Encouraged by a successful trial of three 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.൲ 

However, the plans have been threatened by an ongoing stand-off over money, with some teams - believed to be Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferra🎐ri - 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 oꩵf no sprint races taking place this season due to the dispute. 

"A couple of teams, and onไe team in particular, wanted a $5m budget cap increase, which was just ridic🌟ulous," he said. 

Teams were given an extra $450,000 to cover the three sprint races last year, along with allowances of up to $100,00𝔍0 per car to cover potential damage accident.

German publication reports the teams🎃 hav🌠e now been informed by F1 bosses that there will be a maximum of three sprint events 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 decision has been taken on which gran💦ds prix will host the three sp🌜rint races if a deal is reached. 

Under F1’s cu🐲rrent governance structure, the world championship requires a ‘super majority’ of 28 votes from the 30 representatives in the F1 Commission&n෴bsp;to successfully push through changes for this year. 

That means eight of the 10 teams would need to agree on the details in order for theꦿ sprint 𓂃plan to get the green light. 

Additional sprint events in 2023 appears a more likely scenar𓆉io, given a lower threshold is required to vote through such changes for next year. 

The issue is ꦯset to be one of the main topics on the agenda at the🙈 next meeting of the F1 Commission on February 14.