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Miami and Shanghai to host Sprint races for the first time in 2024
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China returns to the Formula 1 calendar for the first time since 2019 and will have a Sprint race

In the upcoming Formula One season, the United States is set to host two out of the six scheduled sprint races, with Miami joining Austin’s Circuit of the Americas in embracing a format that is anticipated to undergo further adjustments before the season kicks off.

Both Miami and China’s Shanghai circuit, the latter returning for the first time since the pre-pandemic 2019, will be making their debut in hosting a sprint.

Formula One confirmed on Tuesday that Austin, Austria, Brazil, and Qatar, which all hosted sprints this season, will keep this format in 2024. China, the fifth round on the calendar, will host the first sprint in April, followed by Miami in May, Austria in June, Austin in October, Brazil in November, and Qatar in November/December.

Brazil’s Interlagos in Sao Paulo remains the sole circuit to have hosted a sprint since the format was introduced at three rounds in 2021, functioning as the qualifying for the main grand prix.

Anticipated changes to the sprint format in the upcoming season include a potential shift of sprint qualifying back to Friday from Saturday. Under the proposed changes, the 100km race would then be held the following day, followed by a qualifying session for the main Sunday grand prix. This year, both sprint qualifying and the race took place on Saturday as a standalone one-day event, with grand prix qualifying occurring on the Friday.