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F1 Sprint Races in jeopardy amid top team dissent

Sprint Races could be axed from the 2022 World Championship calendar amid a stand-off over money between the sport's owners and the big three teams of this era. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and motorsport director Ross Brawn were keen to double the number of Sprint races – first introduced at last year’s British Grand Prix – from three to six for this season citing that all promoters would relish hosting the Sprint Race weekend. However, it has emerged that F1 chiefs are locked in dispute top teams, understood to be Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari, who want to see the cost cap set this year at $140-million effectively increased to cover off the additional races. F1 and the FIA governing...
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