F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and motorsport managing director Ross Brawn want to double the number of shortened-format rounds – first introduced at last year’s British Grand Prix – from three to six in 2022. But a number of the grid’s front-running teams, including Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari, have said they will do so only if more money is added to the budget cap, which was set this year at £103m per team. However, there is a possibility that there will be no sprint races at all this season – with eight of the grid’s 10 teams required to vote in favour of the sport’s latest proposal.

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