It's understood amongst the drivers that they retain their places to make life easier as they each back off and try to make a gap before starting their qualifying... read more »

The biggest change this weekend will be the race on Saturday, which means we only get one free practice session to set up the car before Qualifying. read more »

Ross Brawn has revealed his ambition for F1 to host around six "grand slam" sprint qualifying events next season if this year's trials are successful. read more »

Pirelli have confirmed drivers will have one fewer set of slicks available in clarifying the tyre rules for sprint qualifying's debut at the British Grand Prix. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has confessed to not having looked at the weekend format for the inaugural sprint qualifying event at the British Grand Prix. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner stated "if the fans like it", the new Formula 1 sprint qualifying format can be judged a success. read more »

Guenther Steiner admits that Haas drivers Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin have been told to "keep their noses clean" in Saturday's Sprint qualifying race. read more »

Haas boss Guenther Steiner believes Formula 1 drivers will "race hard" in Sprint Qualifying - but will request that his drivers "keep their noses clean."... read more »

Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto believes some squads will compete at Silverstone with compromised set-ups due to the revised weekend format and new tyre construction. Formula... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo hopes his flying starts to this year's grand prix mean the new sprint race qualifying format will play to his favour. read more »

This weekend's British Grand Prix will witness the first sprint experiment, with a 100-kilometre qualifying race on Saturday deciding the final grid for Sunday's main... read more »

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl believes drivers will race with added caution in the F1 sprint qualifying event in order to minimise the risk of losing gird positions. read more »

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn wants the trial of sprint qualifying to lay the foundations for further experiments. read more »

F1 managing director Ross Brawn is confident sprint qualifying format will improve the weekend spectacle of the sport with 'premier events' now taking place on each... read more »

Helmut Marko reckons one wrong step on the Friday of the British GP could ruin the "whole weekend" as sprint qualifying enters the mix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel's qualifying incident with Fernando Alonso was the "most dangerous of all" situations, says Norbert Haug. read more »

F1 race director Michael Masi has confirmed the process of applying penalties that stem from sprint qualifying, which debuts at the British Grand Prix. read more »

F1 will debut its new sprint weekend format at the British Grand Prix, introducing a 100km race on Saturday afternoon in place of qualifying.The format shake-up sees qualifying... read more »

Qualifying expert George Russell feels Formula 1's new Sprint Qualifying Race on Saturday will not be beneficial to his Williams Racing team. read more »

Lewis Hamilton fears British Grand Prix fans will not enjoy too much excitement from sprint qualifying's debut at Silverstone. read more »

Fernando Alonso has said that, while he expects the fastest cars to still streak away in sprint qualifying, he thinks "tweaks" will be made for the other test events. read more »

Ross Brawn has insisted F1 won't "alienate" fans with its new sprint qualifying format. read more »

Ahead of the first ever Sprint Qualifying, FIA race director, Michael Masi has called on the teams and fans to be open minded and accept that there may well be initial glitches. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is "happy" for the drivers to sort it out amongst themselves when someone breaches qualifying's gentleman's agreement. read more »

Lewis Hamilton doesn't expect Formula 1's sprint qualifying format to be too exciting, predicting it will be "a train". read more »