A look at how the Sprint weekend works ahead of its first appearance in 2026 at the Chinese Grand Prix; watch every session of the Chinese GP Sprint weekend live on Sky Sports F1 from this Friday

The first Sprint weekend of the 2026 Formula 1 season will take place at the Chinese Grand Prix, bringing an extra layer of intensity to an already packed race weekend. F1Technical's senior Balazs Szabo explains the sprint weekend format.

Charles Leclerc remains optimistic about a Scuderia Ferrari fightback despite his qualifying struggles ahead of the Sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix. Speaking to F1 TV about how his Sprint qualifying session unfolded,

With Cadillac joining the grid for the 2026 Formula 1 season, there will be 22 cars on the grid, two more than we're currently used to. Because of this, qualifying will see a small change to include the extra two cars. This is what you need to know.

Fri, Mar 13, 2026 The stewards have explained why Kimi Antonelli avoided a grid penalty for the Chinese Grand Prix Sprint race after a post-qualifying investigation. The Italian was second quickest on track behind only team-mate George Russell,

Charles Leclerc was left furious after an inexplicable issue on his Ferrari after qualifying sixth for the Formula 1 Chinese

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has escaped punishment for allegedly impending Lando Norris during sprint qualifying at the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix. But the stewards cleared Antonelli of wrongdoing after the McLaren driver admitted he was not impeded due to being on "pushing warm up lap" and not a push lap.

George Russell leads team-mate Kimi Antonelli as Mercedes dominate qualifying for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.