will score one point.
F1 has also confirmed the record books will now note the driver who claimed pole position as the driver who finishes the traditional qualifying session on Friday in first place, rather than the winner of the sprint race.
F1 said it had made changes “based on feedback of fans, media and teams”.
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