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FIA puts the brakes on F1 sprint race expansion!

Formula 1's team unanimously agreed on Tuesday to boost the number of sprint events to six in 2023, but the FIA voted against the plan. Members of the F1 Commission convened for a meeting in London to discuss various topics on the sports' agenda. But the super majority of 26 votes from 30 that was required to pass the sprint expansion was not reached, as F1's governing body which holds 10 votes was unwilling to support the plan, for now. In its statement issued after the meeting, the FIA justified its negative vote by its desire to further evaluate the impact of an increase in sprint events on its "trackside operations and personnel". "With the first of three sprint events...
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