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.

Only the top eight finishers score points, with eight points awarded for first place down to one point for eighth, which will get added to the overall drivers’ championship standings.

At the fourth event at the British Grand Prix in July, championship leader Kimi Antoneli caught and passed Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton to win a thrilling sprint race, with reigning world champion Lando Norris in third.

George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri and Liam Lawson were the other points scorers at Silverstone.