The schedule across the six sprint race weekends in 2024 will be reordered pending approval from the World Motorsport Council, although the FIA revealed details of the discussions that took place by those involved in the F1 Commission.
Sprint weekends are set to operate as follows: free practice and sprint qualifying will take place on the Friday, with the sprint race on Saturday. The shortened race format will precede qualifying for the grand prix, which will occupy its usual slot on Saturday along with the full race on Sunday.
This has been agreed to in principle by the commission, with the FIA stating that regulatory changes will be presented to the WMSC on 28 February - a few days prior to the Bahrain season opener.
The changes follow last season's complaints about parc ferme conditions, where cars were effectively locked into their set-ups on Fridays following just one practice session.
There were multiple instances of drivers having to sacrifice their grid positions for Sunday's race by breaking parc ferme, following the discovery of an incorrect set-up decision over the sprint qualifying and race.
It is expected that the shuffling of the sessions across the sprint race weekend will ensure that parc ferme can be reopened between the sprint race and grand prix qualifying, allowing for any necessary set-up tweaks.
Alpine broke parc ferme for Esteban Ocon at last year's Baku sprint race to make suspension changes, while both Aston Martins and Haases started from the pitlane in Austin as they made specification changes.
Source: Autosport