In recent weeks the McLaren boss, the American Zak Brown, had brought out the conflict between Formula 1 teams on the proposal to double the number of Spint Qualifications, going from three to six. The biggest problem was linked to the increase in the budget cap required by the top teams – decisively rejected by the smaller ones – with the motivation to justify any extra expenses to be faced in the event of accidents to the cars. But it wasn’t just there McLaren to veto, but also 6 other teams strongly opposedmaking it impossible to reach a qualified majority to change the rule as early as 2022, given that 28 out of 30 votes are required (ten from the teams, ten from the FIA, ten from Liberty Media).
In recent days it would therefore have been communicated to the teams that there would be a maximum of 3 Sprint Qualifications over the course of the season, although an even smaller number was not ruled out. Furthermore, the locations of the sprint races have not yet been made official; when the hypothesis of the 6 races on Saturday was still on the table we talked about Manama (GP Bahrain), Imola (GP Emilia Romagna), Montreal (Canada), Red Bull Ring (Austria), Zandvoort (Holland), Interlagos (Brazil) .
For 2023, however, the situation is different and the positive outcome of the vote seems to be more probable, since the votes needed to pass the regulatory change drop to 26 and therefore the consent of six of the ten teams on the starting grid will be sufficient. . To report the indiscretions were the Germans of Auto, Motor und Sportwith journalist Michael Schmidt.
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