Mercedes F1 Team Boss Toto Wolff. Photo courtesy of Mercedes

F1: Series to organize smarter calendar in 2024 – Wolff

(GMM) Formula 1 will organize a smarter and more sustainable calendar for 2024, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has revealed.

Currently, the stops on the calendar mean the thousands of personnel who travel from race to race are essentially “zig-zagging” across the world from one continent to another.

For instance, the last race was in Azerbaijan – separated by mere days from this weekend’s grand prix in Miami.

“We will no longer hop from continent to continent,” Wolff told APA news agency. “If we are somewhere, we will stay there longer.”

What he means is that the races will be more appropriately grouped together geographically.

“The European races, the Asian races, the Middle East races, the American races. That’s actually a no-brainer,” Wolff said.

He said Mercedes also undertakes many of its own measures to reduce F1’s carbon footprint.

“We fly some of the time with sustainable aviation fuel,” said the Austrian. “For the flights where we can’t find it, we offset our share of the flight’s fuel requirements by purchasing sustainable fuel.”

Wolff said Formula 1 is also moving to sustainable fuels for the cars.

“If we can deliver a sustainable fuel, we can help ensure that a fuel is also developed for road production,” he said.

“We have a billion viewers in the world. We have the task of beating this drum.”

In this article, AutoRacing1.com’s Mark Cipolloni proposed hypothetical calendars for 2024 and 2025

25-Race Environmentally Friendly 2024 F1 calendar

Ramadan Mar 10 to Apr 9

Round Date Grand Prix Venue Comment
February 7-9 Pre-season testing Jerez or Barcelona Sunny & warm
1 February 18 (Night Race) Saudi Arabia Jeddah Middle East Swing
2 February 25 (Night Race) Qatar Lusail
3 March 3 (Night Race) Bahrain Sakhir
4 March 9 (Sat Night to avoid Ramadan) Abu Dhabi Yas Marina
5 March 24 Australia Melbourne Australia / Asia Swing
March 31 Easter No Race
6 April 14 (Night Race) Singapore Singapore
7 April 28 China Shanghai
8 May 5 Japan Suzuka
9 May 19 (Night Race) Cancun Cancun Americas East  Swing
10 May 25 (Sat. evening dusk to dark) Miami Miami Gardens
11 June 2 Canada Montreal
12 June 16 Monaco Monaco European Swing Part 1
13 June 30 United Kingdom Silverstone
14 July 7 Austria Spielberg
15 July 21 Hungary Budapest
16 July 28 Belgium Spa
4-week Summer Break
17 August 25 Netherlands Zandvoort European Swing Part 2
18 September 1 Italy Monza
19 September 15 Spain Barcelona
20 September 28 Emilia Romagna Imola
21 October 13 Azerbaijan Baku
22 October 27 USA Austin Americas Swing
23 November 3 Mexico Mexico City
24 November 17 Brazil Sao Paulo
25 December 2 (Sat Night) Las Vegas Las Vegas

 

25-Race Environmentally Friendly 2025 F1 calendar

Ramadan Feb 28 to Mar 30

Round Date Grand Prix Venue Comment
February 13-15 Pre-season testing Jerez or Barcelona Sunny & Warm
1 March 2 Australia Melbourne Australia / Asia Swing
2 March 9 (Night Race) Singapore Singapore
3 March 23 China Shanghai
4 March 30 Japan Suzuka
5 April 13 (Night Race) Saudi Arabia Jeddah Middle East Swing
April 20 Easter – No Race
6 April 27 (Night Race) Qatar Lusail
7 May 4 (Night Race) Bahrain Sakhir
8 May 11 (Night race) Abu Dhabi Yas Marina
9 May 25 (Night Race) Cancun Cancun North America East Swing
10 June 1 (Evening dusk to dark) Miami Miami Gardens
11 June 8 Canada Montreal
12 June 22 Monaco Monaco European Swing Part 1
13 June 29 United Kingdom Silverstone
14 July 6 Austria Spielberg
15 July 20 Hungary Budapest
16 July 27 Belgium Spa
4-week Summer Break
17 August 24 Netherlands Zandvoort European Swing Part 2
18 September 7 Italy Monza
19 September 14 Spain Barcelona
20 September 21 Emilia Romagna Imola
21 October 12 Azerbaijan Baku
22 October 26 USA Austin Americas Swing
23 November 2 Mexico Mexico City
24 November 16 Brazil Sao Paulo
25 November 22 (Sat Night) Las Vegas Las Vegas