With 24 rounds for 2024, this year’s Formula 1 calendar is the biggest in history with two more grands prix than last season.
Although there will be 30 races this year with six additional sprint races on top of the various grands prix on Sundays, that means that there will be 24 different circuits playing host to Formula 1 this season.
This year’s calendar naturally includes some of the most celebrated race tracks in the world, such as Italy’s iconic Monza circuit – which has hosted more rounds of the world championship than any other venue – the extremely popular Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium and even the world famous Monte Carlo street circuit. There are also plenty of circuits which joined the calendar in the 21st Century which have become staples of the calendar, including Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit or the Circuit of the Americas in the United States.
Some tracks seem to produce exciting racing action practically each and every time Formula 1 arrives at them, while it is fair to say that some circuits are more notorious than others for generating processional races.
Every circuit on the 2024 calendar has hosted at least one grand prix, with the Miami International Autodrome, Losail circuit in Qatar and the Las Vegas Strip Circuit the newest additions to the schedule. So with fans having seen a representative race at every venue on the 2024 calendar, it seems only fair to investigate which of the 24 tracks RaceFans readers would keep on the Formula 1 schedule if it was up to you.
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Years ago, Bernie Ecclestone operated roughly on a basis of ‘one nation, one grand prix’. Only when it came to the United States would he be flexible on that general rule, with the ‘European Grand Prix’ moniker used to add second races in Germany or Spain when it was financially beneficial for the sport.
As there are so many races on the calendar, reverting back to that idea of one round per nation feels like a good means of trimming the fat off the schedule. With that in mind, let’s do away with the unremarkable Miami circuit and the Las Vegas Grand Prix and just keep the US Grand Prix at good ol’ COTA – as much because of the horrendous scheduling of the new Nevada race and the fact that the Austin circuit has at least a decade of history in the sport to stake its claim on the calendar.
Controversially, perhaps, that means Imola must go as well. Although…
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