Max Verstappen threatens to quit Formula One if number of sprint races expanded

NOT HAPPY: Max Verstappen has threatened to quit Formula One if the number of sprint races is expanded. Pic: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP

Max Verstappen has threatened to turn his back on Formula One if the sport’s bosses press ahead with plans to expand the number of sprint events.

The shortened-race format was first introduced at three rounds in 2021, and has been doubled to six for this year, with the first of the season taking place in Azerbaijan at the end of the month.