Overview

• Stefano Domenicali plans to hold formal discussions with teams, drivers and the FIA on adding sprint events beyond the six scheduled this season.
• He has proposed trialling reverse-grid sprint races, a format from F2 and F3, to inject more unpredictability into Saturday action.
• Sprint weekends, first trialled in 2021, have been expanded to six this year, with four events already completed.
• Promoter demand and Liberty Media’s focus on delivering engaging content are key drivers behind the push for new sprint formats.
• No rule changes or trials have been confirmed and any expansion or reverse-grid experiment will require consensus among F1 stakeholders.