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F1 director defies Max Verstappen's wishes amid complaints over increase in Sprint races

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Max Verstappen's complaints on Friday.The Red Bull driver completed a late surge to overtake Ferrari's Charles Leclerc at the first Sprint of the 2022 season at Imola on Saturday, picking up eight points in the process after the increased rewards were added for the new campaign.That puts the defending champion in the prime spot for Sunday's race as he seeks to close the gap on early pacesetter Leclerc, having suffered two retirements in the opening three rounds of the season, and Red Bull's performance at Imola will have raised optimism.However, Verstappen has made his feelings on the addition of the Sprint in Formula One clear and reaffirmed his belief in this week's press conference by stating: “Personally I'm not a fan of the sprint but it is what it is… some like it some don't.

I think it's more how we are doing the press conference and the media activities, I think it was better before."Unfortunately for Verstappen, Formula One directors see things differently and are keen to increase the number of Sprint events on the calendar for the 2023 season, with Brawn confirming the intention to double the number to six ahead of discussions with teams next week.“On Tuesday we want to discuss increasing it to six, so we'd like to have six races next year.

I think [the teams] can see the success and I think we didn't know quite where we were last year with the old cars, but I think they can see the way this is feeding into the new cars, and the philosophy of the new cars.“So I'm optimistic that they'll all see the value in it and what we're giving the fans.

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