Vettel fears pressure during triple headers: 'And we're the ones who are lucky!'

After the sudden emergence of the corona virus in 2020, Liberty Media, the FIA and the teams had to act quickly. A number of old and new circuits were asked for help and a new calendar was put together in record time. The teams however had to take into account three consecutive Grands Prix. But that would be the only season where that would happen.

Now that the coronavirus is still not ready in the world, that promise has already been broken with no less than three triple headers in 2021 and 23 races in total. According to Vettel, this will not be easy. "We have the biggest calendar ever before us and I'm not sure yet how we are going to approach it. I think we have to be really sure that we take care of all the people involved in the sport," the German told GPfans.com.

No problem for the drivers

The driver is not talking about himself and his colleagues in this regard. "We are lucky as drivers. Of course the pressure is very high at times, but in terms of hours there are a lot of other people who work more hours than us during a race weekend."

"I hope we have learnt from last year and are not going to cheerfully do the same thing, because it is going to be very stressful for many individuals and their families. Of course it was great that we were able to race at all for a season, but we have to be very careful about the schedule we have set for this year," the brand new Aston Martin F1 driver stressed. Due to the measures surrounding the coronavirus, teams will also be present with fewer people than usual, which will further increase the pressure per person.