2023 · SPORTING
2023 Sporting Regulations
2023 was the year the sprint weekend was redesigned. A dedicated Sprint Shootout qualifying session was introduced on Saturday morning to set the sprint grid, decoupling the Saturday sprint from Sunday's grid — which remained set by Friday's main qualifying. Six sprint weekends were scheduled. The calendar planning framework allowed up to 24 rounds. The two-compound race rule, 25-point GP scoring and 8-7-6-... sprint scoring were unchanged from 2022.
Sprint weekend — redesigned format
Friday: FP1 + Qualifying (sets Sunday race grid). Saturday: Sprint Shootout (sets sprint grid) + Sprint race. Sunday: Grand Prix. Key shift: the sprint result no longer determined the Sunday grid, so teams had separate incentive structures for each session. Parc-fermé closed after Friday qualifying (as before) but the regulations codified a narrower window between sprint events.
Key changes
- Sprint Shootout introduced on Saturday morning.
- Sprint result decoupled from Sunday grid.
- Six sprint events on the calendar (up from three in 2022).
Calendar — up to 24 rounds
The Sporting Regulations accommodated up to 24 grands prix. 2023 ran 22 events (Imola was cancelled due to flooding; the planned slate otherwise included the Las Vegas street race debut in November). Constructors continued at 10 teams × 2 cars = 20 drivers.
Race format & tyre allocation
Two-compound rule for dry grands prix retained. Pirelli continued supplying three dry compounds per weekend from the C1-C5 range. The sporting code codified the Alternative Tyre Allocation (ATA) experiment tested at a couple of events: a reduced dry-set count with compound choice dictated by session (hard in Q3, medium in Q2, soft in Q1) — flagged here because it appeared in the 2023 cycle even though it did not survive as a permanent rule.
The two ATA-trial events were widely reported as Hungary and Monza 2023; verify before citing specific venues.
Points & super licence penalty system
GP points 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. Sprint points 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Super licence penalty points: 12 in a rolling 12-month window triggers a one-race ban; points drop off at the 12-month anniversary of each issue.
Last updated: 2026-04-24
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