Silverstone is set to be one of❀ three ve𝓀nues to host Formula 1’s first sprint race during the 2021 season.

The🍸 Italian, Canadian and Brazilian Grands Prixꦦ are also in the frame to hold F1's proposed shorter Saturday races.

As part of F1’s plans to make the sport more exciting for fans, sprint races are expected to be tr🅠ialled to assess their suitability fo🌱r 2022 onwards.

✱The proposed format would mean qualifying t💮akes place on Friday with a shorter sprint race taking place on Saturday to determine the grid for Sunday’s main grand prix.

Speaking in an interview with the , new F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said the details surrounding the proposals would be🌄 discussed amongst the teams in Bahrain.

“We are finalising the intricacies of it, with those details due🦩 to be discussed further at a meeting in Bahrain on Thursday,” Domenicali sa෴id. “For sure we do not want to take away the prestige of the grand prix itself. That will remain the climax of the weekend.

“We will have the qualifying on Friday and then ‘sprint qualifying’ on Saturday. It will provide some meaningful action theꦿ day before the race. It will give fans, media and broadcasters more content. It will last about half an hour. There will be no podium celebration. That will wait until Sunday.

“But points will be awarded – how mꦕany is yet to be decided – towards the world championship and de🎐termine the grid for the race itself. What I can say is that Silverstone will hold a sprint race.”

Silverstone’s managing director Stuart Pringle says it would be “totally supportive” of the potential format changes for this year's Britis🉐h Grand Prix.

"If F1 should decide that Silverstone is the right venue fo🌳r a sprint race then we would be totally supportive of that and feel it would be fantastic spectacle for the fans,'' Pringle told Sky Sports.