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What are the new sprint races added to the F1 Championship calendar?

The upcoming Formula One season will feature sprint weekends in six different locations, namely China (19-21 April) , Miami (3-5 May) , Austria (28-30 June) , USA (18-20 October) , Brazil (1-3 November) , and Qatar (29 November-1 December) . While Interlagos has hosted the sprint format every year since its introduction, Austria has already hosted it twice, and the tracks in Austin and Losail will be hosting it for the second time in a row. China and Miami will be debuting in the sprint format this year . The sprint format was introduced in 2021 to excite the audience during all three days of the com Pet ition. However, teams and drivers have appealed to separate the sessions related to the sprint and the race. The format is expected to change to some extent in the upcoming season. According to Sky Sports , all parties agree that it would be beneficial for the sprint qualifiers to be held on Friday after free practice, the sprint on Saturday morning, and then the qualifiers fo...

MotoGP reveals record 22-round calendar for 2024

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The schedule had already been announced to begin on 10 March with the Qatar Grand Prix, which returns to the season-opening slot having been moved to November in 2023 due to track updates earlier this year. MotoGP will then head to Europe for the Portuguese GP – which opened the 2022 calendar – before the Argentina GP on 7 April. As was the case this season, Argentina is back-to-back with the Americas GP at COTA on 14 April, before the championship heads back to Europe for the Spanish GP on 28 April. Next year will see the return of all four Spanish venues, after Aragon was benched for the 2022 season, and so no rotation of the Iberian events will take place. The French GP is on 12 May followed by the Catalan GP on 26 May, which is back-to-back with the Italian GP at Mugello on 2 June. The European run is interrupted by the second attempt to stage the inaugural Kazakhstan GP at the Sokol circuit. MotoGP had hoped to race in the country in July of th...