F1 Fanatic

I still don’t like it.

Okay, here’s my effort at a 25-race calendar, for 2014:

1. March 9: Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne
2. March 23: Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang
3. March 30: Korean Grand Prix, Yeongnam
4. April 6: Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai
5. April 20: Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir
6. May 4: Turkish Grand Prix, Istanbul Park
7. May 11: Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring
8. May 25: Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo
9. June 1: Spanish Grand Prix, Aragon
10. June 8: Portuguese Grand Prix, Portimao
11. June 22: Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal
12. June 29: United States Grand Prix North, Indianapolis
13. July 13: British Grand Prix, Silverstone
14. July 20: French Grand Prix, Magny-Cours
15. July 27: German Grand Prix, Nurburgring
16. August 3: Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps
17. August 10: Italian Grand Prix, Monza
18. August 24: Russian Grand Prix, Sochi
19. September 7: Indian Grand Prix, Delhi
20. September 21: Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore
21. September 28: Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka
22. October 12: United States Grand Prix South, Austin
23. October 19: Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico City
24. October 26: Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos
25. November 9: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Island

There is no summer break, but fitting 25 GPs and a summer break into a March-November calendar is pretty well impossible.

So what happens is we make the traditional Pacific leg to start the season off, before heading west to Europe via Bahrain. We head westwards across Europe until we reach Portugal, then skip across the Atlantic for the double header of the Canadian and first US Grands Prix. Then it’s back to Europe, taking in the new Russian Grand Prix on our way out to India and the remainder of the Asian races. We then cross the Pacific to the second US Grand Prix and head to South America, with the season finally ending in the Middle East due to it being a global transport hub.

The aim of this calendar is to minimise transport without causing too much competition between GPs. So Singapore and Malaysia are separated, as are the two US rounds, and Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.

There is no summer break, but fitting 25 GPs and a summer break into a March-November calendar is pretty well impossible.

The only problem is that you’ve included Magny-Cours and Indianapolis, and they’re both terrible.

1- Melbourne, Australia Grand Prix
2*- Sepang, Malaysia Grand Prix
3*- Sakhir, Barhain Grand Prix
4- Imola, San Marino Grand Prix
5*- Estoril, Portuguese Grand Prix
6*- Aragon, Spanish Grand Prix (instead of those woeful Circuit de Catalunya and Valencia circuits)
7- Montecarlo, Monaco Grand Prix
8- Silverstone, British Grand Prix
9*- Montreal, Canadian Grand Prix
10*- Austin, USA Grand Prix
11- Nurburgring, German Grand Prix
12- Le Mans, French Grand Prix
13*- Istambul, Turkey Grand Prix
14*- Hungaroring, Hungarian Grand Prix
15- Czech Republic, Brno
16- Russian Grand Prix (not sure about the racetrack)
17- Marina Bay, Singapore Grand Prix
18- Jaypee, Indian GP
19*- Spa, Belgium Grand Prix
20*- Monza, Italian Grand Prix
21*- Buenos Aires Number 15 circuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aut%C3%B3dromo_Oscar_Alfredo_G%C3%A1lvez_-_zoomed_out.svg) /Potrero de los Funes, Argentinean Grand Prix
22*- Interlagos, Brazilian Grand Prix
23- Suzuka, Japanese Grand Prix
24*- Korean Grand Prix/Shangai, Chinese Grand Prix
25*- Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

Pretty much what we have today. F1 should do a couple of races in Australia/Asia and then back to Europe, 3 or 4 races there, and then America, Europe, Asia, Europe, South America, Asia.

Races with *= back to back races