After a successful trial of three sprints last year, F1 owners Liberty Media had planned to expand the offering and run the Saturday qualifying races at six grands prix in 2022.
These were scheduled to be at the season opener in Bahrain, then Imola, Canada, Austria, the Netherlands and Brazil.
However, discussions about the sprint race format hit a snag over the winter amid resistance from the top teams over the finances of what was being offered.
F1 had offered a compensation package for the extra sprints that was a straight $500,000 allowance for the first five events, and then an extra $150,000 for each event beyond that.
For the original plan of six sprints, this effectively meant an extra $2.65 million for each team.
However, unlike in 2021, there would be no extra allowance in the cost cap for crash damage, as the evidence of last year showed that it was not really necessary.
While a majority of teams were happy with the offer from Liberty, F1’s big spenders were against the…
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