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Sky F1’s Rachel Brookes explains how this season’s new Dash format will work and what followers can anticipate.
System 1 Dash weekends have a brand new format for 2023 after modifications have been permitted earlier within the 12 months.
Forward of the brand new format returning on the Belgian GP, Sky Sports activities F1 explains what has modified.
How have Dash weekends run to this point?
F1’s Dash debuted in 2021 and noticed the standard weekend format modified to introduce a second, shortened race to supply extra wheel-to-wheel motion, making an attempt to make sure every day of the Grand Prix weekend consists of important motion.
It noticed qualifying moved from Saturday afternoon to Friday night, with the hour-long session setting the grid for the Dash.
The results of the Dash would then determine Sunday’s beginning order – the driving force who gained the Dash would begin the Grand Prix on pole, if somebody crashed out or retired with automobile bother they’d be ranging from the again.
The highest eight positions within the Dash scored factors.
Apply One would happen on Friday afternoon earlier than qualifying with Apply Two occurring on Saturday morning forward of the Dash.
What’s modified for 2023?
The important thing change is that the results of Saturday’s shorter race will now not set the grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix, with that now being determined by Friday’s qualifying session.
Whoever is quickest on Friday night will now begin from pole on Sunday.
A brand new, separate shorter qualifying session – the Dash Shootout – will now happen on Saturday morning, with Apply Two faraway from the weekend schedule.
The Dash, together with its personal qualifying Shootout, is now basically a separate entity from the primary Grand Prix.
With the brand new modifications to the F1 Dash weekends, Craig Slater explains why Dash is essential in deciding a Drivers Championship.
Why has there been a change?
In essence, to attempt to enhance the leisure and spectacle of the Dash weekend.
With the Dash now not setting the Grand Prix grid, the hope is that it’ll encourage the drivers to be extra attacking and take extra dangers through the 100km occasion given an incident wouldn’t compromise them on Sunday.
It additionally brings extra that means to Saturday morning. Underneath the previous format, Saturday’s Apply Two session had basically turn into redundant on account of F1’s parc ferme guidelines – as soon as vehicles go away the storage in qualifying on Friday, groups are unable to make any modifications to their set-ups.
“The Saturday morning session was boring as hell,” Haas boss Guenther Steiner informed the Sky Sports activities F1 Podcast. “It was boring for me, for the followers it was much more boring, so doing a qualifying session as a substitute is sweet.”
The discount to only one 60-minute observe session forward of qualifying on Friday may additionally deliver extra jeopardy to the weekend, with groups having much less time to grasp tyre behaviour and set-up.
How will the Dash Shootout work?
The Dash Shootout will observe the identical three-session knockout format as ordinary qualifying, however every Q1, Q2 and Q3 section has been shortened to deal with engine and tyre issues the groups had.
SQ1 has been shortened from 18 minutes to 12 minutes.
SQ2 has been shortened from quarter-hour to 10 minutes.
SQ3 has been shortened from 12 minutes to eight minutes.
The goal is that every automobile would solely have one flying lap in every session, though two runs might be completed in SQ1 whereas SQ2 and SQ3 would permit time for 2 timed laps with out a pitstop in between makes an attempt.
The opposite important distinction between the Dash Shootout and common qualifying shall be restrictions on tyre utilization.
Whereas groups are free to make use of any of their out there tyres in common qualifying, within the Dash Shootout new units of medium tyres shall be necessary in SQ1 and SQ2. In SQ3, drivers should run gentle tyres however they don’t have to be a brand new set.
Lewis Hamilton was knocked out within the first a part of the Dash Shootout final time it was held in Austria
How will grid penalties be utilized?
Together with the announcement of the brand new format, clarification was additionally supplied on how grid penalties shall be utilized throughout Dash weekends.
Offences in Friday’s observe session or qualifying to be utilized to the race, whereas penalties incurred within the Dash Shootout shall be utilized to the Dash.
A grid penalty ensuing from an incident through the Dash shall be utilized to Sunday’s race, whereas any breach of parc ferme will end in pit lane begins for each the Dash and the Race.
Any grid penalties attributable to breaching energy unit limits will solely apply to the race, until their set up additionally represents a parc ferme breach.
What’s the factors system for the Dash?
Factors for the Dash in 2023 stay unchanged from 2022.
A complete of 36 factors are on supply for the highest eight finishers in Saturday’s race. The winner will acquire eight factors, second place will rating seven factors and this continues descending right down to eighth (one level).
The rise within the variety of Dash weekends for 2023 means the factors picked up on a Saturday may have an excellent greater say on the vacation spot of the world championships this 12 months.
Are there pit stops within the Dash?
Pit stops are few and much between given how quick a Dash is.
In contrast to the Grand Prix, there isn’t any necessary change of tyres required and, until vehicles hit harm or puncture or it rains, do not anticipate them to go away the motion on observe for the pit lane between lights out and the chequered flag.
Drivers are free to run on no matter tyre compound – onerous, medium or gentle – that they need.
The place will Dash weekends happen in 2023?
For 2023, F1 has doubled the variety of Sprints from three – as held in 2021 and 2022 – to 6.
The Azerbaijan GP hosted the primary Dash weekend on April 29, which was additionally the primary time the shorter race had been held on a avenue circuit.
F1 Dash dates in 2023
April 29 | Azerbaijan GP |
July 1 | Austrian GP |
July 29 | Belgian GP |
October 7 | Qatar GP |
October 21 | US GP |
November 4 | Sao Paulo GP |
Austria’s Crimson Bull Ring hosted the format for a second 12 months on July 1 and it’s that includes once more on the Belgian GP on July 29 within the remaining spherical earlier than F1’s summer time break.
Qatar will host the fourth Dash of the 12 months on October 7 earlier than the US GP’s Circuit of the Americas hosts its first Dash weekend on October 21.
And Brazil’s Interlagos will proceed its report of being the one circuit to host the format since its inception on November 4.
Who’s gained the earlier Sprints?
Highlights of the Dash from the Austrian GP.
The eight earlier Sprints held throughout 2021, 2022 and 2023 have seen 4 completely different drivers take victory.
Max Verstappen’s win within the final Dash in Austria was his fourth within the format, having additionally gained at Silverstone in 2021 in addition to at Imola and Austria in 2022.
Sergio Perez was victorious on the Azerbaijan GP Dash in April.
Highlights of the Dash from the Azerbaijan GP.
Valtteri Bottas gained the Dash at Monza and Interlagos in 2021 whereas at Mercedes.
And George Russell claimed his first F1 win within the Dash at Interlagos final 12 months earlier than happening to additionally declare the Grand Prix win on the Sunday.
Subsequent up is the Belgian GP, the ultimate race earlier than F1’s summer time break – watch all classes of the Dash weekend reside on Sky Sports activities F1 from July 28-30. Stream the Belgian GP and extra with NOW for £21 a month.
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