FIA and Formula 1 announced 2025 Sprint calendar Formula 1 and the FIA have today announced the venues that will host F1 Sprint events during the 2025 season with six circuits set to play host to the 100 km-h next season in 2025 a year that will Mark the 75th anniversary of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship and the fifth season of the Sprint saw Paulo will keep up its run of hosting the Sprint every year since 2021 while Belgium returns for the first time since 2023 Shanghai and Miami are set to host the Sprint for the second consecutive year and Austin and katar return to the calendar for a third time the format has delivered some excellent racing in the past four seasons and multiple winners from across the grid including Max verstappen valteri Bas George Russell Sergio Perez and Oscar piastri the F1 Sprint has consistently proven its popularity since its introduction in 2021 with the format delivering strong numbers across all traditional Broadcast Digital and social platforms as well as providing extra and exciting racing that promoters can offer to the fans and bringing large attendances on the Friday of a Sprint weekend so far in 2024 live audience figures for Sprint qualifying and the Sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix were up 40% across the top 15 markets compared to the average practice sessions for the opening two races the live broadcast of the Sprint in Miami Drew in 946 th000 viewers on ESPN making it the largest ever us audience for a Sprint since the format was introduced in 2021 and in Austria this year live viewership of Sprint qualifying was up 76% versus the fp2 sessions in the last two European races this follows a successful 2023 season that saw new Sprint locations increasing overall viewership with azeron and Belgium among the best performing weekends seeing increases of 15% and 22% respectively Stephano domenic president and CEO of Formula 1 said the Sprint has been a great success for Formula 1 bringing all our fans more action and racing on the track we are seeing the proof of this in our audience data fan attendance on Fridays and from the promoters and partners as we prepare to celebrate our 75th anniversary in 2025 we will always celebrate our incredible history but we must always be looking ahead innovating and proving to deliver the best for our growing and diverse fan base the Sprint is a great example of bringing new elements to our sport in a way that is respectful of the championship and I want to thank the six venues that will host the Sprint in 2025 and look forward to those incredible events throughout the season Muhammad Ben suam president of the FIA added as the FIA Formula 1 World Championship celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2025 the Sprint will also enter its fifth year as as part of the competition over that time and through our strong collaboration with Formula 1 and with the input of all the teams it has been through several different iterations and the regulations and format have evolved to give us the exciting and popular Sprints we have today the six events for 2025 once again take in an interesting range of circuits and are sure to provide fans with plenty of additional action across the season [Music]