Formulation One is about to alter its dash format for the 2024 season after help from groups and stakeholders to make race weekends simpler to comply with.

The game’s governing physique, the FIA, mentioned on Friday its Sporting Advisory Committee would current a last proposal to the F1 Fee in January.

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“The Fee gave general help for an replace to the dash format for 2024 to additional rationalise the weekend by separating Dash actions from these for the Grand Prix,” the FIA mentioned in an announcement.

“The ultimate calendar for the 2024 dash occasions will probably be printed within the coming weeks.”

Six of this 12 months’s 22 rounds have been dash weekends, together with the Qatar Grand Prix by which Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen clinched his third world title on a Saturday.

Groups have been discussing transferring the qualifying ‘shootout’ to Friday, with the 100km race then held on Saturday morning earlier than qualifying for the principle Sunday grand prix.

The present format has qualifying for the grand prix on Friday with dash qualifying and standalone race filling Saturday’s schedule.

“I feel it is clear that the sprints have to evolve a bit,” Pink Bull boss Christian Horner instructed reporters.

“The sprints in some circumstances have been barely underwhelming. There is no pitstop, it tends to remain in grid order and its a little bit bit like getting a medal for a long term.

“I feel it wants a bit extra work doing on it throughout the sporting discussion board after which little question we’ll sit down on the subsequent fee assembly early within the New Yr and hopefully finalise a format.”

Factors may very well be awarded extra broadly for the dash race, with a attainable reverse grid component additionally into consideration.

The F1 Fee agreed to maintain tyre blankets via the 2025 season and authorised updates to the technical laws permitting elevated driver cooling to be fitted to the automobile after the warmth and humidity in Qatar precipitated driver security issues.

It additionally agreed that groups wouldn’t be allowed to hold out improvement work on 2026 vehicles earlier than the beginning of the 2025 season.