Liberty Medium he wants to make more money. Nothing new, many would argue. According to the latest information, Barcelona will be kept on the race calendar with the help of the government's financial injection, and the race for the Spanish Grand Prix will throw at least $ 1 million into the coffers of F20. And for that reason, the first man is F1 Chase carey already in Hockenheim the team warned that the F1 calendar for next year could have 22 races. To top a American needs the consent of all ten teams. In the current Concorde agreement, however, only 21 races are recorded.
Team bosses are not averse to expanding the calendar, on the contrary, they view it positively, albeit with limitations. The boss of Ferrari Mattia binotto says: “We support the plan for 22 races because it will increase revenue. Nevertheless, we must be careful that costs do not rise above revenues. It would be a mistake to increase the number of power units next year. ”
And it was this last sentence of his that brought the usual disagreement to the teams. Because not everyone agrees with Binott. Meanwhile the pieces Christian horner iz Red Bullthe in Cyril Abiteboul from Renault advocate for four powertrains per season, Ferrari and Mercedes are against for cost reasons. And understandably, so do their satellites or customers. Two extra engines for two race cars means about three million extra costs. "Then the additional revenue will no longer cover the additional costs," calculated by the Racing Point team boss Otmar Szafnauer.
The team at the end of the F1 field would receive a maximum of $ 800.000 from the revenue of the additional race. With top teams, however, about $ 3 million would flow into their coffers. Therefore Christian horner suggests: “Most of the team has already received penalties with 21 races, and many will use four engines anyway. Then why not immediately increase the number of drive units to four. To compensate for this, we prefer to reduce the number of test days. Then we will need one less engine there. ”
The February F1s offered the teams to reduce the number of pre-season test days from eight days to five, in addition to deleting both in-season testing dates. Saffron doubts that this model will work. “With one engine, we do the twelve test days we currently have available. It doesn't get any worse. ” Increasing the number of propulsion units also requires the consent of all teams. And the odds are zero. This would put an additional 2020 kilometers on the current three engines in the 200 season. Lewis Hamilton expresses fear: “Then the teams will save even more with laps in free practice. Top a is bad for the fans. ”
