Sprint races have quietly transformed how an F1 weekend unfolds, particularly if you pay attention to betting markets. Introduced to add competitive mileage and unpredictability, sprints now feature at multiple venues each season and award meaningful championship points. That extra race distance creates a live data stream that did not exist a few years ago, offering insights into race pace, tyre behaviour and overtaking efficiency under real pressure. For bettors, this information feeds directly into how bookmakers reassess probabilities across the weekend, so odds you see on Friday can look very different by Saturday afternoon. Platforms such as Betway adjust their markets…