Horner: F1 not far from 'breaking point' with 'brutal' travel schedule
With the cancellation of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and the Chinese GP earlier this year, the 2023 Formula 1 calendar is reduced down to 22 races.
There was originally meant to be a record-breaking number of races, with 24 being perceived as the 'maximum' amount of events that could take place.
This is due to the additions of the Las Vegas and Miami Grands Prix within the last two seasons, owing to the popularity of F1 in the United States.
Christian Horner , who became Team Principal for Red Bull in 2005 when there were just 19 races on the calendar, thinks that Formula 1 is already at a " breaking point " and has branded the current mileage covered in a season by the teams as "insane."
"You do reach a point where you wonder where you get saturation, and 23 races is an insane amount of racing and mileage that we have to cover in a season," he said at the Financial Times: Future of the Car conference.
"I think it's bett...