Last September, the FIA World Council approved a record-breaking Formula 1 calendar for the 2023 season, including 24 Grands Prix. However, the subsequent cancellation of races in China and Imola meant that the calendar was shortened to the usual 22 races in recent seasons.
In comments made on the eve of the cancellation of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing head Christian Horner expressed the opinion that it is impossible to continuously expand the calendar and that the number of stages is no longer than 23 may be. per season.
Christian Horner: “For me, 23 Grand Prix in a season is the limit. We are already in a situation where we have to keep a built-in series after two stages in a row. It’s a very tight schedule. Fans are required on 23 Sundays of the year to set aside two hours during the day or evening to watch the race. It takes a lot of effort to watch the entire season. I think we have enough races already.
Every year they do the same trick in Formula 1. He [Стефано Доменикали] comes up to us and says: “We can’t lose Monaco, we can’t lose Monza, we can’t lose Silverstone.” And then he adds, “Have you heard about Las Vegas?” And we have to agree to a trip to Vegas. “Have you heard of Miami?” And now we’re on our way to Miami.
They keep adding new songs in interesting places, so it’s hard to say no, but we’ve already reached the point of saturation. 23 Grand Prix – an insane amount of races and miles to cover in a season.
I think it’s better to have new circuits competing with the ones we’re racing on now, rather than adding new stages all the time. With the current approach we are reaching a critical point, from which we are not that far away.
Source: F1 News
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