Formula 1

9092 readers

228 users here now

Welcome to Formula1 @ Lemmy.world Lemmy's largest community for Formula 1 and related racing series

Rules

Be respectful to everyone; drivers, lemmings, redditors etc
No gambling, crypto or NFTs
Spoilers are allowed
Non English articles should include a translation in the comments by deepl.com or similar
Paywalled articles should include at least a brief summary in the comments, the wording of the article should not be altered
Social media posts should be posted as screenshots with a link for those who want to view it
Memes are allowed on Monday only as we all do like a laugh or 2, but don’t want to become formuladank.

Up next

F1 Calendar

2024 Calendar

Location	Date
🇶🇦 Qatar	29 Nov-01 Dec
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi	06-08 Dec

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Photographer

wes

bwoah

I thought I understood sprints (self.formula1)

submitted 1 year ago by skipmorrow to c/formula1

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I watched the qualifications highlights and saw what happened with Perez. So, I thought the qualifications were for the start position in the sprint. Obviously not since he started front row. And now that the sprint is over, and I see the lineup for the race, perez is starting 15th. I thought the sprint was used to determine the start positions for the race. How were the start positions determined for the sprint? What is the purpose of the sprint if it doesn't determine the start positions for the race?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Determinator 5 points 1 year ago

The sprint shootout determines the starting grid for the sprint, basically a quali for the sprint that takes place same day.

So my understanding is that it's FP1 and GP Qual Friday. Sprint shootout and sprint Saturday, then GP Sunday. So the sprint is a totally independent entity from the GP that just provides more points to be won.