F1 does need to look at the calendar. Drivers have stated it's too many. Martin Brundle started scaling back the number of Grand Prix he attends a couple of years ago when the calendar started getting bigger and bigger. Crofty (as annoying as he is) will not be at all of the races this year either. Makes you wonder how many people from the engineering divisions of the F1 teams step away from the sport too because of the demands.
even in the 16-17 races season its hard.
Read an interview with some truckie from Stewart gp in their first season in 1997. Asked what he hated about the season, the quote f1 racing put in was "working his bollicks off". Season was over, said he still hadnt had a beer since monaco to celebrate Barrichello coming 2nd.
I suppose back in the day some teams tested non stop so it was always hard work.
Would hear some serious work going on, Arrows at the 1998 Belgian GP, Think Salo wrecked a car in quali, and Diniz did too. Mechanics were up til 2am sunday morning repairing and up again to start at 5am
I'd be interested (sort of) to know how many people do all the races. I'd imagine it's not many at all.
Having qatar and vegas on successive weeks with a 12 hour time difference is simply wrong though. Nobody should be asked to deal with that.
That is ridiculous. Are they wanting people to drop dead? But sure so long as some suit gets a few million who cares.......wrong
I always think they should adjust the calendar so that races are geographically close where possible
There are three races in America for instance, one though in May, one in October and one in November, have them all together.
Have Imola and Monza close together too
