Today's meeting of the F1 Commission sees changes to the format for Sprint weekends in addition to an increase to the power unit allocation this season.

The first meeting of the Formula 1 Commission on 2024 took place today at the offices of Formula One Management in London. The meeting was chaired by FIA Single-Seater Director Nikolas Tombazis and Formula 1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali.

Under discussion were topics including the format for Sprint weekends for the forthcoming season and beyond, with the following options presented by the Sporting Advisory Committee.

2024 Sprint Format

Following previous support by the F1 Commission for an update to the Sprint weekend there was agreement for a re-ordering of the sessions during the Sprint weekend with Free Practice 1 and Sprint Qualifying taking place on Friday, the Sprint and Grand Prix Qualifying on Saturday and the Grand Prix on Sunday.

The regulatory refinements for these changes will be presented to the World Motorsport Council (WMSC) on February 28.

Updates to the Technical and Sporting Regulations

A proposal to increase the Power Unit allocation to four per driver for the 2024 and 2025 seasons was agreed.

DRS Activation for the Race will be anticipated to one lap as opposed to two laps after the start of the Race, or the re-start following a Safety Car.

The group discussed a number of topics relating to the 2026 Regulations in particular financial and sustainability matters.

Other minor updates to the 2024 Technical, Sporting and Financial Regulations were approved by the Commission.

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1. Posted by NS Biker, 07/02/2024 3:17

"The "update"to the Sprint schedule, the qualifying and racing format seems to be the same, certanly feels like the Sprint process is a separate entity. This should make it look and feel separate from the GP weekend.
Qualifying Friday and race first thing Saturday morning, sounds like they are getting ready to ditch the whole concept. We can hope.
One aspect that I am half expecting is for one or two of the mid-field teams to focus on the sprint. It might be their best opportunity to go all-out to score a couple of points that they normally wouldn't be in reach of in the main event. "

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2. Posted by rambler, 06/02/2024 5:39

"Sprint weekends are a terrible idea!!!! With this change the teams can pay lip service to the idea of the sprint. Sprint Qualifying is testing for Qualifying, and the "Sprint" is testing for the race. All the drivers told not to crash the car. The sprint will continue to be a train of cars going round and round with nobody wanting to damage their car.

Novel idea, ditch the sprint and have two practice sessions instead?"

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3. Posted by ian_w, 06/02/2024 2:02

"re: "Sprint Qualifying taking place on Friday, the Sprint and Grand Prix Qualifying on Saturday",

What about Parc Ferme? Will there be a Sprint Ferme and an opportunity to make adjustments AFTER the Sprint ?

It still hobbles any team who has an incident in the Sprint to get things sorted out / rebuilt in time for the GP Qualifying. Or maybe it creates opportunities for teams out of the Sprint points to have "planned accidents" to make adjustments before the GP Qualifying?
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