Sergio Perez believes that the upcoming 24-race calendar is “too many races” and the sport should be focusing on quality, not quantity.
The 2024 F1 calendar is scheduled to run with 24 Grands Prix dotted around the world over the next nine and a half months, a repeat of 2023’s record-breaking 24-race calendar (which ended up being 22 races due to the cancellation of Imola and China).
With energy levels dropping at the end of the 2023 season as team members, mechanics, and drivers all began to struggle with illness and exhaustion, the prospect of an additional two races coming up this year has led to the key question of how many races are too many.
Speaking at the launch of Red Bull’s RB20 in Milton Keynes on Thursday, Sergio Perez was asked about whether he feels the calendar – which could even be increased beyond 25 races when the new Concorde Agreement is signed off on for 2026 and beyond – has reached bursting point.
