Are 24 races too many within one season? 'Not far from the limit'

The Formula 1 calendar for the 2024 season was recently announced. There are 24 Grands Prix scheduled for next season. At the start of this season, there were already several drivers and team owners who felt the calendar was far too full. Will that also be the case next season? Next season there are no less than three triple headers on the calendar.

Aston Martin boss Mike Krack: "I mean the 24 races is being debated a lot. We have also the double headers, the triple headers. I think all in all, it is probably not far from the limit that we can do, or what we can accept. But I think it is down to the teams to find ways of making this sustainable for their employees."

Vowles and Brown on full 24-race F1 calendar

Williams team boss James Vowles also sees the problem, but does see a difference with other classes in motorsport. "It's an optimization problem. Clearly we can't just keep throwing the same people at it. We have to rethink almost to a certain extent how we are running racing organizations. But there are racing series that are doing 32 or more weekends a year."

McLaren CEO Zak Brown also doesn't think there should be many more races: "I think 24 is the limit. Stefano has kind of said as such. There is a demand for probably 30 Grand Prixs. I think it would be a great way to keep the calendar where it is, but yet still have calendar growth. And the schedule has definitely been improved this year from a logistics point of view," he says.