News Details

Claire Williams slams F1 calendar expansion plans

Claire Williams has criticised Liberty Media's calendar expansion plans, claiming that there is a 'human factor' that has not been considered, and that the teams should only agree if it makes financial sense for the season to be lengthened into the winter.  The current season has 21 races and it runs from March until the end of November, with a mid-season gap in August.  The winter break is used for teams to fine-tune their cars ahead of the new season, but any additional races would likely eat into any development and testing time available, with Denmark, Vietnam and Miami all front runners to be added to the schedule.  Williams doesn't feel that all aspects of an expansion...
Full Story »
7y ago from GPFans.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

More races 'have to make financial sense', says...

Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams says that expanding the...
7y ago from F1i.com

Expanded calendar has to make financial sense insist...

It is a matter of fact that if FOM gets its way and finally introduces a...
7y ago from Pitpass.com

Williams sticks to recovery plan - Claire Williams

Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams reassured the Formula One...
7y ago from F1Technical.net

Claire Williams: "Recovery plan is in place"

Williams are refusing to give up on their 2018 season, despite a tough...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Pato O’Ward turns quickest lap in practice for...

IndyCar took to the Nashville Superspeedway oval on Saturday afternoon,...
57m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Callum Ilott, Christian Rasmussen given IndyCar grid...

The NTT IndyCar Series has handed out grid penalties for two drivers...

Dale Coyne Racing extends partnership with Ault...

Dale Coyne Racing has announced that Ault Blockchain will be a primary...

Santino Ferrucci: Alternate aero package needed for...

For this weekend’s IndyCar finale at Nashville Superspeedway, the...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rovanperä leads, Fourmaux stars in Paraguay

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took the lead of the inaugural Rally...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

West Ham may have edge over Euro giants in race to...

West Ham United have reportedly joined the race for the potential transfer...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Exclusive details on complicated structure of Piero...

Piero Hincapie is set to become an Arsenal player as there's an agreement...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Done deals: Arsenal set to confirm two major defensive...

Arsenal are pushing to wrap up two significant defensive deals before the...
7h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'Talks ongoing' – David Ornstein provides update...

Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko is a transfer target for Marseille,...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

2025 F1 Dutch Grand Prix - Zandvoort Qualifying results

Check out those all-important qualifying results... Read More »
2h ago from RacingNews365.com

F1 2025 Dutch Grand Prix – FP3 Results

Lando Norris made it a practice clean sweep at... Read More »
6h ago from MotorsportWeek.com

FIA issue Max Verstappen penalty verdict at Dutch GP

The FIA have announced their penalty verdict for... Read More »
47m ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.