Sprint weekends

The shorter Saturday race and how its weekend schedule differs.

• How sprint weekends workSix weekends in 2026 add a 100 km sprint race on Saturday with points for the top eight. There's only one practice session, and sprint qualifying runs on Friday.
• Sprint qualifyingSprint qualifying sets the grid for the sprint. It runs on Friday in three knockout parts of 12, 10 and 8 minutes, with new medium tyres in SQ1 and SQ2 and softs in SQ3.