Miami and Shanghai will host their first Formula 1 sprint races next season as two of the six sprints on the calendar take place in the United States.
The calendar, announced Wednesday, includes the first sprint race of the season in April at the Chinese Grand Prix, which is back on the F1 schedule for the first time since 2019 after being cancelled for four years running amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
There is also a sprint race scheduled for May at the Miami Grand Prix in its third year on the F1 calendar.
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The United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, in October, gets a sprint race for the second straight year. Austria, Brazil and Qatar are also returning hosts for sprint races.
The number of sprint races remains at six after Azerbaijan and Belgian were scrapped.
Exactly where the sprint races will fit into each race weekend next season is unclear amid a push to change the arrangement used in 2023, after it prompted calls for a clearer split between sprint and grand prix sessions.
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This year's schedules saw qualifying for the main grand prix race held on Friday, before a sprint shootout qualifying session and sprint race on Saturday, followed by the showpiece grand prix on Sunday.
A new proposal would see the sprints held early on Saturday, with the main qualifying session later that day.
Other changes to the format could involve a reverse grid element which could see parts of the starting grid flipped. However, this is still up for debate.
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