F1’s planning to bring back the South African GP…
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Kyalami is a fan favourite among motorsport fans and there are a lot of things to suggest the F1 calendar will add South Africa to its list come 2024...
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As a South African we would love to see F1 back home. Since well Porsche owns the circuit I hope they come to an agreement with F1
I didn’t know Porsche owned the track. That’s a fun fact!
Let all the South Africans come together and celebrate 😎
Oh and Porsche are planning to enter F1 with VW approval in 2026, How convenient!
Fellow South African
Lekker Mzanzi! 🇿🇦😎
I can already hear David Croft commentating at the start of the race saying, "It's been 30 years since we last race here in Kyalami Alain Prost won that race and Martin Brundle was part of that race. Martin what do you remember of that race?"
Lights out and away we go!
PS: no Eskom jokes please😬
@@siphe11 😂😂 Awu kodwa nkosi Eskom will literally switch off the lights.
@@siralekmay Lights won't be the problem. Imagine the pit crews with hand ratchets changing tyres.
and martin goes "oh yes i do crofty and i bet i can say this for everyone: we've missed this"
why did my eyes tear up when i read "It's been 30 years since we last race here in Kyalami..."
I think it would be useful to have a African GP since it’s called a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
And it isnt really gonna be that annoying in terms of starting times for us Europeans
Antarctica gp pls
@@Austin.Triggs North Korea grand prix
@@Austin.TriggsIntroduction of studded tyres and a full *brake duct delete.
@@Alucard-gt1zf Yeah,thats exactly what I said.I too am on GMT+2,so its *basically* going to be normal for me.When did I complain?
OMG I'VE WAITED FOR THIS ALL 17YEARS OF MY LIFE!!! A HOME GRAND PRIX!!!! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Omg! For all of *my* 17 years, I thought that it couldn't be a World Championship without Africa
I also want a home Grand Prix
Bring back Indian gp?
@@splatyxd9623 I would most certainly enjoy and Indian gp to return. Sadly I was but a young boy when it took place, thus I haven't any memory to recall of it
Let's Gooooooooooooo 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Get in there!
If only for this sport to be truly global, this track really should be on the F1 calendar.
Sadly Arab oil money>>>everything so F1 will soon become an Arabian championship
Who cares if it is global or not? Seriously? Like, does the racing become worse because it is not global? Or what
@@AllForOne2906 I'm too lazy to type a few more words ok?
@@Someone25948 No, but its appeal will become bigger. There aren't many major sports out there that have their regular competition hosted on every continent of this world.
@@Drrolfski Appeal will become bigger to whom? Car enthusiasts are mostly European and American.
Sepang race was cancelled because sales were low since Malaysian locals didn't care much about car races and it was too far away for Europeans. But MotoGP still races at Sepang every year with grandstands filled to the brim
There is no large audience to tap into in Southern Africa so why should they race there?
honestly i cant wait to see SA back on the calendar (hopefully) i think it'd draw even more fans into or even back into formula 1! I hope the FIA promote the track to a grade 1 status.
As a South African, this would really make the F1 calendar special to me. South Africa is often overlooked when it comes to sport. But we have a rich history of sport, especially in motorsport! Car manufacturers such as Alfa Romeo, BMW and Opel have even sold cars specific to South Africa here.
So this could be a pseudo-home race for Alfa Romeo?
South Africa is overlooked because it isn't a safe place to be compared to other destinations on the calendar. Huge swaths of neighborhoods where huge fences and security cameras are needed, and machine gun battles with armored money transports isn't really the ideal destination for tourist events.
@@MindfullyBased yes because Mexico and Brazil aren’t like that at all.
@@MindfullyBasedI don't think all the countries F1 is racing in now has had zero crime, at least in South Africa you can expect a 99.9% forecast for zero missiles🤦♂. There are some really decent destinations and some not so decent, just like almost every country.
@@MindfullyBased you do realise that other countries that hosted F1 races are not so safe either. Saudi Arabia literally had a bomb go off near the F1 track before race day.
Stop being ignorant. Crime is everywhere.
Matt, I'm wondering if you guys can do a video on what the paddock looks like at an F1 race when there is also a F2/F3/Supercar race on the same weekend. How do the pit boxes get divided? Where do the F1 boxes sit as opposed to the junior categories? I saw the Supercars coming out of the beginning of the pitlane at Melbourne after quali and was wondering how this all works. Are there enough pit boxes for every F1 team and junior category team? Or do they have to share some times?
Also, does this affect how the F2 and F3 support races are chosen? I know F3 has like 30 freaking cars or something per race. So I assume a shorter pitlane wouldn't make it feasible to have F3 be the supporting race for certain weekends.
@@ccramit so basically there's a support paddock around the circuit for example: Silverstone, Yas Marina and other tracks with 2 pitlanes the cars get stored there pre race, and tracks like Momaco have the cars around about the circuit.
The Supercars at Melbourne had their own pit boxes that were near the pit entry. The S5000s there had a support paddock on the opposite side of the pit straight. Access was via a gate in the debris fence. I don't think the S5000s ever used the pit lane.
I did the pit lane walk in Melbourne and basically, the Supercars sat towards the back end of the pit lane near the entry and had their own pit boxes, whilst the F1 cars sat at the front of the pit lane near the exit. This is probably different on every circuit though depending on their capacity.
@@TheSummerbeauty23 Yes, at Spa the support race pit area is after the La Source hairpin. They have their own separate pit exit that feeds into Raidillon.
Would love to see a race in South Africa, especially since the country is home to a World Champion
I would love this to be in my home race! In South Africa 🇿🇦
This would be interesting. I started as a marshal at Kyalami the year after they stopped running F1, so around 1993. It would be cool to see it back.
In the early 2000's BAR Honda tested their cars at Kyalami, I worked 2 minutes away and it was such a privilege to go check out the cars. I could go right up to the track from the pit lane and man to have those V10's come past you at full tilt was pure magic! You could literally feel the air pressure change as it came past! Since then I've never seen an F1 car up close let alone been to an actual race. :(
South Africa might be one of the most F1 obsessed countries outside of anywhere in Europe. It’s a shambles that we don’t have a Grand Prix here 🇿🇦 there will not be issues with filling the stands, guaranteed.
Why do people think South Africa isn't on the calendar because of some lack of demand? South Africa is way down the list as far as standards of living and safety are concerned.
@@MindfullyBased so they have human rights problem?
@@MindfullyBased yeah Brazil and Mexico are so amazing too
Just remember they blew up buildings a few KM away from the track in Jeddah, literal terrorist attacks shooting rockets in the area
@@MindfullyBased Every country has its problems. These crime statistics that everyone keeps talking about are HUGELY, and I mean HUGELY focused in the poorer communities, where no tourist would find themselves anyway. I've lived in SA my entire life, never been robbed, shot or stabbed. I spent 9 months in the USA and I was robbed twice. Crime happens everywhere, but if youre careful and do touristy things and not walk into a gang neighbourhood, the chances are you're going to be 100% ok. The fact you think F1 isn't coming here because there is crime is just ridiculous.
It also depends on the ticket price. I don't think the average South African will be able to afford watching it live. Basic weekend ticket packages could be anywhere between $800-$1,200 for general admission and that is more than the average salary. They would need to provide good safety and security for the tens of thousands of international fans that will travel to the Kyalami.
I hope the race will be announced soon, as a Suid Afrikaner, I would love to witness an F1 race in my own country🇿🇦🇿🇦
Yeah, and a world championship must visit all continents !
@@hugolouessard3914 Antarctica?!!!
@@mikespearwood3914 Hum, I think Lewis would complain so much about his tyres not being warm that his radio would explode
It’s absolutely awesome driving the new F1 2022 car in Automobilista 2 around Kyalami. Suspect it’ll be amazing for qualifying, but much tougher to race on. Following and passing could be impossible.
Theres afew good overtaking points on the track, T1, T6 after the long right hander if a driver is brave enough to stick it round the outside, T11 (?) after the back 'straight' (easy to go side by side and nice heavy breaking zone)
Exactly, anyone who has raced there on a sim at a fairly high level knows how hard it is to pass. Even with DRS the straight is really short for F1 because of how slow that last corner is. Adding a SA GP at Kyalami would be a great thing, but not really because it'd offer great racing on Sunday.
@@John_Dumont turn 1 is really the only opportunity. The rest t6 and 11 are a bit of a stretch. I couldn’t imagine drivers getting close enough after the first couple of corners to make a move into t6, t11 I don’t think is long enough unfortunately. I think it’ll be pretty a pretty dull race with a decent qualy.
Maybe F1 should consider Phakisa as well, it's also a great track that placed in Africa.
YES! You can't have a world championship without having at least one track in Africa. I'd happily limit it to one GP per country eg the US (COTA) to allow it.
3 in the US seems like a lot. Considering F1 isn't even that huge in America. But I guess that's one way to drum up interest and make a ton of money.
@@ccramit It does seem like a lot for one country, but also keep in mind they are roughly the same size as all of Europe (~10m km^2) and have about half Europe's population. Europe has 9 GPs this season, so 3 in the USA seems fine.
@@ccramit Honestly I agree possibly sacrificing tracks that could span across the entire world for 3 tracks in a place that it’s not even really appreciated for money is just not right but cash is king I suppose
@@Schm1dtstorm The size doesn't matter, 3 is way too much for one country. Europe is a lot of countries so it's not the same
European races are much more accessible for people in Europe because Europe has an amazing transportation system you can go by train and it'll take a sensible amount of time where as in the USA you have to take a highway at a much lower speed for a much longer distance
most people would not travel 12 hours just for one weekend of racing
About time it happens. Can’t wait to see this gem return to f1
I’d love to see the track, I really do.
However I feel like we are on track to have far to many tracks on calendar and I wouldn’t be sure which track to kick (I mean Abu Dhabi and Jeddah certainly won’t be)
We really need a rotating calendar, I think that would be the best solution to showcase more tracks without over-saturating the year with races.
They could even do a tier ranking with tier 1 having a set slot each year, tier 2 rotating every 2 (like the German Grand Prix was in the early 2010s) and tier 3 every 3 years. Could even do a tier 4 for every 5 years for “smaller” tracks that wouldn’t be able to host a Grand Prix each year.
That being said, I think a country shouldn’t hold more than 1, at the absolute most 2 races per year. Perfect chance for venue rotation!
I’d argue it would be great. Perfect chance to revisit old venues (if they are able to hold a race), tracks from the 2020 season that probably will not see another F1 race, new chances for new tracks, as well as the opportunity to keep legacy tracks on the calendar, even if they aren’t visited each year.
Could even let the fans/viewers vote on which tier a track belongs (though I am sure that wouldn’t be implemented as money talks more than fan opinion)
Very on board with this. Only a few need to be on the calendar every year. Silverstone, Monaco, Monza, Spa, and arguably Interlagos should never be off the calendar, the rest can rotate.
I don't really agree with this. I know the teams wouldn't like it, but the f1 calendar is still only 22 events long. I couldn't think of any other major sport with this few rounds. Except maybe indy car, but that has different reasons...
@@justluke8730 but you have to consider that 1 event is basically a whole weekend commitment if you want to see all there is. Even if you only gonna watch quali and race, that’s basically Saturday and Sunday booked.
In addition for the teams this will mean a lot more costs, having to transport 2 whole cars, spare parts, equipment, and personnel to even more locations that are placed all over the world and not in a particular order of least distance traveled, not to speak of the time commitment for the personnel. They aren’t on circuit for just the three days racing, having to work only then. They’ll basically have to work all week round and are so far away from their families. In football let’s say personell can generally stay living where their team is located and probably their family as well, only going away for games, so maybe 3 or maybe 4 days a week. F1 can’t do that. You are basically gone for huge parts of the year.
Imola has to be dropped down the tier 2/3 imo
@@justluke8730 in most professional sports, you play half your games in your home city, so there's no travel involved there. Also as someone else mentioned, each grand prix is really 4 days, not one day like a typical sporting event. Add to that the sheer distance traveled between events and it makes sense that 23 grands prix is pushing it. Imagine having a job taking you thousands of miles from home for half the year.
F1’s return to South Africa would be great, especially at a track like Kyalami. A F1 race in the African Continent hasn’t happened since 1993, so not only is it good for current fans, it’ll be great for a newer generation of fans in South Africa.
this would be amazing, as a south african myself i rode around on a few motorcycles in 2017+2018 and can confirm it is a really fun track to hoon around. almost wiped out at corner 12
I hope we can get Malaysia too without overcrowding the schedule!
unfortunately we won't
let's just replace Miami and las Vegas with South Africa and Malaysia
Still bitter about losing that one. Hope we can get it back one day.
at this rate, why not make the championship 2 years long?
Replace Monaco with this. No doubt the racing will be better
This would be fliippen incredible 🔥🔥there is a massive fan base for F1 here in SA🇿🇦would be so stoked to watch a race live and in person
There are starting to be a lot of races
There should be contracts between two races
Like, lets say, 2023 south african gp, 2024 Las Vegas Gp, 2025 south african gp again... etc.
Kyalami looks pretty good! It should be added to the calendar as soon as it's Grade 1 ready.
The issue though, is that its addition means a circuit has to go, and sadly it's usually another nice circuit (Nürburgring, Hockenheim, Portimão), instead of awful things like Barcelona or Abu Dhabi.
Personally, I think a street circuit in Cape Town with table mountain as the backdrop would be awesome. I don't know how feasible that is though.
yes 100%
the roads around the centre and to the foot of Table mountain are undulating asphalt of the highest quality...and WIDE to boot!
It would be amazing to see them on the flyovers too 😁
@@weedfreer lol and if you fcuk up the apex coming down the mountain, you tumble to a fiery death.
I think that would be great but the drivers might have other ideas xD
@@scroopynooperz9051 details details....it could be worked on 😅
What I'm seeing is an absolute necessity for a roster. Have some permanent tracks (Spa, Suzuka, Interlagos, Monza, Silverstone, COTA) and then a bunch of rotating slots that change year to year to keep things fresh. We don't really wanna be pushing for even more races every season. Things would become impossible to manage at that point.
Add Monaco to that list which, I know, gives a boring race but probably has the most demanding and rewarding Qualy in the whole calendar plus all the history and prestige the circuit has. Also, it keeps the possibility of winning the Triple Crown alive
@@gfraser92 Hopefully for the team members sake F1 continues to enforce the mandatory 2 week summers break for all the teams but if F1 continues to add tracks to the racing schedule something will have to give.
As a proud South African, when F1 arrives, best believe I’ll be there from Monday to Sunday with my orange t-shirt blasting “Super Max” all day long
Uploaded the exact same subject video 20min ago lol Truly a WTF(1) moment. And yes, I would love to see Kyamali back.
I'd love a race on every continent (Antarctica would make for an interesting race), and this would be a beautiful addition. I worry about the calendar length though. The races on the streets of the US are not ones I look forward to, I'd prefer a proper circuit.
Im a South African from 1979 WDC Jody Scheckter's hometown, and i cannot stress how excited I am to hear this news. The last time we had a GP was 2 years before I was born so I finally have hope I can attend a race in future.
This should have been the priority over Las Vegas.
I live so close to this track I can hear the GT3 cars going round, from my house, when they're in town. Hearing F1 cars on that first Friday afternoon is gonna be EPIC!
Kyalami is one of my all time favorite tracks. Really interesting track for GT racing. Not sure how it would flow with F1 in terms of overtaking, though. Definitely provides great wheel to wheel action with GT3, but they are much slower (than F1) and it's a more balanced class anyway.
I legit manifest the Kyalami GP every race weekend. Seen a lot of great races and events on the track, it would be an absolute treat to have F1 here. And I'm sure money won't be an issue, we've got hidden coffers everywhere lol. COME TO KYALAMI 🏁
Missed opportunity to use the new "volume up" graphic during that lap!
So I’m from South Africa and just in the high school part of my school (grades 8-12) there’s about 120 f1 fans. There’s about 1100 kids in the school. In my opinion I think the circuit will have more than enough funding. Plus I’d really hope there is such a GP 🙂
That's not a bad # to be honest. The ratio is decent
As a South African, I'd blow all my savings just to see a home race🙈😂! Real bucket list stuff!🪣🇿🇦
As a South African I am extremely excited
This is great, Africa definitely needs a race, then it can truly be a world championship.
South Africa definitely needs a home race, although I think that home race should’ve been made into something like a street circuit in Durban (where all the attraction is toward year end) , but something grand unlike the A1GP which was just a disappointment all round
I can just imagine every single place latifi could crash
Kylami was always one of my favourite tracks to watch world superbike race ta as a kid. Would love to see f1 go there
I want it to be going there if its a good track and not just because its in Africa
I have had enough of "Hey , we are going to X place ,get excited !" only for the tracks themselves to be underwhelming
Same way that Im pessimistic about Miami and Las Vegas...
Awesome video matt! Can't wait for South Africa to be on the calendar. Fan from South Africa!!! 🇿🇦
This is great, but i am worried that they sre bringing in too many tracks.
The us should not have 3 races. We cant lose good and/or classic tracks for new ones for money purposes.
And what about alternating races. How bout theres only 1 usgp but we switch each year between the 3 tracks. Keeps the exclusivity and we have more tracks
It'll take Sochi's spot. You're right, they said the US will have 4.
That onboard gives me a kind of COTA-meet-Hungaroring vibe, in a good way.
As a South African I am concerned that the estimated payment to host a GP in South Africa will be about 90% of the total government sport budget. Given than my two sports (karate and squash) do not qualify for one cent of that budget, I have concerns that there are more pressing needs in this country reeling in massive debt than a Grand Prix.
I'll tell you one things, I'm from South Africa and there is a huge interest and fan base for F1 here.
Gonna be honest. I live in South Africa and at the moment I think it would be hard for the government or guy to produce the funds. We have just had a kind of cyclone which has caused massive devastation and to repair roads and so on will cost a ton. But I hope they will bring a race to 🇿🇦.
It's possible they hope to make enough profit to make it worth it. If they fill the stands and book out surrounding hotels then it'll make back the money then some
I'm also a South African and it would be awesome to race at Kayalami, it's right around the cor er from my house! Thanks WTF1 for making this video!!
Is it just me or do the KYALAMI and BUDH GP layout look scarily similar .
Absolutely great track to watch, but barely anywhere to overtake
To be WDC and WCC, I believe their needs to be 1 race on each continent (except Antarctica)
An Antarctic circuit reminds me of that stunt red bull did
Wow, thats really racist towards those pinguins in Antarctica. They want to see F1 aswell, i guess. 😜
@@hanswurst6712 😂, we had a taste of what an Antarctica race would be like…2020 Turkish GP
I totally thought it went the other way around. Good circuit, though, I like the subtle changes in elevation and the flowing second and third sectors.
I really hope it will come we NEED a race in Afrika
As a south african I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A RACE HERE. there are so many f1 fans here it would definetely get attention and i think it would be great for the sport! We have a lot to offer here, thank you for shedding light on our epic circuit!
There's a 95% chance that Latifi or Stroll will spin their cars in the off camber turn 1 at least once that weekend lmaoo
I don't think Latifi will survive in F1 after this year. They mention that they no need his
money.
Kyalami '92 was the first time I ever saw F1 on the TV and I was hooked immediately. Where have 30 years disappeared to?
It's gonna take a lot of domenicali's crew
There's nothing a hundred men or more could never do
We need that race now in aaAAaafrica
To make a real world championship we need the contineeeeee-eeeeeeeee-eeeeeeend
totototoottoom
Toto - Africa
No Mikey No that was so not Right guy- Africa
This would be epic! Also love that the clip at 3:56 when talking about the announcement of a Chinese Grand Prix it's actually a clip of San Francisco 😂
we are definitely not "battling" covid 19... Kyalami is an awesome track and deserves to be on the calendar.
South African, born in 1998, so of course I've never had the opportunity to watch a GP at Kyalami. It would be a dream come true🥺
in 2024 and 2034 are the 90th and 100th anniversaries of the SAGP
Man I love this track from the first time I drove it in Assetto Corsa, I think if it gets a little widened in some areas it would be an awesome venue to have some F1 races.
I'm patiently waiting to witness a Formula 1 Race at Kyalami, haven't experienced something like it since the A1GP races
Would love to see this race! My only worry is that in its current state the track feels a bit narrow for the current size of the cars
As someone who studies in SA I’d definitely attend
With the constant growth of F1 Street Circuits ANY pure racing track is a welcome for the non casual F1 fans👏🏽🤲🏽 Love to see it, hope to see it very soon🙏🏼
Yas!
I would be so happy if the Kyalami GP is back on the F1 calendar! The race track is just 15km from my home! :D
I come from south africa so to see this makes me very happy
Couple weeks ago I saw this track was in Assetto Corsa Competizione and feel in LOVE with the it! Its a blast in a GT3 car I cant imagine how it would be in a F1 car. We NEED this track in 2024
As a South African I would love to watch a Grand prix at Kyalami, it's like 5km away
I'd even camp there if needs be, I hope they will add a lot of stands if it does happen.
@@siralekmay we'd be camp buddies
That fast right hander (turn 5?) looks soooo exciting. And that rollercoaster looking hairpin that’s going up while breaking and then going straight back down looks amazing as well! Such a cool circuit!
SA GP will be brilliant feels like a good return to form for the WORLD championship
That is a brilliant idea. Kyalami was and is a CLASSIC racetrack.
Would be great but they really need more spots for spectators. Watching the GT3 this year, almost half the track has no place to sit and watch
I wouldn’t miss this for the world 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 I hope it gets on the calendar soon.
The track is actually amazing. Went around it sitting on the passenger side of a Audi R8 V10 during the festival of motoring 2 years ago
As a big African F1 fan this will be so great I'm an Zambian and I can make the trip there 🤗🤗🤗can't wait
Also South African. Kyalami is maybe a 2 hours drive from where I live.
Would love to see F1 live.
I am so stoked about this
kylami has always delivered with gt racing.
Its a great track and for f1 to be a truely global sport we needed to return to africa asap
This is brilliant 👏🏻
For almost a century, F1 operated GRAND PRIX races 🏁 👌🏻 😀 👍🏼 😎 🙌🏻 🏁 in South Africa.
This is a very welcome return💯
Kyalami is a treat to drive. In my mind its a version of Spa with the undulations and the dipping chicane which reminds me of eau rouge.
First sector looks like reverse interlagos, middle sector looks like right way interlagos and the last bit seems nice
The minute and a half break from Matt excitedly shout-splaining to me was sheer bliss. Thank you, Matt.
This track is so much fun to drive, not convinced it'll produce great racing in its current layout though. As much as turn 15 slaps, I think straightening it out and creating another DRS zone before the start/finish straight could be a quick fix.
Then we can have Sepang-style switchback shenanigans from turn 13 to turn 2
Would be great to have a non-Tilkedrome circuit join the calendar that a lot of fans haven’t seen before
Exactly my friend. Hope we eventually get to replace all Tilkedromes.
Glad to see my Country getting some love
Kyalami is a great track :) I remember racing it in an old 90's game.
I remember driving this track in the World Superbike 09 game for the 360
Im south African but ive always wondered if we had an F1 track never imagined that we actually had one ide love the idea of them doing this
Please!!! As a South African I have never been able to attend a GP. Please F1 make it happen!!
definitely here or it!! having races on all continents would be so cool!!
It may very well make sense if the VW deal comes through, with the Porsche SA CEO owning the track.
I love the potential of more new tracks, and returning old ones. However F1 needs to get a track rotation system going to accommodate all these tracks! With South Africa, China, Vietnam, a second China track, Las Vegas and Qatar all confirmed or potentially coming over the next couple of years, at 24 races max (i thought Concorde max was 25?) then three or four of the tracks on this years calendar would have to go. There are also a number of other tracks which would like to return as well. Track rotation has to be the way to go.
As a South African I personally cant wait for F1 to race here
Turn 1 at kyalami is wide on entry then narrows on the exit
i'd never played a game with it as a track until Ride 4, got familiar with the one hour endurance race lol
Seeing rumors and hearing about new circuits entered F1, I think we need to take a big look at the idea of further schedule expansion, and the logistics involved. So much of the cost of F1 comes from continent-hopping. I mean, just this year the series will change continents TEN times in a 22-race season: starting in the Middle East (2 races) to Oceania (1), then to Europe (1) and North America (1) then back to Europe (3) and back to America (1) before going back to Europe for 7 events, then Asia (2), North America (2), then South America (1) and back to the Middle East to end in Abu Dhabi.
I think, if F1 got a BIT more intelligent at schedule-planning and looked a few years ahead to plan Grands Prix in geographic vicinities to each other, we could have a season of 25-30 races each year, perhaps divided up by geographic region with development breaks in between. Let's say for the sake of argument we could have 28 Grand Prix, we could have four 7-race blocks, divided among regions, with 1 block for Asia/Oceania, 2 blocks for Europe, and 1 block for the Americas.
Take this entirely hypothetical idea:
Block 1: Africa/Oceania/Asia/Middle East
Kyalami
Melbourne
Singapore
China
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Block 2: Europe 1
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Monaco
Imola
Catalunya
Portimao
Paul Ricard
Block 3: Europe 2
Silverstone
Zandvoort
Spa
Austria
Hockenheim/Nurburgring
Hungaroring
Monza
Block 4: Americas
Montreal
Miami
COTA
Las Vegas
Mexico
Brazil
And then since FIA seems set on it, a finale at Abu Dhabi.
28 races, all set with a sensible and direct flow of travel from one circuit to the next.
Chainbear has a great video (couple years old now) about having a rotational schedule. Saves having too many races in a cost cap era.
I do agree that the current logistics for the schedule don't make a lick of sense.
From the middle east, to Australia, to Europe... when Singapore is right there, north of Australia, and they can go to Japan right after. Like you're saying.
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I believe sooner or later we shall consider a 2 year champions... To allow all the tracks and helps with cost capping too. Rather than producing a car a ever year just upgrades...
U r right Matt it flow beautifully it’s another track id love to drive on besides SPA and monza