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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards

BIZARRE: F1 may still adopt radical reverse grid concept for sprint races next year | Mind Blowing Facts

The McLaren driver Oscar Piastri leads at the start of the sprint race in Qatar last year.
The McLaren driver Oscar Piastri leads at the start of the sprint race in Qatar last year. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Formula One is still considering adopting a reverse grid concept for its sprint race format next season, with the sport announcing on Tuesday the six venues which will hold sprint races in 2024.

F1 has confirmed that next season the sprint race format will be used at the meetings in China, Miami, Austria, Austin, Brazil and Qatar. Brazil and Qatar are at the end of the season and once more present the chance of the championship being decided in a sprint race as it was this year when Max Verstappen took the title in the short-format race in Qatar.

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