Article B2.3.2
Sprint Session Distance
Sporting Regulations
Article B2.3.2
Sprint Session Distance
Chapter: B2
In Simple Terms
A Sprint race must be long enough to cover at least 100 kilometers and consist of complete laps. If the race starts behind a safety car, the number of laps is reduced to account for the extra laps driven under safety car conditions.
- Sprint distance must exceed 100km minimum with complete laps only
- The race distance is the shortest number of full laps that surpasses 100km
- Safety car formation laps reduce the total Sprint laps by (safety car laps - 1)
- No partial laps are counted; only complete lap distances apply
Official FIA Text
Sprint distance equals least number of complete laps exceeding 100km. If formation lap starts behind safety car, number of Sprint laps reduced by laps carried out by safety car minus one.
sprint distance100 kilometerscomplete lapssafety carformation lap
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