Formula 1 has announced six auto racing weekends will feature sprint events in 2025, with Spa-Francorchamps restored as Austria withdraws for the first time since 2021. The five events on the sprint schedule remain the same as the 2024 schedule; China and Miami will continue to host races on Saturday, as will Austin, Brazil and Qatar.

Belgium previously hosted a sprint race in 2023, although the event was dropped from this year’s schedule along with the Azerbaijan sprint race because the Formula 1 China Grand Prix and the Miami race were canceled. designated as the new host site.

The return of a sprint race to the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix comes after the Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix held a sprint race for the first time in 2022 and remains on the schedule in the next two seasons. Formula 1 Sao Paulo has held a sprint race in every season since the format was introduced in 2021, and will continue to do so creating a series of short races more appreciated.

Both the Qatar and USA Formula 1 Grand Prix were included in the 2023 sprint calendar for the first time when the number of 100km races was increased from three to six and remained in place for both this season and next year. after.
F1 also revealed an increase in viewership for the weekend’s sprint races compared to “normal” races with three practice sessions, underlining the decision to continue the format.
It is expected that the current layout used in 2024, with the sprint race taking place on the Saturday before grand prix qualifying, will remain the same. This was changed this season to allow parc ferme to be open between the sprint race and the actual qualifying, ensuring that teams can iron out any mistakes in set-up to make up for the time. practice time is lost.

These changes ensure that the sprint races become a stand-alone event, rather than directly affecting the grand prix race as a whole, and currently do not penalize drivers for any set-up changes between the sprint race and the grand prix race. Due to the revised 2025 schedule compared to 2024, this ensures that the China and Miami sprint races are no longer on consecutive weeks, while all three sprint races follow the break Summer is also more spaced out.

F1 sprint racing schedule 2025
Chinese GP – Shanghai International Circuit – March 22
GP Miami – Miami International Circuit – May 3
Belgian GP – Spa-Francorchamps – July 26
US GP – Circuit of the Americas – October 18
Sao Paulo GP – Autodromo de Interlagos – November 8
Qatar GP – Losail International Circuit – November 29