Encouraged by a successful trial of 𒉰three experimental events at Silverstone, Monza and Interlagos last year, F1 championship bosses had wanted to🦩 double the amount of Saturday sprint races to six for the upcoming campaign. 

However, the plans have 🍨been threatened by an ongoing stand-off over money, with some teams - believed to be Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari - pushing for a larger compensation package, with the budget cap reducing to $140m for 2022. 

McLaren boss Zak Brown recently admitted there is a real possibility of no sprint races taking place this season due to the disp🍬ute. 

"A couple of teams, and one team in particular, wanted a $5m budget cap increase, which was just ridiculous," he🦩 said. 

Teams were given an extra $450,000 to cover the three sprintꦐ races last year, along with allowances of up to $100,000 per car to cover potential damage accident.

German publication reports the teams have now been♒ informed by F1 bosses that there will be a maximum of three sprint e🎃vents this year. 

The season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on March 20 was originally earmarked to feature a sprint but this plan is now off the table. It is understood that no decisionও has been taken on which grands prix will host the three sprint races if a deal is reached. 

Under F1’s current governance structure, the world championship requires a ‘super majority’ of 28 votes from the 30 represe🅷ntatives in the F1 Commission to successfully push through changes for this year. 

That m﷽eans eight of the 10 teams would need to agree on the details in order for the sprint plan to get the green light. 

Additional sprint events in 2023 appears a more likely scenario, given a lower threshold is required to vote through such changes for next year.&n🍸bsp;

The issue is set to be one of the main topics on the agenda at the next meeting of the F1 Commission on February 14.&nbs𒊎p;