Mattia Binotto: More races, more costs for teams

It is not official yet, but at that time everything indicates that there will be a calendar Formula 1 for the season contained a record 22 dirk. It's official for 2020 season confirmed 20 dirk, contract extension with Monzo it is only a formality and also at Barcelona all indications are that it remains on the calendar. And that doesn’t mean it’s the final number now.

For more races per season, finances need to be arranged

Because in the recent past, we could even hear you Liberty Medium wants to have a calendar also with 25 races per season. “I believe that we must first make the right financial decisions,”Warns the head of the Ferrari team Mattia binotto. Otherwise, teams would also benefit financially from a larger number of races, but this account is not so easy, because additional races also bring additional costs. Therefore, in the opinion Binotta not possible, "to do an entire season with 24 races with the same people. With a calendar with more races, we will need additional people to rotate them - from mechanics to engineers."The Italian adds that this could also include key team staff, such as the technical chief and the team boss. “For mechanics, some are already performing rotations today."It simply came to our notice then. binotto expresses fear that at some point in some h they might achieve red line, which people would not want to cross due to travel stress throughout the season.

Binotto points out that increasing the number of races in one season could ensure that teams have to rotate staff in almost all areas.

More racing means more staff to rotate

"As a team, we want to ensure that we can keep our people in the future,”Explained the Italian. As a result, it may become imperative that they occupy a double position in the team in the future, and this costs money. “The expansion of the calendar will have a major impact on the number of employees as well as on logistics,”He predicts binotto.

The majority owner of Formula 1 Liberty Media is counting on even 25 races a year in the near future

An additional problem could be planned in this connection budget ceiling. "You may simply not be able to afford the required number of people, as you will have to pay additional personal income,”He explained binotto, who believes that at least the top teams will make the most of the planned budget ceiling. Which means they’ll have to save money for extra pay elsewhere. Same time binotto he also points out that enlarging a team is not that easy at all. Because it is not possible to employ a large number of people overnight. This restructuring takes its time. And good cadres are in the royal class motorsport either way hard to get.

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