You can only have Aus near the start or the end cause any other time during the year and sunsets at 4-6 pm and we all know it will be late afternoon so Europe can watch it
To account for the „perfect“ weather in each country, you could have split the year in quarters, checking the best season for each race and then planned each quarter putting the tracks in the first quarter in which each race track is reasonable to drive on. So Canada probably either 2nd or 3rd Quarter and hotter countries into 1st or 4th quarter
@@justadummy8076of course, but for some tracks, it really isn't feasible. Let's say Sochi still existed, and... snow. Singapore, summer (actually it is all year long, but), sorching hot even at night in June. I think you get the point, but I do agree a bit. Like the recent Monaco GP, the rain coming out at the end was really fun for watching teh strategy!
@@xanderveldmuisje of course there is. You can still check for breaks between the weekends. making multiple breaks during the races in Europe because most if not all factories are in Europe and maybe less breaks during the part in North/South America because the trip back to Europe would be burning to much carbon.
I know this is all abstract, but that order sounds really attractive. It's actually a nice idea too imagining how the Circus is snaking its way in one long route around the world.
Honestly, the only month where decent racing weather in Montreal is assured is June. Canada is well known for our freezing winters, but many are unaware that our summers are actually blazing hot (and very humid in the area of the St. Lawrence Seaway). So July and August would make for bad months, and anywhere from September to May there is actually potential for sub-zero temperatures overnight. The problem is that in June it is too hot to hold a race at any of the US and Mexican circuits, hence why the Canadian Grand Prix is usually held during the European portion of the schedule.
Canada and Monaco are the killers to any potential reorganisation. Monaco is contracted to always be late May. And as you say Canada has to be June because of the weather, but is isolated from the rest of the NA Calendar. I think the only tenuous solution would be to risk a mid-May Canada, have it immediately preceded by one of Vegas/COTA and Miami. Then a week off for travel before getting Monaco in its usual spot. Put the other of Vegas/COTA next to Mexico and Interlagos in the Autumn
@@bendubz9000 What would be great is if F1 gave up on the disaster that is Miami and moved that race to Watkins Glen, which could easily be run within a week of the Can GP.
Actually Mexico City is quite temperate in terms of the weather, i think the peak temperature might be 30 C during summer, and the average is 27 C. The problem is during spring and summer it rains and floods a lot, so I think it’s best to keep it at the end to avoid another Imola situation.
As a Canadian, I can confirm you are right about the weather, though, at least here in Toronto, and I assume Montreal would be similar, there is hardly any risk of sub-zero temperatures overnight. August and September (at least the first 3 weeks of September) is the hottest time of the year (add in late July). But who cares, not gonna be hotter than Mexico City or some of the other cities if the Canadian GP was in July. The Molson Indy...err I mean Honda Indy... is held here in Toronto in July, it gets HOT! Speaking of which, it'd be nice to have a North American GP that cycles through a Canadian track, US track, and Mexican track in a 3 year cycle, I'd love to see F1 on the streets of Toronto or at an upgraded Mosport/CMP.
Oh, and no Monaco GP on the same weekend of the Indy 500 (just to let race fans focus on one special race, not 2 special races, not even for F1 teams/drivers to have a chance to enter the Indy 500, as cool as that might be to have all 20 F1 drivers attempt to qualify Indy cars in the 500, whether F1 points were up for grabs or not like in the old days)
After Texas, the next race should be LA, then Mexico, then Brazil. Then go to Australia, then Singapore, then China then Japan. But due to Abu Dhabi being contracted as the last race, starting say near it, then going west is easiest.
@@FurryestXI think Laguna seca is unfortunately a grade 2 circuit so f1 cars won't race there and it is unlikely to change as they are already doing big track upgrades right now and bringing it up to a grade 1 circuit isn't part of their plans so it would be a while until the next upgrade.
I think you have some great ideas here, but the amount of travel time and set up time between races means you can't just dismantle all the F1 equipment and set it up at the next race. The majority of equipment is shipped by sea/road, which means there need to be several sets of equipment moving around the world, arranged so that everything needed for a race arrives at the correct venue with enough time to complete setup. As the heavy equipment is the slowest moving part, and the personnel can relatively easily travel in for the race weekend, the most optimal schedule might not put the nearest races adjacent to each other. For example, the American races are all so spread out that having them all one after the other might require having several sets of heavy equipment on the American continent. Spreading the American races over the season would allow one set of equipment to start in Canada and work its way down the continent and the teams just fly in for the races. Since they would have gone back to base anyway, that's not really adding any extra travel. As far as I know, there are currently five sets of heavy equipment. I think it might be more efficient to try to reduce that to 3 sets, one in America, one in Aisa/Australia, and one in Middle East/Europe, and work out the most efficient schedule for each set and have the people fly in to meet the equipment. The other thing that could reduce carbon footprint and costs is limiting the amount of equipment teams can fly in to each race. I believe that currently the cars are flown from the team factory to each race. If the bulk of the cars were shipped with the heavy equipment between races, and teams were allowed to fly a set amount of upgrades to each race, limited by weight, that would reduce the amount of costly (both in terms of expense and in emissions) air freight.
Yes you are 100% right and ppl think that everything goes from one race to another.. There are 4 sets for non-EU races and 1 for EU races and problably first set came back for EU too bcs double/tripple header.. Also 70% (maybe even more) of The time after races every critical equipment that are transported by plane goes back to Factory and same with ppl they go Home (Europe most od The time) and then go back to where The race is held.. So it rly doesnt matter that much if races are close geographicly bcs everything critical still goes back to europe..
The thing about American races is it isn't that hard to drive between them. You could easily drive from one to the other of you have teams of drivers that swap off on each truck and they only stop for gas and food. They already so that for Europe. Trucks drive around America all the time and they make quick deliveries with only 1 driver. Essentially having all the American races together is not to dissimilar to having all the European races together.
@@JIKwood Buddy its literally not possible to have them together.. First thing is weather you cant drive 2 monts later in Miami and you cant drive 2 months earlier in Montreal.. Also there are almost 300 trucks going from one race to another not 10.. Also in Europe you have race much closer together thats why.. In America to go from Miami to Montreal and then back to Texas (vegas this year) is ridicolous and thats why they go via boat its way more ecological.. Dont worry they make a lot of thinking before making calendar and it is not that easy to come with it.. There are hundreds of things to look out for when making a calendar.. This is thing that F1 get so much undeserved hate bcs ppl dont dive deep into problem just look from the outside and hate..
@@marekbuhla6729 ok you obviously didn't get my point. I said that having the American races together wouldn't be too different to having the European races together. Plus you know how they have that one kit for Europe? Well now they can set one aside for America. Also I didn't say anything about if it could even be possible. I just said the driving wouldn't be hard. There are so many semi's on America's highways. What's 300 more (if what you're saying is actually true which I don't exactly believe). Besides the trucks don't all leave at the same time. They're going to be staggered based on how quickly they're packed. So that's going to spread them out.
The problem with the optimized race schedule, and why it will never happen, is because of ticket sales and marketing utility. Despite being an elite sport, if you have two races in a row in very close proximity, many people who would like to buy tickets for both may end up buying just for one race. Same thing with the sponsors, who will have a much greater marketing effect during the year with two races at different times. So, two spaced races, one at the beginning and another at the end of the year, for example, can help encourage and heat up the advertising market much more and also ticket sales.
If we make Kyalami a grade 1 circuit we could always stop by there on our way to Brazil from Australia and that would make it a proper “world” championship
@@lvyathan I just got word that due to our Russian-Ukraine war stance the deal was cancelled. It’s really bullshit because it’s the west making South Africa their bitch again. Putin legit said if he’s arrested in South Africa he’ll take that as a declaration of war, which is hardly fair because if we get into a war with Russia NATO isn’t going to help us. America has done more to world than anyone yet they have 3 fucking races and Africa doesn’t even have 1? Yet this is a fucking World Championship???? Really ????
Maybe the biggest takeaway from this video is that the cars emissions actually amount to 0,7% of the total carbon emissions of the sport. Makes you think... and realise that we should bring back the V10.
A few other problems with this 'optimisation' - the circuit operators dont want similar events close to theirs as its viewed as competition for spectators - better to spread them out - a lot of the freight for the fly-aways goes by sea (much slower) and all teams have at least two fly-away kits, whereas in Europe they truck race to race. So you probbaly couldnt do Japan - Singapore - Australia in that order.
Also it adds a lot more intercontinental flights. Drivers and staff aren't robots, they have homes and families. doing two big euro stretches with the intercontinentals split between them means those people are moving with the calendar and go home with the calendar, in this "optimisation" the F1 paddock would be doing way more intercontinental flights that they do now
You forget to consider that teams have 3 kits of equipments that travel through the races, the equipment of race 1, go by ship directly to race 4. However, I liked you approach
I absolutelly loved Brazil as as a season finish race BUT Brazil is at a heavy rain season at this point (DEC, JAN and FEB) which could jeopardize the race due to the current wet tires reliability
@@Lunarr0ck what about Enzo and Dino Ferrari Track this year? And rain here can at least delay the races to the point of what occured at SPA 2021 or to be cancelled.
exactly! its one of the reasons Monza is in the fall and Imola in the spring - so they don't step on each other's ticket sales and space out the visits. if they were back-to-back, they likely wouldn't come close to the ticket sales they currently have
@@GreatCdn59 exactly my point, eg- my father wont approve for 200$ worth tickets in 2 weeks whereas he might if theres is a gap of lets say. 3-4 months, The sales are the heart of a business, if no sales occur, the just forget f1 existence. Also lets think about sponsors, they wont sponsor both event in the the same time period, after a period they might, this will effect both budget and effectiveness.
They also take into consideration that tracks nearby ideally have some calendar space between them, so people can go to both races. But they've also not done that (Like: BE and NL were close 2021/2022 and DE and HU were very close some years ago)
@@erikogren7996 That's true. Also water vapour in cooling towers mostly condenses within the tower, so not really a problem there. There are cases where water vapour can be a real problem. For example if we were to have widespread adoption of hydrogen fuel cells, which are emission free except for water vapour, it could lead to a concentration of water vapour over cities, which can lead to localised temperature rises in cities. All of this has nothing to do with CO2 from Formula One.
The first race in Montréal was held in October. During the whole weekend, the temperature stayed under 4°C. At time, there was snow falling and puddles of ice. Regarding the Ramadan... It's date change every year. It happen about 2 weeks earlier than the previous year. This may not the absolute best calendar, but it would be pretty hard to get better.
There is a video by formula 1 that explains the logistics of all this. They talk about how they have different sets of the equipment. Some that travels around Europe and another that travels on sea to other cities weeks before hand. Then they go back and forward. That’s why they can’t just have races so close on distance because it doesn’t allow them time to ship it to the next race. It seems on this video it didn’t account for those sets and sea transportation.
@@SpektrikMusic there's still a valid point to be made about the absurdity of some parts of the calender. such as flying to miami in the middle of the european stretch. or flying all the way back to abu dhabi for the ending, instead of handling that circuit near the start of the season.
@@doghat1619 contracts with the Abu Dhabi circuit being the last race of the season, the stadium might be in use during other parts of the year + not grouping American races together too.
@@SpektrikMusic F1 chose to make AD the final race when they signed that contract, and the American races are so far apart and so expensive that they don't suffer the same problems. Miami to Las Vegas is literally a continent away. The only people that can go to all three american races, are also rich enough that they wouldn't worry about the cost if they were back to back.
@@doghat1619 Well you can't race in miami between august and february. They literally cannot move it to the American stretch because the NFL is using the venue for their season at that time. Realistically that should mean we just don't race there, but sadly it's not that simple
At 537Km, you can take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Singpaore. You're an order of magnitude out, but the logic you put in is insightful nonetheless. The irony of global warming rendering some of these circuits untenable despite the drive for carbon neutrality is somewhat ironic, but it's a good reflection to see that models don't often marry up with real-life factors which can't be readily assumed. Great stuff, mind
Yay, someone else who likes Korea! My heart though says either Japan or Brazil. I will never forget the back to back anxiety attacks I felt watching Lewis and Jenson win their World Championships
Miami in the summer would be hella awesome because it would be 100% chance of rain at 4pm for 15min. Do you pit for inters or stayout? It would make it a really fun race. horrible to be at though lol
Miami need to be until June 1st, the Hurricane Season in Miami starts June 1st and ends November 30th, they can't program a race for any of the months in between, specially in the Summer that it's the worst time in the Hurricane Season
Another point that i havent seen being mentioned is the fans perspective, some formula one fans go to many close races because they aren’t at the same time. For example the imola and the monza race this year happen in may and september so if you live near and you can afford it you will want to go to both but if they are only one week apart, u probably can’t manage to go to both because of work and costs! So as much as I’d love a more sustainable calendar, f1 planned it this way to max out supporters attendencies as well as all what you have mentioned
One thing you didn’t account for is that there are 3 different paddocks that are traveling from one to place. So while the distance looks huge if you travel from one place to another, it’s actually not that big and allows the different paddocks to move from one place to another. So the way it is now is probably as efficient as possible given contractual and time constraints
Another thing to consider is that certain venues pay for certain spots on the calendar. Afaik, Abu Dhabi pays extra to be the season finale. I also recall that Suzuka insists to be later on in the season, although I might be mistaken on that one.
So to update this with the confirmed 2024 China GP, you’d put Shanghai between Japan and Singapore. Also, IMO, I think we should start with the Asian section (Australia-Japan), then have a short break, then go to the Middle East, then Europe, then North America, finish in Brazil.
Net zero is a fun term we use that is nearly impossible on a global scale. Especially knowing that there are 3 cargo ships with identical sets of team materials that leapfrog one another throughout the calendar year.
In my opinion this idea would make the schedule a lot less exciting since the changes in environment and culture would be much smaller between the races. It just wouldn’t feel as fresh every race
One of the downsides of having regional races scheduled together is possibly ticket sales. I noticed it up front with the first 4 races that are normally at either end of the calendar. Fans in the region might be willing to travel to 2 or more races if they're spread out in the season, but with them all clustered together like that, they're much more likely to only go to one.
You listed religion and contract caveats but you still put 4 Middle East races around the Ramadan time and Abu Dhabi as not the finale. Add Miami after the summer break is in the peak of hurricane season.
hey great vid, i really enjoyed it! youre killing it bro.. in addition id like to add that month of ramadan is based on lunar calendar, which it will move slightly earlier every year.
this doesnt matter since everyone will be going home after each race most optimal formula 1 calendar would be 24 races in monaco since almost every driver lives in monaco
Hi great video, and impressive to work that all out. If they have to return all the equipment to UK every now and then could you not code that into your program? For example could you tell the program to start in the UK. Travel to 3 venues and then return to the UK. This would mimic 3 weekends of back to back racing followed by a break.
I think you have Miami right in the middle of Dolphins preseason. You wouldn't be able to race without specific planning and concessions around NFL schedules at that time of the year.
Something else to add is the fans. Do you really want to see 2 US GP back to back? Same applies to the numerous EU GPs, are you willing to go to see consecutive GPs in consecutive weeks in EU?
Yes yes yes. F1 calendar needs so much more optimization and this looks great to be honest and even has Bahrain as the first track and Brazil as the finale as it should be 😍Great video!
Inserting a personal bias at the start is an immediate no go. You haven't thought about it deep enough. You have let out some of the major factors that would be essential to get any tracks to buy in, one occurring with holidays or avoiding holidays. Exercise in purely abstract in the end, more work and greater frustration as you come up against resistance and you feel locked in to your "right" solution. Looking forward to v0.0.2
@@offthegridF1 Yes, the Australian Grand Prix has a clause in its contract that it must be one of the first three races of the Formula One season. This clause was included in the contract as part of the deal to extend the race's contract until 2037. The clause is designed to ensure that the Australian Grand Prix remains a major event on the Formula One calendar and that it continues to attract large crowds. The Australian Grand Prix is one of the most popular races on the Formula One calendar and it is always a sell-out event. The race is also a major tourist attraction for Melbourne and it helps to boost the city's economy. The clause in the contract that requires the Australian Grand Prix to be one of the first three races of the season is a major boost for the race and for Melbourne. The clause ensures that the race will continue to be a major event on the Formula One calendar and that it will continue to attract large crowds.
You can't put Miami anywhere after the summer break as the NFL season goes from August (pre-season) to February (SuperBowl) meaning that the Miami GP has to take place before that! That is a hard constraint as the Hard Rock Stadium (where F1 drives in the parking lot of) is the home of the Miami Dolphins... Do you think it is a good idea to race in the middle east near the summer break when they have the highest temperatures? This is why those races are placed at the beginning and end of the season (as far away from summer). You could possibly start in the Middle east with two races, jump over the Atlantic and go to Canada, Las Vegas, Austin, Miami, Mexico, Brazil and than go to Australia (would near winter there), Japan, China, Malesia, Baku, rest of Europe and finish again in the Middle east. But I'm pretty sure than many countries/circuits have additional constraints. For example in many countries they also need to have resources available outside the track such as fire, police and hospitals. Meaning there can't be to many other events near that weekend. You may have the perfect calendar in ecological terms, but unfortunately that isn't the only thing you have to take into account!
I honestly find it crazy how much they fly back to the headquarters in between races, that’s gotta have almost every person working for the teams flying like 3/4 times a week?? That’s insane.
Mexican here, you should have gotten into account that the Mexico City Grand Prix is one of the last races, taking place by the end of October because it’s close to día de muertos, the city government works with the organizers of the race to incentivize tourism from foreigners who come watch the race
If the close races are right after eachother, people can only get tickets for one. But with a few paychecks in between it is easier to get all seats occupied
For me it has to be: Australia-Singapur-Japan-China Imola-Monaco-Spain-Portugal-Monza Bahrain-Jeddah-Qatar-Baku-Abu Dhabi (because I prefer end the season in Brasil) Austria-Zandvoort-Hungary-Spa-Silverstone Miami-Canada-Las Vegas-Austin-Mexico-Interlagos Maybe add some circuits like France or Rusia but I think that has to be the calendar
Start in Australia, move to Asia, then to the Middle East, then Europe, then Canada, then United States, then Mexico and finally Brazil. This would be the most efficient, the problem with mine and yours is Miami, check Hurricane Season at Miami, it starts June 1st and ends at November 30th, so Miami have to be one of the first few races.
If you see the video from wendover about f1 logistics, then you'll find out that most heavy stuff is sent months in advance through shipping containers to a geographical area where they will be used for the races happening there. In Europe almost everything is moved by truck. TBH if they were to ditch the long haul trucks for rail cargo and the air freight loads it would already be massively better than the current situation.
I understand you didn’t take a lot of factors into account. One piece that would be interesting to see would be your proposed dates for each of the races as you have laid them out in the new efficient plan!
I think we should race in montreal in the winter, no overheating problems, and those race suits look stupid warm so shouldn't be a problem. Idk would be fun
The problem is, most of the teams anyway travel back to base after a race, taking with them the car etc. The other goods like garage infra etc. is sent to the closest next race- all North American races have same set of infra as do all European and so on
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Problem is Canada is heavily restricted by weather. Most other tracks are also only willing to host when a lot of people are more likely to travel to their country (summer in the northern hemisphere). Abu Dhabi is too stuck up to give up their finale status even to a legendary place like Brazil. The old pre-2020 approach of starting east and coming west works. Maybe reorganizing the tracks so that teams will have every 3rd race kinda close to their facilities in Europe will also help with teams' logistics.
I think we'll just have to trust your ability to code the shortest path algorithm, because that doesn't seem obviously the shortest paths. Will you be publishing a link to your repo?
I think the distance between suzuka and marina bay was more like 5300 km, but besides that this video makes it absolutely clear that if F1 really wants to reduce emissions they should focus on travels and not tire blankets
Facts: Off The Grid with 2820 subscribers coded the most optimal F1 calendar, 2.3 times more efficient than the original. F1 with billions of dollars (and God knows how many employees) isnt able to calculate a fun & eco-friendly calendar. *The state of our world in a nutshell. Depressing reality.* Great video! 🏆💯
Everyone wants nutty over the top race cars and better logistics to meet the emissions they want, honestly I don’t care about it at all I just want fun, cool race cars.
wouldn't it have been a better idea to calculate between the airports and not the actual tracks? idk if it would make a big difference, but it would make more sense right?
While this seems logical from most 'travel efficient' perspective. But, unfortunately, this doesn't make sense weather wise and then having 2 Italian GPs consecutively. If I were to really squeeze them all taking in account the weather and logistic distance; frankly I come up with almost 70 % similar calendar as existing: 1. Singapore (Mar) 2. Japan (Mar) 3. Australia (Mar-Apr) 4. Bahrain (Apr) 5. Azerbaijan (Apr) 6. Imola (May) 7. Monaco (May) 8. Spain (May) 9. Miami (May/Jun) 10. Canada (Jun) 11. Britain (Jun) 12. Netherlands (Jun) 13. Belgium (Jul) 14. Hungary (Jul) 15. Austria (Jul) 16. Monza(Jul/Aug) 17. Las Vegas(Oct) 18. Austin (Oct) 19. Mexico (Oct) 20. Brazil (Oct/Nov) 21. Saudi (Nov) 22. Qatar (Nov) 23. UAE (Dec) Of course in the end it is the money which the race track owners are paying to make F1 plan calendar. Like Bahrain wants season opener and UAE wants their to be the finale! 😌
Hey great vídeo and data. More suggestions on considering the Best way to solve the problem: Consider an equilibrium within the races (not all urban races for example at start of the season).
There are 7 teams based in the uk (including hass which has a base in both the uk and us), the three teams that aren't are Alfa Romeo in Switzerland Ferrari and AlphaTauri both in Italy.
Aware this video is a year old now, but Miami being placed in what will be late August/September is a massive oversight. Hurricane season and ghe facility isn't even available due to the NFL season starting. Idk if the latter was simply ignored to provide a theoretical best case scenario for the logistics, but its fairly well known why the Miami and Canada at fhe very minimum arent closer together on the calendar (they're not thst close distance wise, but they are closer given theres dips in and out of Asia and Europe in between.
This also doesn't take into account that F1 teams actually have 3 sets of gear in play at any time. You already said that personnel is going home between races, so it would actually make sense for every third race to be close to each other rather than every race. The way you've set it up, at least 2 sets of stuff has to be shipped to the Arabian peninsula to start the season, then both shipped elsewhere (because when there only a week between races, that's not enough time to ship everything). As it is, one set is kept in Europe and trucked around while the other 2 leapfrog for races. But if you were to, say, alternate between Asia and the Americas and Europe, then those 2 sets in flight could stay relatively local.
Australia should honestly be the season opener again. It would also mean that they start in the place furthest away.
You can only have Aus near the start or the end cause any other time during the year and sunsets at 4-6 pm and we all know it will be late afternoon so Europe can watch it
Australia's new contract says they will be the season opener at least some of the time.
Agreed, Australia then Japan, head west and finish in Brazil seems like the shortest distance.
Wouldn't south Africa be better?
@@nathanjonsson6467 We first need to get on the calandra which now doesn’t sound like its happening anytime soon 😢
To account for the „perfect“ weather in each country, you could have split the year in quarters, checking the best season for each race and then planned each quarter putting the tracks in the first quarter in which each race track is reasonable to drive on. So Canada probably either 2nd or 3rd Quarter and hotter countries into 1st or 4th quarter
Yeah that’s a great idea!
Yeah but then there isn't a season. And drivers want a break sometimes
Yeah but I don’t want perfect weather, I want unpredictability in weather conditions
@@justadummy8076of course, but for some tracks, it really isn't feasible. Let's say Sochi still existed, and... snow. Singapore, summer (actually it is all year long, but), sorching hot even at night in June. I think you get the point, but I do agree a bit. Like the recent Monaco GP, the rain coming out at the end was really fun for watching teh strategy!
@@xanderveldmuisje of course there is. You can still check for breaks between the weekends. making multiple breaks during the races in Europe because most if not all factories are in Europe and maybe less breaks during the part in North/South America because the trip back to Europe would be burning to much carbon.
As much as I like your point on Brazil as a finale... it's that choice which kinda wrecks the optimal route.
Yeah good point, maybe have it after Mexico 🇲🇽
@ Off The grid if you started in Australia Brazil would be a good ending
Either that or do Brazil, aus, Singapore and finish in Japan. Another great track and the Japanese fans are amazing
@@offthegridF1 Suzuka would also be a great choice for season Ender
@@offthegridF1 It would not change a lot, but season opener should be Australia like before
I know this is all abstract, but that order sounds really attractive. It's actually a nice idea too imagining how the Circus is snaking its way in one long route around the world.
Bro, having Imola, Monza, Monaco, Spain and Spa one after another just sounds Mad
Honestly, the only month where decent racing weather in Montreal is assured is June. Canada is well known for our freezing winters, but many are unaware that our summers are actually blazing hot (and very humid in the area of the St. Lawrence Seaway). So July and August would make for bad months, and anywhere from September to May there is actually potential for sub-zero temperatures overnight.
The problem is that in June it is too hot to hold a race at any of the US and Mexican circuits, hence why the Canadian Grand Prix is usually held during the European portion of the schedule.
Canada and Monaco are the killers to any potential reorganisation. Monaco is contracted to always be late May. And as you say Canada has to be June because of the weather, but is isolated from the rest of the NA Calendar.
I think the only tenuous solution would be to risk a mid-May Canada, have it immediately preceded by one of Vegas/COTA and Miami. Then a week off for travel before getting Monaco in its usual spot. Put the other of Vegas/COTA next to Mexico and Interlagos in the Autumn
@@bendubz9000 What would be great is if F1 gave up on the disaster that is Miami and moved that race to Watkins Glen, which could easily be run within a week of the Can GP.
Actually Mexico City is quite temperate in terms of the weather, i think the peak temperature might be 30 C during summer, and the average is 27 C. The problem is during spring and summer it rains and floods a lot, so I think it’s best to keep it at the end to avoid another Imola situation.
As a Canadian, I can confirm you are right about the weather, though, at least here in Toronto, and I assume Montreal would be similar, there is hardly any risk of sub-zero temperatures overnight. August and September (at least the first 3 weeks of September) is the hottest time of the year (add in late July). But who cares, not gonna be hotter than Mexico City or some of the other cities if the Canadian GP was in July. The Molson Indy...err I mean Honda Indy... is held here in Toronto in July, it gets HOT! Speaking of which, it'd be nice to have a North American GP that cycles through a Canadian track, US track, and Mexican track in a 3 year cycle, I'd love to see F1 on the streets of Toronto or at an upgraded Mosport/CMP.
Oh, and no Monaco GP on the same weekend of the Indy 500 (just to let race fans focus on one special race, not 2 special races, not even for F1 teams/drivers to have a chance to enter the Indy 500, as cool as that might be to have all 20 F1 drivers attempt to qualify Indy cars in the 500, whether F1 points were up for grabs or not like in the old days)
After Texas, the next race should be LA, then Mexico, then Brazil.
Then go to Australia, then Singapore, then China then Japan.
But due to Abu Dhabi being contracted as the last race, starting say near it, then going west is easiest.
Where would you race in LA? On the Racing Oval? FIA Grade 1 closest track is Laguna Seca
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they arent going to los angeles theyre going to las vegas
@@FurryestXI think Laguna seca is unfortunately a grade 2 circuit so f1 cars won't race there and it is unlikely to change as they are already doing big track upgrades right now and bringing it up to a grade 1 circuit isn't part of their plans so it would be a while until the next upgrade.
I honestly want them to bring back Indianapolis
I think you have some great ideas here, but the amount of travel time and set up time between races means you can't just dismantle all the F1 equipment and set it up at the next race. The majority of equipment is shipped by sea/road, which means there need to be several sets of equipment moving around the world, arranged so that everything needed for a race arrives at the correct venue with enough time to complete setup. As the heavy equipment is the slowest moving part, and the personnel can relatively easily travel in for the race weekend, the most optimal schedule might not put the nearest races adjacent to each other. For example, the American races are all so spread out that having them all one after the other might require having several sets of heavy equipment on the American continent. Spreading the American races over the season would allow one set of equipment to start in Canada and work its way down the continent and the teams just fly in for the races. Since they would have gone back to base anyway, that's not really adding any extra travel.
As far as I know, there are currently five sets of heavy equipment. I think it might be more efficient to try to reduce that to 3 sets, one in America, one in Aisa/Australia, and one in Middle East/Europe, and work out the most efficient schedule for each set and have the people fly in to meet the equipment. The other thing that could reduce carbon footprint and costs is limiting the amount of equipment teams can fly in to each race. I believe that currently the cars are flown from the team factory to each race. If the bulk of the cars were shipped with the heavy equipment between races, and teams were allowed to fly a set amount of upgrades to each race, limited by weight, that would reduce the amount of costly (both in terms of expense and in emissions) air freight.
Yeah you’re right, they use multiple sets of equipment for the different continents that get shipped at the start of the season
Yes you are 100% right and ppl think that everything goes from one race to another.. There are 4 sets for non-EU races and 1 for EU races and problably first set came back for EU too bcs double/tripple header.. Also 70% (maybe even more) of The time after races every critical equipment that are transported by plane goes back to Factory and same with ppl they go Home (Europe most od The time) and then go back to where The race is held.. So it rly doesnt matter that much if races are close geographicly bcs everything critical still goes back to europe..
The thing about American races is it isn't that hard to drive between them. You could easily drive from one to the other of you have teams of drivers that swap off on each truck and they only stop for gas and food. They already so that for Europe.
Trucks drive around America all the time and they make quick deliveries with only 1 driver.
Essentially having all the American races together is not to dissimilar to having all the European races together.
@@JIKwood Buddy its literally not possible to have them together.. First thing is weather you cant drive 2 monts later in Miami and you cant drive 2 months earlier in Montreal.. Also there are almost 300 trucks going from one race to another not 10.. Also in Europe you have race much closer together thats why.. In America to go from Miami to Montreal and then back to Texas (vegas this year) is ridicolous and thats why they go via boat its way more ecological.. Dont worry they make a lot of thinking before making calendar and it is not that easy to come with it.. There are hundreds of things to look out for when making a calendar.. This is thing that F1 get so much undeserved hate bcs ppl dont dive deep into problem just look from the outside and hate..
@@marekbuhla6729 ok you obviously didn't get my point.
I said that having the American races together wouldn't be too different to having the European races together.
Plus you know how they have that one kit for Europe? Well now they can set one aside for America.
Also I didn't say anything about if it could even be possible. I just said the driving wouldn't be hard. There are so many semi's on America's highways. What's 300 more (if what you're saying is actually true which I don't exactly believe). Besides the trucks don't all leave at the same time. They're going to be staggered based on how quickly they're packed. So that's going to spread them out.
The problem with the optimized race schedule, and why it will never happen, is because of ticket sales and marketing utility. Despite being an elite sport, if you have two races in a row in very close proximity, many people who would like to buy tickets for both may end up buying just for one race. Same thing with the sponsors, who will have a much greater marketing effect during the year with two races at different times. So, two spaced races, one at the beginning and another at the end of the year, for example, can help encourage and heat up the advertising market much more and also ticket sales.
Yeah it’s a good point, starting to think there’s no such thing as an optimised calendar
If we make Kyalami a grade 1 circuit we could always stop by there on our way to Brazil from Australia and that would make it a proper “world” championship
The missing piece. Maybe someday
Hopefully next year
@@fulumukwevho4744 about that...
@@lvyathan I just got word that due to our Russian-Ukraine war stance the deal was cancelled.
It’s really bullshit because it’s the west making South Africa their bitch again. Putin legit said if he’s arrested in South Africa he’ll take that as a declaration of war, which is hardly fair because if we get into a war with Russia NATO isn’t going to help us. America has done more to world than anyone yet they have 3 fucking races and Africa doesn’t even have 1? Yet this is a fucking World Championship???? Really ????
it really says a lot about south africa that we can race in baku, china and all across the middle east but south africa is too corrupt.
Maybe the biggest takeaway from this video is that the cars emissions actually amount to 0,7% of the total carbon emissions of the sport. Makes you think... and realise that we should bring back the V10.
A few other problems with this 'optimisation'
- the circuit operators dont want similar events close to theirs as its viewed as competition for spectators - better to spread them out
- a lot of the freight for the fly-aways goes by sea (much slower) and all teams have at least two fly-away kits, whereas in Europe they truck race to race. So you probbaly couldnt do Japan - Singapore - Australia in that order.
Also it adds a lot more intercontinental flights. Drivers and staff aren't robots, they have homes and families. doing two big euro stretches with the intercontinentals split between them means those people are moving with the calendar and go home with the calendar, in this "optimisation" the F1 paddock would be doing way more intercontinental flights that they do now
You forget to consider that teams have 3 kits of equipments that travel through the races, the equipment of race 1, go by ship directly to race 4. However, I liked you approach
I absolutelly loved Brazil as as a season finish race BUT Brazil is at a heavy rain season at this point (DEC, JAN and FEB) which could jeopardize the race due to the current wet tires reliability
which is perfect!
The only track where rain is a serious concern is SPA.
@@Lunarr0ck what about Enzo and Dino Ferrari Track this year? And rain here can at least delay the races to the point of what occured at SPA 2021 or to be cancelled.
But u see, the issue with this is, races nearby will have less sales if done in a very short interval
exactly! its one of the reasons Monza is in the fall and Imola in the spring - so they don't step on each other's ticket sales and space out the visits. if they were back-to-back, they likely wouldn't come close to the ticket sales they currently have
@@GreatCdn59 exactly my point, eg- my father wont approve for 200$ worth tickets in 2 weeks whereas he might if theres is a gap of lets say. 3-4 months,
The sales are the heart of a business, if no sales occur, the just forget f1 existence.
Also lets think about sponsors, they wont sponsor both event in the the same time period, after a period they might, this will effect both budget and effectiveness.
@vedant kothari maybe that price needs to be more realistic? Like $100 instead of $200? Yes, I know, I'm dreaming.
@@technerd9655 not the point mate.
They also take into consideration that tracks nearby ideally have some calendar space between them, so people can go to both races.
But they've also not done that (Like: BE and NL were close 2021/2022 and DE and HU were very close some years ago)
But how many people really go to more than one F1 race in a year? I can't think it would be that many as to affect attendances.
@@MarkHewitt1978Im sure Americans would. There’s 3 races in US.
0:25 you talk about carbon emissions and show a cooling tower which emits 100% water vapor.
Don't bother, these climate activists can't tell white from red
Nuclear power shaming 😢
Water vapour may not be a carbon emission, but it still can be a surprisingly potent greenhouse gas.
@@lostcarpark potent in huge amounts not compareble to C02
@@erikogren7996 That's true. Also water vapour in cooling towers mostly condenses within the tower, so not really a problem there. There are cases where water vapour can be a real problem. For example if we were to have widespread adoption of hydrogen fuel cells, which are emission free except for water vapour, it could lead to a concentration of water vapour over cities, which can lead to localised temperature rises in cities. All of this has nothing to do with CO2 from Formula One.
The first race in Montréal was held in October. During the whole weekend, the temperature stayed under 4°C. At time, there was snow falling and puddles of ice.
Regarding the Ramadan... It's date change every year. It happen about 2 weeks earlier than the previous year.
This may not the absolute best calendar, but it would be pretty hard to get better.
Yeah. Ramadan is the main reasons why F1® in Middle East never get a permanent date.
Remember that most of the stuff for flyaway races is shipped by sea, so that greatly changes how the Calendar works
Fantastic video, I was talking about this exact topic the other day to someone so it’s great to see it visualised. Good job
Appreciate it😁
There is a video by formula 1 that explains the logistics of all this.
They talk about how they have different sets of the equipment.
Some that travels around Europe and another that travels on sea to other cities weeks before hand. Then they go back and forward.
That’s why they can’t just have races so close on distance because it doesn’t allow them time to ship it to the next race.
It seems on this video it didn’t account for those sets and sea transportation.
this video accounted for nothing and is a bit useless tbh
@@SpektrikMusic there's still a valid point to be made about the absurdity of some parts of the calender. such as flying to miami in the middle of the european stretch. or flying all the way back to abu dhabi for the ending, instead of handling that circuit near the start of the season.
@@doghat1619 contracts with the Abu Dhabi circuit being the last race of the season, the stadium might be in use during other parts of the year + not grouping American races together too.
@@SpektrikMusic F1 chose to make AD the final race when they signed that contract, and the American races are so far apart and so expensive that they don't suffer the same problems. Miami to Las Vegas is literally a continent away. The only people that can go to all three american races, are also rich enough that they wouldn't worry about the cost if they were back to back.
@@doghat1619 Well you can't race in miami between august and february. They literally cannot move it to the American stretch because the NFL is using the venue for their season at that time.
Realistically that should mean we just don't race there, but sadly it's not that simple
At 537Km, you can take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Singpaore. You're an order of magnitude out, but the logic you put in is insightful nonetheless. The irony of global warming rendering some of these circuits untenable despite the drive for carbon neutrality is somewhat ironic, but it's a good reflection to see that models don't often marry up with real-life factors which can't be readily assumed. Great stuff, mind
Yeah should have been 5370km, said in the video but was a typo haha
You could start the European season in Imola, and end it in Monza without too much added distance, that way the two races in Italy aren’t too close
Korea International circuit is the ultimate season closer for formula one
Yay, someone else who likes Korea! My heart though says either Japan or Brazil. I will never forget the back to back anxiety attacks I felt watching Lewis and Jenson win their World Championships
you won my heart for what you said about the brazilian track
It’s needs to happen now!
Fast forward 8 months and they're going to race during ramadan in the first 2 races :)
Miami in the summer would be hella awesome because it would be 100% chance of rain at 4pm for 15min. Do you pit for inters or stayout? It would make it a really fun race. horrible to be at though lol
Miami need to be until June 1st, the Hurricane Season in Miami starts June 1st and ends November 30th, they can't program a race for any of the months in between, specially in the Summer that it's the worst time in the Hurricane Season
Another point that i havent seen being mentioned is the fans perspective, some formula one fans go to many close races because they aren’t at the same time. For example the imola and the monza race this year happen in may and september so if you live near and you can afford it you will want to go to both but if they are only one week apart, u probably can’t manage to go to both because of work and costs!
So as much as I’d love a more sustainable calendar, f1 planned it this way to max out supporters attendencies as well as all what you have mentioned
One thing you didn’t account for is that there are 3 different paddocks that are traveling from one to place. So while the distance looks huge if you travel from one place to another, it’s actually not that big and allows the different paddocks to move from one place to another. So the way it is now is probably as efficient as possible given contractual and time constraints
Another thing to consider is that certain venues pay for certain spots on the calendar.
Afaik, Abu Dhabi pays extra to be the season finale. I also recall that Suzuka insists to be later on in the season, although I might be mistaken on that one.
As a Python programmer that's crazy about F1 and does a lot of projects like this, but never this, I love this kind of content. Subbed
Cheers 😊
So to update this with the confirmed 2024 China GP, you’d put Shanghai between Japan and Singapore.
Also, IMO, I think we should start with the Asian section (Australia-Japan), then have a short break, then go to the Middle East, then Europe, then North America, finish in Brazil.
Again it would be incredible to have all the Gulf races grouped either at the start or the end of the year.
Net zero is a fun term we use that is nearly impossible on a global scale. Especially knowing that there are 3 cargo ships with identical sets of team materials that leapfrog one another throughout the calendar year.
11:50 YES! Interlagos always delivered.
Going from East (Australia first Race) to the West and finishing the season in Brazil Sao Paulo would be the best.
In my opinion this idea would make the schedule a lot less exciting since the changes in environment and culture would be much smaller between the races. It just wouldn’t feel as fresh every race
9:47 Who else thinks that the elevation into turn 1 at COTA looks like a scene straight out of inception 👀
One of the downsides of having regional races scheduled together is possibly ticket sales. I noticed it up front with the first 4 races that are normally at either end of the calendar. Fans in the region might be willing to travel to 2 or more races if they're spread out in the season, but with them all clustered together like that, they're much more likely to only go to one.
You listed religion and contract caveats but you still put 4 Middle East races around the Ramadan time and Abu Dhabi as not the finale. Add Miami after the summer break is in the peak of hurricane season.
I’m just saying how this is list is far from perfect, there are thousands of things I haven’t considered
in 5 years Ramadan will be in february or near it so it won't be a problem
7:52 for the F1 Dutch Grand Prix should race at TT Circuit Assen
Melbourne in November would be amazing. You wouldn't know what the weather could be, rain one minute 30 degrees the next
hey great vid, i really enjoyed it! youre killing it bro.. in addition id like to add that month of ramadan is based on lunar calendar, which it will move slightly earlier every year.
Cheers mate!
this doesnt matter since everyone will be going home after each race
most optimal formula 1 calendar would be 24 races in monaco since almost every driver lives in monaco
11:13 Suzuka to Singapore is actually 5300 km
Hi great video, and impressive to work that all out.
If they have to return all the equipment to UK every now and then could you not code that into your program? For example could you tell the program to start in the UK. Travel to 3 venues and then return to the UK.
This would mimic 3 weekends of back to back racing followed by a break.
Ramadhan will start in mid-march for next year. I think the middle eastern race should be pushed back to October/November for next year
The races themselves are at night, but I get what you mean
I think you have Miami right in the middle of Dolphins preseason. You wouldn't be able to race without specific planning and concessions around NFL schedules at that time of the year.
Something else to add is the fans. Do you really want to see 2 US GP back to back? Same applies to the numerous EU GPs, are you willing to go to see consecutive GPs in consecutive weeks in EU?
Yes yes yes. F1 calendar needs so much more optimization and this looks great to be honest and even has Bahrain as the first track and Brazil as the finale as it should be 😍Great video!
Inserting a personal bias at the start is an immediate no go. You haven't thought about it deep enough. You have let out some of the major factors that would be essential to get any tracks to buy in, one occurring with holidays or avoiding holidays. Exercise in purely abstract in the end, more work and greater frustration as you come up against resistance and you feel locked in to your "right" solution. Looking forward to v0.0.2
pretty sure Australia has a clause in the contract that it must be one of the first three.
Oh interesting! Didn’t know that
@@offthegridF1
Yes, the Australian Grand Prix has a clause in its contract that it must be one of the first three races of the Formula One season. This clause was included in the contract as part of the deal to extend the race's contract until 2037. The clause is designed to ensure that the Australian Grand Prix remains a major event on the Formula One calendar and that it continues to attract large crowds.
The Australian Grand Prix is one of the most popular races on the Formula One calendar and it is always a sell-out event. The race is also a major tourist attraction for Melbourne and it helps to boost the city's economy.
The clause in the contract that requires the Australian Grand Prix to be one of the first three races of the season is a major boost for the race and for Melbourne. The clause ensures that the race will continue to be a major event on the Formula One calendar and that it will continue to attract large crowds.
@@FTRRacingTv me when ai
You can't put Miami anywhere after the summer break as the NFL season goes from August (pre-season) to February (SuperBowl) meaning that the Miami GP has to take place before that!
That is a hard constraint as the Hard Rock Stadium (where F1 drives in the parking lot of) is the home of the Miami Dolphins...
Do you think it is a good idea to race in the middle east near the summer break when they have the highest temperatures? This is why those races are placed at the beginning and end of the season (as far away from summer).
You could possibly start in the Middle east with two races, jump over the Atlantic and go to Canada, Las Vegas, Austin, Miami, Mexico, Brazil and than go to Australia (would near winter there), Japan, China, Malesia, Baku, rest of Europe and finish again in the Middle east. But I'm pretty sure than many countries/circuits have additional constraints. For example in many countries they also need to have resources available outside the track such as fire, police and hospitals. Meaning there can't be to many other events near that weekend.
You may have the perfect calendar in ecological terms, but unfortunately that isn't the only thing you have to take into account!
"We are doing to keep Bahrain as the opene-
*quits video*
I honestly find it crazy how much they fly back to the headquarters in between races, that’s gotta have almost every person working for the teams flying like 3/4 times a week?? That’s insane.
I would go NearEast -> Europe -> Summer break -> Japan -> Singapore -> Australia -> Canada -> USA -> Mexico -> Brasil
The race in Texas needs to be in March, April, May, or after late October because it gets super hot and humid from late May to mid October
Mexican here, you should have gotten into account that the Mexico City Grand Prix is one of the last races, taking place by the end of October because it’s close to día de muertos, the city government works with the organizers of the race to incentivize tourism from foreigners who come watch the race
This is a great schedule. I'd actually want Saudi Arabia to be the season opener or the season finale.
If the close races are right after eachother, people can only get tickets for one. But with a few paychecks in between it is easier to get all seats occupied
And now to perfect this calendar we skip the first 4 races entirely
I like the Idea of like Continent Tours, like Orient Tour, European Tour, North America Tour, Asia and Pacific Tour, and South America "Tour"
The interlagos finish would definitely be optimal for best end race but a trip from las Vegas to Brazil and then finishing in Australia
6:11 we need the German Grand Prix at Tempelhof
For me it has to be:
Australia-Singapur-Japan-China
Imola-Monaco-Spain-Portugal-Monza
Bahrain-Jeddah-Qatar-Baku-Abu Dhabi (because I prefer end the season in Brasil)
Austria-Zandvoort-Hungary-Spa-Silverstone
Miami-Canada-Las Vegas-Austin-Mexico-Interlagos
Maybe add some circuits like France or Rusia but I think that has to be the calendar
Why no race in germany?
@@steakrapper Maybe it can be added
Start in Australia, move to Asia, then to the Middle East, then Europe, then Canada, then United States, then Mexico and finally Brazil.
This would be the most efficient, the problem with mine and yours is Miami, check Hurricane Season at Miami, it starts June 1st and ends at November 30th, so Miami have to be one of the first few races.
If you see the video from wendover about f1 logistics, then you'll find out that most heavy stuff is sent months in advance through shipping containers to a geographical area where they will be used for the races happening there.
In Europe almost everything is moved by truck.
TBH if they were to ditch the long haul trucks for rail cargo and the air freight loads it would already be massively better than the current situation.
I understand you didn’t take a lot of factors into account. One piece that would be interesting to see would be your proposed dates for each of the races as you have laid them out in the new efficient plan!
I was surprised; I expected it to go COTA-Vegas-Mexico-Brazil-Australia, and then up Asia to end in Japan.
9:12 theres no way we could have the Miami GP during Football season in September/October, the Dolphins are gunna need the parking lot
I think we should race in montreal in the winter, no overheating problems, and those race suits look stupid warm so shouldn't be a problem. Idk would be fun
The problem is, most of the teams anyway travel back to base after a race, taking with them the car etc.
The other goods like garage infra etc. is sent to the closest next race- all North American races have same set of infra as do all European and so on
10:03 formula One needs to race at Autodromo de Yucatán in Mexico
Just discovered you today but in my opinion you are the perfect person to become a big RUclipsr lovely voice along with incredible production quality, keep it up.
Problem is Canada is heavily restricted by weather. Most other tracks are also only willing to host when a lot of people are more likely to travel to their country (summer in the northern hemisphere). Abu Dhabi is too stuck up to give up their finale status even to a legendary place like Brazil. The old pre-2020 approach of starting east and coming west works. Maybe reorganizing the tracks so that teams will have every 3rd race kinda close to their facilities in Europe will also help with teams' logistics.
Miami can't be any later than mid July since its literally outside an NFL stadium
11:03 The Japanese Grand Prix should be held at Fuji Speedway
I think we'll just have to trust your ability to code the shortest path algorithm, because that doesn't seem obviously the shortest paths. Will you be publishing a link to your repo?
I think the distance between suzuka and marina bay was more like 5300 km, but besides that this video makes it absolutely clear that if F1 really wants to reduce emissions they should focus on travels and not tire blankets
Ngl, I'd love it if this was the new order of the races
4:16 The picture of Bahrain you used is actually the international go karting track where a few f1 drivers have practiced.
Facts:
Off The Grid with 2820 subscribers coded the most optimal F1 calendar, 2.3 times more efficient than the original.
F1 with billions of dollars (and God knows how many employees) isnt able to calculate a fun & eco-friendly calendar.
*The state of our world in a nutshell. Depressing reality.* Great video! 🏆💯
Everyone wants nutty over the top race cars and better logistics to meet the emissions they want, honestly I don’t care about it at all I just want fun, cool race cars.
wouldn't it have been a better idea to calculate between the airports and not the actual tracks? idk if it would make a big difference, but it would make more sense right?
As a data science enthusiast, programmer, and F1 fan, I appreciate the algorithm recommended me this video 🤣
Great video! We need more smaller UK auto creators, keep up the good work!!
You zoomed in on the karting track for the Bahrain GP lol
Oh yeah haha how did I not notice that🤣
F1 car with snow tyres sounds great!
A neat concept, if I say so myself.
Australia should be the opener every year, its the furthest, and allows for slow shipping of the non essentials to japan
While this seems logical from most 'travel efficient' perspective.
But, unfortunately, this doesn't make sense weather wise and then having 2 Italian GPs consecutively.
If I were to really squeeze them all taking in account the weather and logistic distance; frankly I come up with almost 70 % similar calendar as existing:
1. Singapore (Mar)
2. Japan (Mar)
3. Australia (Mar-Apr)
4. Bahrain (Apr)
5. Azerbaijan (Apr)
6. Imola (May)
7. Monaco (May)
8. Spain (May)
9. Miami (May/Jun)
10. Canada (Jun)
11. Britain (Jun)
12. Netherlands (Jun)
13. Belgium (Jul)
14. Hungary (Jul)
15. Austria (Jul)
16. Monza(Jul/Aug)
17. Las Vegas(Oct)
18. Austin (Oct)
19. Mexico (Oct)
20. Brazil (Oct/Nov)
21. Saudi (Nov)
22. Qatar (Nov)
23. UAE (Dec)
Of course in the end it is the money which the race track owners are paying to make F1 plan calendar. Like Bahrain wants season opener and UAE wants their to be the finale! 😌
Hey great vídeo and data. More suggestions on considering the Best way to solve the problem: Consider an equilibrium within the races (not all urban races for example at start of the season).
There are 7 teams based in the uk (including hass which has a base in both the uk and us), the three teams that aren't are Alfa Romeo in Switzerland Ferrari and AlphaTauri both in Italy.
Aware this video is a year old now, but Miami being placed in what will be late August/September is a massive oversight. Hurricane season and ghe facility isn't even available due to the NFL season starting.
Idk if the latter was simply ignored to provide a theoretical best case scenario for the logistics, but its fairly well known why the Miami and Canada at fhe very minimum arent closer together on the calendar (they're not thst close distance wise, but they are closer given theres dips in and out of Asia and Europe in between.
Great video and this should be pushed to F1 and the FIA to consider
Bro used ChatGPT to describe the race track locations
5:19 bro really said azerbaijan is a city 💀
Lol
then he says it's in the middle east
7:33 The French Grand Prix should be held in the Streets of Paris
This also doesn't take into account that F1 teams actually have 3 sets of gear in play at any time. You already said that personnel is going home between races, so it would actually make sense for every third race to be close to each other rather than every race. The way you've set it up, at least 2 sets of stuff has to be shipped to the Arabian peninsula to start the season, then both shipped elsewhere (because when there only a week between races, that's not enough time to ship everything). As it is, one set is kept in Europe and trucked around while the other 2 leapfrog for races. But if you were to, say, alternate between Asia and the Americas and Europe, then those 2 sets in flight could stay relatively local.
Triple-header with Australia, Canada and Azerbaijan will be perfect
Thats a traveling salesman problem, just simulate anneal it