The Formula 1 Sprint Format Has Been Updated For 2024...Woo, We Guess #f1
Channel: Going Off Track With Kathryn & Emily
Date: 2024-02-08

Full Episode: https://youtu.be/NyZktO4qiOI

There’s a LOT going on in Formula 1 right now: 
😱Lewis Hamilton leaving Mercedes for Ferrari in 2025
🤦🏻‍♀️An epidemic of carbon fibre-heavy liveries that are going to make it impossible to tell cars apart on track
🇬🇧Silverstone sticking around the calendar until 2034
And…

😔F1 released the new Sprint Race format for 2024

And we don’t think it’s an improvement! At all!

In case you missed it, the format looks a little something like this:
📅Friday: FP1 & Sprint Qualifying (Sprint Shootout, whatever the heck they’re calling it this week)
📅Saturday: Sprint Race & GP Qualifying
📅Sunday: Grand Prix race

There are a LOT of problems with this format (not all of which we could cram into one 60-second clip), including:
❓What happens if you crash in the sprint? Welp, you’re screwed for qualifying and therefore your entire race is shot
🤨While the sprint weekend schedules have yet to be finalized, the U.S. audience is going to have a very early wakeup call if they slot the sprint race in what is usually FP3. Who doesn’t want to wake up at 2:30 in the morning in the U.S. to watch 20 minutes of bad racing? Kathryn doesn’t!
⁉️What’s up with Parc Firme? One of the biggest problems in 2023 came from the fact that parc firme rules applied after Qualifying. Has that issue, which led to the shocking disqualifications of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc in COTA last year, has not been publicly rectified.

Don’t miss our full episode on our less than favorable thoughts on the sprint, Lewis’ move and what that means for the driver market, and oh yeah, we talk about the Andretti/FOM debacle too. Check it out on 🟣Apple Podcasts and 🟢Spotify (both linked in our bio), or the official 🔴Going Off Track YouTube channel.

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