Agreement in place to double F1 sprint races to six next season – Ross Brawn

“Our view is that we should take some progressive steps for next year"

The sprint race was introduced for the first time at Silverstone in July (Tim Goode/PA)

Formula One executive Ross Brawn said an agreement is in place to double the number of sprint races to six next season.

The shortened format – one third-distance of a normal race – was introduced for the first time at Silverstone in July, with this month’s Brazilian Grand Prix to provide the stage for the third and concluding sprint event of the campaign. The other took place at Monza in September.