Austin’s U.S. Grand Prix might be certainly one of six Formulation One races held below the dash weekend format in 2023.

Austin, Baku, Spa and Qatar will all host their first dash in 2023, with Austria and Brazil retaining the format for an additional season.

In 2021 and 2022 F1 had three occasions which ran in another way to the remainder, with qualifying shifted to Friday, setting the grid for a shortened dash race on Saturday. In 2022, factors have been handed out to the highest eight finishers.

The dash race units the grid for the grand prix itself on Sunday, the place factors are awarded as regular. Though suggestions has been combined from followers and drivers, F1 has determined to double the dash race choices for 2023, which can function a file 24 races if the championship can discover a substitute for the cancelled Chinese language Grand Prix in April.

Reigning double world champion Max Verstappen, who gained two of the three dash races in 2022, has criticised the format.

“I am simply not a giant fan of it,” Verstappen advised reporters on the Brazilian Grand Prix. “I really feel like we do not actually race [in the sprints]. There are just a few factors that you just get, proper, however you additionally know which you can’t actually threat it as a result of the principle race is the place you actually get the factors.

“You do not do a pitstop so that you simply placed on the tyre which can final the gap … You do not actually see a whole lot of overtaking except there’s a automobile out of place.”

The dash format is in style with race promoters because it means they’ll promote tickets for 3 days of aggressive operating.

Ordinarily race occasions begin with two apply periods on a Friday, with a 3rd on Saturday earlier than qualifying. Below dash codecs, there are simply two apply periods, one earlier than qualifying and one other earlier than the dash.

Nevertheless, detractors identified that whereas Kevin Magnussen claimed a memorable first pole for himself and Haas on the Brazilian GP, he really began that race from eighth as he dropped down the order within the dash race which adopted that weekend.