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[smokin]

Next year's calendar unveiled.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/13647582.stm

(Bahrain and Turkey permitting)

7 back-to-back race weekends over the year.

[darwin dali]

7 back-to-back race weekends over the year.

[myownalias]

As much as I love F1; 21 races is way too many; it's just Bernie's greed fuelling the extra races; no consideration for logistics and cost to the teams, more Tilkedromes than decent tracks!

[F1er]

I loved it when it was 18 just perfect. 21 races is gonna water F1 down

[Frontrunner]

Bahrain gets the season opener after all the chaos its had this year Melbourne is much better to suit the season opening race. Anyway looking foward to to the 2012 season cause this 2011 season is almost over already.

[acosmichippo]

As much as I love F1; 21 races is way too many; it's just Bernie's greed fuelling the extra races; no consideration for logistics and cost to the teams, more Tilkedromes than decent tracks!

why so much consideration for cost to the teams? They keep getting a bigger share of profits anyway. Plus, as someone else mentioned, it's a huge boost to local economies.

[NocturnalTendencies]

The more the better.

[myownalias]

As much as I love F1; 21 races is way too many; it's just Bernie's greed fuelling the extra races; no consideration for logistics and cost to the teams, more Tilkedromes than decent tracks!

why so much consideration for cost to the teams? They keep getting a bigger share of profits anyway. Plus, as someone else mentioned, it's a huge boost to local economies.

If your a top team constantly at the sharp end of the points, yes; but the smaller teams are struggling financially to get around the world with all their trucks and equipment. And does the local economies really benefit that much? half of these new venues are less than half full and often causes chaos which doesn't help the locals at all! A lot of the newer Tilke tracks don't attract much following from locals and the circuit owners make a big loss; this is the problem in Turkey right now, Bernie charges too much and they are running at a big loss!

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

Another sterling example of the FIA talking out both sides of its face. Half the regs in the TR were created in the name of cost control. Unless the sponsors all agree to pony up an extra 5% to cover the additional weekend, how in the name of Nikolaus Otto does 21 races jive with Bernie's austerity edict? And what's the point of mandating higher fuel efficiency (or increasing the percentage of organic whatever in it) if you then turn around and race on more weekends. If you're really trying to save the planet (for the record, it does not need saving), why aren't you scheduling fewer race weekends, not more?

As for the schedule itself, I think the teams are too harried when there are races on consecutive weekends. That leaves only four days (or three in the case of Monaco) to get the circus packed up, moved across the continent, unpacked and be ready to put on a proper show. How can you possibly give your team any time off with such a tight schedule? A couple or three such races over the course of a season is one thing but I don't think they can stay wound that tight 37 weeks without performance dropping off or amphetamine use skyrocketing.



The teams obviously are going to crap a brick over this bit of news. It's almost like the FIA are becoming all the more adversarial with the intent of driving the teams to seek their independence.

[texasmr2]

June 17th!!!

[bud]

21 is too many, 20 should be the limit, even then that is too many. they should ditch a Spanish round for starters, maybe one in the Middle east.

And while 7 back to back races might be good for the fans I feel for the crews for each team having to truck their stuff across Europe.

[What's Burning?]

Celebrate Thanksgiving, watch the Brazil GP.

[Murray Walker]

Well I think it's a fantastic idea.

And I'm very very rarely wrong

Muzza

[acosmichippo]

As much as I love F1; 21 races is way too many; it's just Bernie's greed fuelling the extra races; no consideration for logistics and cost to the teams, more Tilkedromes than decent tracks!

why so much consideration for cost to the teams? They keep getting a bigger share of profits anyway. Plus, as someone else mentioned, it's a huge boost to local economies.

If your a top team constantly at the sharp end of the points, yes; but the smaller teams are struggling financially to get around the world with all their trucks and equipment. And does the local economies really benefit that much? half of these new venues are less than half full and often causes chaos which doesn't help the locals at all! A lot of the newer Tilke tracks don't attract much following from locals and the circuit owners make a big loss; this is the problem in Turkey right now, Bernie charges too much and they are running at a big loss!

i see your points. I guess i just have trouble sympathizing with people in such a prestigious and highly-paid occupation (relative to mine).

I wonder if they're essentially over-booking with the knowledge that a few might fall-through. Anyone notice if Turkey gets scrapped, there's 4 weeks in-between Korea and Spain?

[scotty]

I can't stand the way they schedule the races, then harp on about how F1 is trying to become more green.