F1 teams are happy to be “flexible” over the crowded 2022 calendar | F1

F1 will announce the calendar for the next season on Friday, which is expected to start in Bahrain in March and end at the Yas Marina Circuit in November.

With the FIFA World Cup in Qatar taking place in winter, it seems that F1 wants to avoid a clash in December, hence the earlier ending.

With a record number of races squeezed into a shorter time frame, there were concerns about the well-being of the teams and their staff.

During the Turkish Grand Prix weekend, Aston Martins Otmar Szafnauer is not concerned about the expected number of triple headers due to the season ending in November rather than December.

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“Well the first time you do a triple header everything is new and from there you learn and you do some things to make the triple headers easier,” he said. “But they still weigh heavily on all of us. We have two of these next year and hopefully after the pandemic is really over we can look at the calendar and minimize or even get rid of all the triple headers.

“The nice thing about next year is that we start in mid-March and end in mid-November, which gives us a decent winter break. You can endure a triple header or two knowing you won’t be racing until Christmas. “

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Ferrari’s Laurent Mekies said it was important for teams to be “flexible” due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the challenges it poses.

“I think Otmar explained it very well,” he added. “I think it is clear that it is a great challenge for Formula 1 to put together a great calendar in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“In this context, of course, we understand that the teams need a certain amount of flexibility, which is why we only have to deal with these triple headers every now and then, as soon as the pandemic is hopefully out of the way, we will sit down.” see you progress as this is probably the most stressful aspect of the racing team.

“Hopefully it will be the first thing that will go away once the pandemic is off the radar.”

According to RaceFans, Formula 1 will travel to Azerbaijan before heading to Canada in mid-June – places thousands of kilometers apart.

Franz Tost from AlphaTauri sympathized with the organizers and explained why it is not always possible for countries to host races close to one another.

“Creating the calendar is really a difficult subject,” explains Tost. “It’s not just about the geographical side, but about the logistics. It depends on the different countries, there are other events there that you cannot come to than with a Formula 1 event, or holidays or other things that have to be taken into account.

“That’s why it’s pretty complicated to make such a calendar and I think Stefano [Domenicali] and FOM have optimized everything in the best possible way. “