Sprint qualifying has three sessions, where now the six slowest cars are knocked out from the first two – like normal qualifying.
These sessions, known as SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3, last 12, 10 and eight minutes respectively.
This will make up the grid for the sprint race.
The top eight finishers score points, from eighth for first place to one for eighth spot, which will get added to the overall drivers’ championship standings.
At last year’s sprint race in China, Lewis Hamilton secured his first victory for Ferrari when he triumphed from pole position ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
