Formulation 1 launched dash races with the concept of offering audiences with extra aggressive motion over the course of a three-day grand prix weekend.
F1 has numbers that it says show that extra folks watch over a dash weekend than an everyday grand prix.
However, in the way in which of broadcasting statistics, it is not solely clear whether or not that is extra precise folks, or simply the identical folks watching extra of the on-track motion. Quite like claiming 500,000 folks attended the British Grand Prix, however that being a cumulative determine over the weekend.
Sprints have been by way of plenty of codecs, a mirrored image of the truth that it was an experiment that F1 didn’t get fairly proper initially.
The larger audiences have led to F1 wanting to extend the variety of sprints sooner or later.
There might be six once more in 2026, however the feeling is the quantity may double to 12 – or half the calendar – within the close to future.
Many drivers nonetheless don’t want sprints to develop into the default format, however even arch-critic Max Verstappen has mellowed on them now.
