{"id":22842,"date":"2024-08-08T05:13:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T09:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=22842"},"modified":"2024-08-08T05:13:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T09:13:11","slug":"f1-could-have-more-sprint-races-says-stefano-domenicali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/08\/08\/f1-could-have-more-sprint-races-says-stefano-domenicali\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 could have more Sprint Races, says Stefano Domenicali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As F1 CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/04\/30\/f1-news-stefano-domenicali-considers-more-sprint-races\/\" target=\"_self\">Stefano Domenicali<\/a> has overseen a series of significant changes to the sport in recent years. Perhaps the most controversial is the introduction of Sprint Races, intended to create more action throughout a race weekend. Domenicali reveals he is open to introducing more sprint races &#8211; in a bid to add more jeopardy to Formula 1.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Liberty Media oversees the growth of F1<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The last few seasons have seen Formula 1 grow in popularity across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Several factors are responsible for this, although perhaps the most significant was the intense Championship battle between <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/03\/01\/lewis-hamilton-reveals-qualifying-sacrifice-to-maximise-race-pace\/\" target=\"_self\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/07\/21\/max-verstappen-warns-red-bull-must-wake-up\/\" target=\"_self\">Max Verstappen<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Much like rivalries of the past, this competition for the crown created the conditions for an enthralling F1 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Drive to Survive also deserves some credit, catapulting F1 (which already enjoyed over 100 million annual viewers in the early 2010s) further into the mainstream.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"c_9qHlufQpJQgLQeP04C3A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2162776941\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'c_9qHlufQpJQgLQeP04C3A',sig:'ZRAU-K17AcNlJxAInmn8SWncvClBdFVLT9x2rgLAato=',w:'594px',h:'450px',items:'2162776941',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Domenicali makes the case for Sprint Races<\/h3>\n<p>To capitalise on this growth and momentum, Stefano Domenicali has pushed for a series of significant changes.<\/p>\n<p>Sprint Races are easily the most notable and, even after four seasons, most hotly debated.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a recent interview, the F1 CEO made the case for having more Sprint Races:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think that the change we&#8217;ve introduced this year is the right one for many reasons,&#8221;<\/em> he told <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/exclusive-domenicali-on-reverse-grids-for-f1-sprints-nothing-fake-about-it\/10642865\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">motorsport.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;With separate qualifying and parc ferme. The flow is much better today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think that we are not in a position to say that we&#8217;re going to be like MotoGP, for example, with a full race calendar situation of sprints.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But there is margin to grow, maybe for one-third of the calendar. That could be a possibility.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"z9uWa_28SclOZ3GvXLc3yA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2158325769\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'z9uWa_28SclOZ3GvXLc3yA',sig:'M6ekkbyVdOvmBPYzn33fhtbYevr-JpVBSRhWhMSERds=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2158325769',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, race weekends with Sprint races will consistently generate more viewership on Fridays.<\/p>\n<p>Sprint qualifying sessions, which determine the starting order for the Sprint race, can be counted on to receive more attention than free practice sessions.<\/p>\n<p>However, the last few months are evidence that one factor reigns supreme in determining high viewership and fan engagement &#8211; competition at the front.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/08\/02\/mclaren-reveal-bold-upgrade-plan-to-topple-red-bull\/\" target=\"_self\">four different teams fighting for wins<\/a>, the F1 world is experiencing its most exciting moment since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/07\/26\/george-russell-mercedes-upgrades-can-bring-fight-to-mclaren\/\" target=\"_self\">fierce battles at the front<\/a>, as opposed to format tweaks, most consistently generate a better quality racing product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As F1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali has overseen a series of significant changes to the sport in recent years. Perhaps the most controversial is the introduction of Sprint Races, intended to create more action throughout a race weekend. Domenicali reveals he is open to introducing more sprint races &#8211; in a bid to add more jeopardy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":22844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2220,68,465,1847],"class_list":["post-22842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-stefano-domenicali"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}