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McLaren boss Brown has solution for full F1 calendar
- GPblog.com
With the addition of Las Vegas and the desire to also hold a race in Africa, the Formula One calendar is getting fuller and fuller. For the teams and drivers, traveling around the world is a significant burden. If it were up to McLaren boss Zak Brown, it would all slowly become too much.
Huge interest
Interest in Formula One is huge worldwide. Circuits are lining up to host a Grand Prix, but there is already basically no spot left on the calendar. Brown therefore suggests to designate thirty places where Formula 1 will settle on a regular basis.
Ideally, Brown would like to return to a maximum of 21 or 22 races per season, he told news agency Reuters. On this calendar there are 17 or 18 circuits where F1 comes every year. In addition, in Brown's plan, seven or eight circuits would rotate: one year, the other not. “I think there are A markets and B markets that we race in. Maybe your B markets (should be) every other year," Brown says.
Spa and Monaco?
If Brown were to have his way, a debate would undoubtedly arise about which races are A-race. For example, it is still uncertain whether historic circuits like Monaco and Spa will remain on the calendar in the coming years. There is still no agreement with both organisers on a new contract.