Verstappen Shrugs Off Monaco Sprint Race News: Concerns Emerge

Max Verstappen has made no secret of his disdain for Formula 1’s Sprint format, but admits to being indifferent to Monaco joining the Saturday race slate in 2027. While the next year’s calendar presents a logical progression of Grands Prix, expanding Sprints to 10 events – including bookending the year in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi – has raised many eyebrows across the paddock. It is the choice of Monaco, however, that has proved most controversial. The glitzy Principality’s narrow streets leave virtually zero margin for error, upending the traditional practice progression where drivers gradually brush closer to the guardrails at…