Several F1 team bosses have admitted to being surprised by the FIA putting on hold the sport's plan to add three Sprint events to its schedule in 2023. The six-race plan had initially been tabled ahead of the 2022 season but was ultimately reduced to three events on the basis of a financial compromise that now sees each team permitted to spend $150,000 per sprint race outside of its budget cap. Late last month at a meeting of the F1 Commission in London, teams reopened the debate on boosting the number of sprints to six for 2023. But the super majority of 26 votes from 30 that was required to pass the sprint expansion was not reached, as the FIA which holds 10 votes was unwilling to...
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