Miami F1 News: Stefano Domenicali Aims To Dramatically Increase Sprint Races In Crushing Blow For Sport
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has revealed that they are aiming to increase the number of sprint race weekends in a season, yet again.
The number of sprint races has already doubled this year to feature six on the F1 calendar in Azerbaijan, Belgium, Austin, Qatar, Austria, and Brazil. However, after the change in sprint race format last weekend in Baku, there has been a mixed response.
According to motorsport.com, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali
“We don't want to go in a situation where in the future we are going to have all the races with the sprint format.
“We want to keep a limited number of maybe one-third of the calendar in number, and create something special with regard to the competition that we can give a sporting value with trophies and of course, commercial opportunity to these things. I think that's the right way to go.”
With Domenicali's other aim to increase the number of races in a year to thirty, this could mean ten sprint races in a season. The CEO went on to add that it is important to continue to develop the sport. He said:
“I see a big trend today in all sports not to be stable, let's say, not to stay consistent with the old regulation.
“So, we're just following what baseball did and just following what the NBA has done.
"That means that all the professional sports need to listen to the requests and to the new input that the fans, promoters and partners are asking to have more excitement around the game."
It is yet to be confirmed when this change might happen, but we know they are already wanting at least 24 races in the 2024 season.