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Formula One sprint races began in 2021

A short Saturday race sets the grid for Sunday instead of a qualifying session The first sprint was held at Silverstone in July 2021 and ran to 100 kilometres, roughly a third of a normal race distance. Points go to the top eight. Sprint weekends now have one practice session, a sprint qualifying shootout and the sprint itself before the main Grand Prix. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A short Saturday race sets the grid for Sunday instead of a qualifying session. The figure is taken from Formula 1, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.