The 2021 world championship is now only two races away from drawing to a close. Similarly, there’s so much that happens before the weekender the Friday practice followed by the Saturday qualifying.Īnd where 2021 stood, then the latest antecedent to a Formula 1 main race: the Sprint race.
To many, the Sunday Grand Prix fiesta would look like the final 60-second commercial, one laced with great thrills, suspense, humour even.īut much like what happens in a fast-paced ad agency world, a lot goes into the preparation of an ad.
It’s something that can always occur when a sport typically attempts to feast on a massive diet-fed on the increased number of contests and events.Īnd where it comes to Formula 1, in particular, a lot anyway goes into the organisation and hosting of a race.
In his typical straight-faced way laced with an undertone of no-nonsense, Kimi Raikkonen has cautioned one and all about where this is all heading to.Īll that the sport is trying to achieve is by expanding its horizons.Īccording to the Iceman, burgeoning racing calendars could well put drivers on the verge of big burnouts. One that veteran driver, also the most experienced on the grid, Kimi Raikkonen has just pointed out. For where the present stands, then increasing the number of contests and diversifying the imprint of geographies it touches seem to be F1’s biggest priorities.īut in here rests a risk. This is why Audi and Porsche are contemplating entering the top flight of Grand Prix racing.Īnd so, with more teams, it means more drivers as well. In a bid to go the more-the-merrier way, F1’s standard mode of operation is to expand its canvass. Safe to say then that in a bid to capture a global market, the most expensive sport in the world is looking down at various options. Likewise, who would’ve thought five or ten years ago that F1 would be held in a land famous for MotoGP races: Qatar? e., penultimate Grand Prix of the season. Who would have, for instance, thought of Formula 1 in the streets of Jeddah ten years ago?ĭon’t forget it is home to the next, i. Now, as seen, it’s not just there in Asia or America but is expanding its tentacles in the Gulf and oil-rich Emirates too. Prior to that, it was ever-present in the Senna-land called Interlagos in Brazil. Though somehow, it fell out of the equation with India.
Not just in Europe, but around different parts of Asia too.