F1 2023: FIA confirm three sprint races remain for 2023 Formula One calendar

The FIA have confirmed the 2023 Formula One calendar will continue to feature three sprint events, after a proposal to double the number of sprint races was not approved. F1 have been keen to have at least six sprint event, but a dispute over the budget cap and accident damage costs led to a disagreement between the teams and the sport’s organisers.

Ad/> In its first set of sporting regulations for the 2023 season, the FIA stated: “A sprint session will take place at up to three competitions.” French Grand PrixHamilton to sit out first practice with de Vries set for Mercedes drive at French Grand PrixYESTERDAY AT 13:08 The current sprint format of qualifying on a Friday, a 100km sprint race on Saturday and the main Grand Prix on Sunday is unchanged. F1 introduced its sprint format last year and it was deemed successful enough to be included this season, with two sprint events taking place already at the Emilia Romagna and Austrian Grand Prix.

The Brazilian Grand Prix will hold the third and final sprint event of the 2022 F1 season on November 11-13. Hamilton to sit out first practice with De Vries set for Mercedes drive at French Grand Prix Wolff: Red Bull and Ferrari dominance to blame for lack of entertainment F1 drivers criticise sprint format The sprint format has come under scrutiny from the drivers with many feeling it “adds nothing” to a Grand Prix weekend.

Earlier this year, George Russell made his thoughts clear about the Saturday sprint race, which features no pit stops, during the Imola weekend. “I don’t know what the rest of the race was like but it felt processional from where we were,” the Mercedes driver told Sky Sports.