Formula One teams and bosses have agreed unanimously to debut a new point-scoring "sprint qualifying" at three races this season, two of them in Europe, the sport said on Monday.
The experimental format will feature a qualifying session after the first free practice session on Friday to determine the grid for a sprint race on Saturday that serves as qualifying for Sunday.
The finishing order of the race — which at 100 kilometers will be about a third of a normal race distance and last about half an hour without mandatory pit stops — will determine Sunday's starting grid.