F1 announced in April that it will be holding sprint qualifying at three events this year and running a 100K race on Saturday afternoon to set the grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix.
Silverstone will host the first Formula 1 sprint race at the Great Britain Grand Prix in July and redesign its weekend schedule with qualifying on Friday evening.
F1 worked with AWS to offer fans insights into the race through a variety of graphics, including overtaking chances, braking performance and speed lanes. By the end of the year, AWS will offer 18 different graphics through the F1 Insights partnership.
F1 technical consultant Rob Smedley explained how the series officials work to predict scenarios in sprint races and make sure they don’t pass too quickly without giving fans enough understanding.
“We’re discussing what we think are likely outcomes and scenarios over the weekend,” ex-Ferrari and Williams engineer Smedley told Motorsport.com.
“Of course we try to be one step ahead. When you think about it, it’s the first time that we’re, if you will, on par with the teams because we learn just as quickly as the teams. So very nice.
“But you also have to be able to convey that. Sprint qualifying and the weekend format will only be a success if we can somehow keep the fans up to date.
“If it’s kind of blurry and everything is different and you don’t really know what’s going to happen until the end, then in my opinion we will lose some of the advantage of sprint qualifying.”
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F1 also plans to hold Sprint Qualifiers at the Italian Grand Prix and the Brazilian Grand Prix, but has yet to finalize the details for these events.
Smedley believed that F1’s partnership with AWS would help understand the important elements of Sprint Qualifying and its place in the weekend format, and share that information with fans.
“Horse [Brawn] It was pretty clear to all of us that we were trying to absolutely maximize that chance, ”said Smedley.
“So let’s go over AWS again, go over what we can do and what we really need? What are the important parts of the actual Sprint Qualifying Race itself?
“What is the important part of the actual qualifying? How does it all go into the race on Sunday afternoon? Something like that.
“There are a lot of interesting things about that that we’re going to go through now to make sure we’re ready with the briefing, stories and graphics for Silverstone.”
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