F1 calendar
The 2023 edition of the F1 World Championship (Calendar) is expected to undergo several changes in terms of venues and distance travelled.
The Formula One World Championship in 2023 will be the 74th edition of the event. As of now, twenty-one Grands Prix are contracted to form a part of the 2023 World Championship. The minimum expected distance travelled in the 2023 calendar is a massive 132,535 kilometres and fans feel it could have been reduced significantly if planned in a better way.
When it comes to the changes with respect to venues, the Chinese and Qatar Grands Prix are scheduled to return to the calendar, after last being held in 2019 and 2021, respectively. The Las Vegas Grand Prix is due to make its debut, with the race planned to be held in November on a new street track across the Las Vegas Strip. Unfortunately, the historic French Grand Prix is unlikely to feature on the 2023 calendar.
Besides the French Grand Prix, there are three more GPs from the current edition who do not have a contract in 2023 – Austrian GP, Mexican GP and the Monaco GP.
Let us take a look at how fans react to the potentially massive travel distance in F1 2023.
“I’m not sure about having races in middle east in may seems like a good idea”, wrote a fan.
“It’s based on weather. They’re racing Middle Eastern countries when they’re colder and more handlable, most European races in the summer etc. It wouldn’t particularly work to do it like this”, wrote another fan, who doesn’t quite agree to the proposed calendar.
“Yeah let’s race in Brasil winter, and middle east summer, seems like a very good idea”, a fan tweeted sarcastically.
“It’s not a matter of efficiency, it’s a matter of money. The track owners fear, rightfully, that a more efficient calendar would cannibalize the public from other less popular tracks”, read another tweet.
“It’s not a e-sport where you can race in what day you want. F1 did everything they can to minimize the mileage but the race promoters don’t want to change their dates”, tweeted another fan.
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