Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali hopes the details for the new 'sprint qualifying' format can be finalis🔴ed ahead of the next race at Imola.

F1 is expected to trial its new qualifying sprint race format at three grands prix in 2021, with one expected to𒉰 be at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix in July.

Under the propജosed plans, a 100km sprint race would take place on a Saturday to determine the✨ grid for Sunday’s main grand prix.

Friday would consist of one pra♔ctice session followed by the usual 60-minute qualifying to determine the grid for the sprint rac🃏e.

Already titled ‘sprint qualifying’ by F1 managing director Ross Braജwn, the introduction of a seco෴nd shorter race is hoped to increase the entertainment value for fans across the three-day weekend.

Details surrounding whether points are handed out to the top three finishers, the two other grands prix i🎀t will be trialled at and how the impact of three additional races will have on costs are expect🌊ed to be top of the agenda when further discussions take place.

: “The sprint race experiment on Saturday? We are defining the final details, the goal is to close for the Imola Grand Prix. We would like a much more intense weekend with an hour of free practice on Friday and then qualifying with the sprint race to define the starting order of the real race on Sunday.

“We hope to define all the details to start with the experimentation, that if successful w🔯e will see how to define the next year. I confirm that it will be at Sil🍰verstone.”