F1 sprint race row: FIA accused of ‘greed’ amid delay in decision to increase number of sprints to six in 2023 season

The teams have unanimously backed a proposal from commercial rights holder F1 to double the number of sprint races to six next year but the FIA said in a statement it was “still evaluating” the proposal, with sources accusing the governing body of ‘greed’

Last Updated: 27/04/22 4:43pm


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Craig Slater gives an update on the proposed plans to double the number of sprint races in Formula One from 2023. The FIA has said that it can not approve the increase at this point in time

Craig Slater gives an update on the proposed plans to double the number of sprint races in Formula One from 2023. The FIA has said that it can not approve the increase at this point in time

The FIA’s delay in approving plans to double the number of sprint races in F1 from 2023 has created a major split at the top of the sport, with the governing body being accused of ‘greed’.

There are currently three sprints on the calendar for 2022, the first of which came at last weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola where reigning world champion Max Verstappen claimed victory.

The teams have unanimously backed a proposal from commercial rights holder F1 to hold six sprints next year but, after a Formula One Commission meeting on Tuesday, the FIA said in a statement that it was “still evaluating the impact of the proposal on its trackside operations and personnel”.

Max Verstappen celebrates winning the first spring race of the 2022 season at Imola

Max Verstappen celebrates winning the first spring race of the 2022 season at Imola

Sources have told Sky Sports’ Craig Slater that “unjustifiable financial requests” are behind the FIA’s decision to block the vote.

“The word ‘greed’ was actually used to me,” Slater told Sky Sports News. “And a couple

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Thorin accused of toxicity towards women in the esports industry after standing up for Semmler

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The esports group may have all-but condemned Semmler for likely on a sexist rant in response to the GGForAll’s all-feminine Counter-Strike: World wide Offensive league. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the industry alone has compensated a great deal interest to the toxic behavior. In simple fact, even extra prominent figures in the esports realm have felt comfortable aggressively standing up for Semmler because of to a deficiency of consequences, together with analyist Thorin. 

 

All over December 22, Semmler took to Twitter to considerably query the explanation behind GGForAll’s all-woman league. He questioned the skill level of the women associated and even questioned when an all-male CSGO tournament would exist (due to the fact apparently there haven’t been any of all those at any time). He later on known as GGForAll discrimination and harmful. 

 

 

While lots of felt that Semmler was lacking the whole reason driving woman-concentrated esports occasions, some agreed with Semmler that creating woman-only areas was harming the CSGO scene. This was a sentiment shared by Thorin, a properly-known analyst who has determined to also use his social media platform to go on a marginally unhinged tangent. 

 

“‘Women in the market essentially handle your factors and you should not just add their baggage and issues with adult men on to you’ problem,” Thorin tweeted. 

 

This was adopted by an even extra weird tweet that tried to assert that the esports business was wrongfully declaring that people are sexist just after they respond to poisonous actions by women of all ages. But his tweet came throughout illogical, bewildering, and toxic to several persons. 

 

If you are a single of the several persons blocked by Thorin with out even at any time interacting with him, the tweet states: Moron goes to a cafe carrying ‘save the whales’ shirt, drops

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