By:
Stuart Codling
This is a shorter and more frenetic session than a standard F1 qualifying. SQ1 will be 12 minutes, SQ2 10 minutes, and SQ3 8 minutes. Traffic will therefore likely be more of a factor.
China will be the first of six sprint weekends this year. “The venues chosen for Sprint events are all tracks with great overtaking potential, picked to try and ensure the Sprint is a flat-out, aggressive melee from start to finish” says F1’s official website. Not sure this gels with the presence of Miami on the sprint schedule – a track which is notably slippery off the racing line, militating against overtaking. And as for Qatar…
Hello, good morning/evening and welcome to our live coverage of the first sprint qualifying of the 2025 F1 season.
This is a shorter and more frenetic session than a standard F1 qualifying. SQ1 will be 12 minutes, SQ2 10 minutes, and SQ3 8 minutes. Traffic will therefore likely be more of a factor.
China will be the first of six sprint weekends this year. “The venues chosen for Sprint events are all tracks with great overtaking potential, picked to try and ensure the Sprint is a flat-out, aggressive melee from start to finish” says F1’s official website. Not sure this gels with the presence of Miami on the sprint schedule – a track which is notably slippery off the racing line, militating against overtaking. And as for Qatar…
Hello, good morning/evening and welcome to our live coverage of the first sprint qualifying of the 2025 F1 season.
