At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, on the circuit of baku, the new format of the Formula 1 sprints was released: an own classification and a short race. A format that seems to have convinced the organizers. They could launch to increase the number.
As reported by ‘Motorsport’, the sprints could increase to ten next seasonin 2024. That is, to go from six (this year the number has already been increased) to ten in the calendar for the coming academic year.
It should be noted that in 2024 the Chinese Grand Prix, so there will be 24 races and 10 sprints in the entire season. Almost nothing.
The aforementioned medium speaks with an F1 source who is not in favor of the work of this change: “There is a risk of saturation. Today we don’t have the tools to prove it, but there are other sports that have made this mistake…”.
“Formula 1 must remain an event, like the Champions League it is in football, and not like the national championships that now offer something almost every day, taking away a bit of the taste for exclusivity…”, says that source.
Despite the pilot reviews (There were many after Baku), Formula 1 was convinced by the format. Will these ten sprints be confirmed? What will the pilots think? The organizers will decide in the coming weeks.
