STEPHEN WADE
Formula 1 returns to Shanghai in two weeks for the Chinese Grand Prix. Drivers like the track, but raised questions on Sunday about a feature of the race weekend – the F1 sprint race.
The sprint is a shorter race — run on Saturday before the Sunday race — with six of them scattered over the 2024 season. Having the sprint cuts out practice time, which is the chief worry of most drivers.
The top three finishers on Sunday in the Japanese GP questioned holding a sprint in China, a track that has not held an F1 race since 2019.
Four races were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think China as a race circuit is a great one,” Carlos Sainz of Ferrari said. “I think it’s one of our favorite ones. It’s just a great racing track.”
And then he added: “I think it’s not a
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