2022 F1 Calendar

I searched and could not find this anywhere, so here goes.

F1 releases 2022 F1 calendar: https://theparcferme...eason-calendar/

Austin, Imola, Barcelona, and Singapore listed as "subject to contract".

Edited by AustinF1, 15 October 2021 - 16:55.

27 March Saudi Arabia Jeddah

10 April Australia Melbourne

24 April Emilia Romagna Imola*

8 May Miami Miami**

22 May Spain Barcelona*

29 May Monaco Monaco

12 June Azerbaijan Baku

19 June Canada Montreal

3 July United Kingdom Silverstone

For all the talk about sustainability and streamlining the logistics, this whole stretch is just one big mess. 

Edited by Anja, 15 October 2021 - 17:05.

May-ami

Thanks Austin.

So many races... 23 is far too many. F1 needs to bring in event rotation. I'm getting exhausted just reading the calendar.

Hopefully Melbourne will be possible. Nice to see Imola on there, as we were expecting. As always I'm interested in new circuits. Wouldn't mind seeing how Singapore goes if they've cut out the Piquet section.

I'm really looking forward to a return to Montreal and Suzuka

I'm really looking forward to a return to Montreal and Suzuka

I was just going to post this. It's really good to see both, with Canada in its usual slot. Maybe I'll head up again for the next one.

Thanks Austin.

 

So many races... 23 is far too many. F1 needs to bring in event rotation. I'm getting exhausted just reading the calendar.

 

Hopefully Melbourne will be possible. Nice to see Imola on there, as we were expecting. As always I'm interested in new circuits. Wouldn't mind seeing how Singapore goes if they've cut out the Piquet section.

I guess it's too late now as they've cut away the section, but they really should've named that corner "Piquet" and claim it was named after the 3x WDC.

For all the talk about "black mark" etc. it's probably the most memorable moment in the GPs history and with perspective it is probably a boon to the event on the whole as it is now subconsciously classified as "storied" among many fans. In the end it was just blatant cheating and nobody got (physically) hurt, so it's not akin to naming a corner after an accident that is infamous due to its severity.

I wonder how often we'll hear this on sky: https://www.youtube....h?v=IwBS6QGsH_4

Also, Monaco back on US Memorial Day weekend is nice.

Imola makes me so happy. Can't wait to go next year.

When I was younger, I would've clamored for there to never be a three-week break during the season apart from the summer break... but damn, that is a long stretch of races next year.

For all the talk about "black mark" etc. it's probably the most memorable moment in the GPs history

Well that's debatable.

Edited by Lights, 15 October 2021 - 19:14.

and have they announced the sprint races? 

Reports of F1 staff seeking non-travelling positions or leaving the sport have been upgraded from steady to a deluge.

This is going to absolutely exhaust everyone. Even me, watching at home with zero travel or stress, has found the relentless pace of triple headers and two double headers separated by a weekend too much at times. It’s hard to keep up, and have the energy and time to watch each week.

F1 achieved their goal of oversaturation finally  . I don't even acknowledge free practice anymore. I usually just get on here and wait for you lot to give me the run down on "race pace".  I can't remember the last one I watched. Maybe Bahrain due to pre-season jitter and excitement. But somehow the oversaturation caused me to stop watching entirely. I didn't just skip some rounds. I skipped them all. I also didn't watch Silverstone live for some reason so I missed out on all the high quality posting in the immediate aftermath  . 

Edited by ARTGP, 15 October 2021 - 19:44.

Too long. Just drop Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Barcelona, Paul Ricard, Russia, Mexico and Abu Dhabi to have a perfect 16 race calendar.

Too long. Just drop Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Barcelona, Paul Ricard, Russia, Mexico and Abu Dhabi to have a perfect 16 race calendar.

23 races is overkill and over saturation no race is special or unique now. Far to long of season the US Nascar adaption of F1 awful. Is F1 now outside of Nascar the only motorsport series with so many races in a single year i'm pretty sure it is

Keep in mind that it's a 23 race calendar. But atleast 7 or 8 races will be sprint race weekends so potentially between 30 and 31 actual races to view. Complete and utter oversaturation.

Edited by ARTGP, 15 October 2021 - 19:55.

There will be six races with a sprint apparently: https://www.racefans...y-f1-commission

I definitely feel like it's oversaturation as others mentioned, but I would suggest making your peace with it. It's very clear that there's no going back to a smaller calendar, not a chance whatsoever. So we can accept it for what it is and move on, or complain about it forever and only make ourselves more miserable. 

Edited by Anja, 15 October 2021 - 20:17.

To many races.

Date Grand Prix Venue

20 March Bahrain Sakhir

27 March Saudi Arabia Jeddah

10 April Australia Melbourne

24 April Emilia Romagna Imola*

8 May Miami Miami**

22 May Spain Barcelona*

29 May Monaco Monaco

12 June Azerbaijan Baku

19 June Canada Montreal

3 July United Kingdom Silverstone

10 July Austria Spielberg

24 July France Le Castellet

31 July Hungary Budapest

For all the talk about sustainability and streamlining the logistics, this whole stretch is just one big mess. 

I agree, keeping the scheduled dates this would make more sense for the first half of the season

20 March Bahrain (Sakhir)
27 March Saudi Arabia (Jeddah)
10 April Azerbaijan (Baku)
24 April Australia (Melbourne)
08 May Spain (Barcelona)
22 May France (Le Castellet)
29 May Monaco (Monaco)
12 June USA (Miami)
19 June Canada (Montreal)
03 July United Kingdom (Silverstone)
10 July Emilia Romagna (Imola)
24 July Austria (Spielberg)
31 July Hungary (Budapest)

I have a feeling that when the 2027 race calendar comes out everyone will be saying it's too many races and 23 would be a good number (like it was in 2022).

No way Australia is happening.

Well that's debatable.

I'd completely forgotten about that. But then that's just a run of the mill first corner collision. Nobody is going to forget a once in a lifetime race fixing scandal.

Don't see why it won't happen. In a few weeks, eastern Australia is likely to be about the most double vaxxed place on Earth! Borders are open, or will be soon.

The weather will be interesting into April. There could be some very cold and wet days then.

Australia really loses it's luster without being the season opener. It's always been more a "destination", than an actual race.  A damp race would shine it up a bit. 

Edited by ARTGP, 15 October 2021 - 21:37.

Australia  should always be the season opener and Japan or Brazil should be the closer

Edited by azza200, 15 October 2021 - 22:08.

I hope there is a change to the sprint race to the sprint race format.

Have it on Friday with the starting grid being based on previous race result, leaving qualy on Saturdays to determine the grid for Sundays race.

There could be more points earned for the sprint race but only count for constructors championship.

All I see is traditional European leg getting outnumbered by other regions.

While I do get excited about having more race weekends, I cannot help but imagine the burnout the traveling staff would face as a result. No one should be forced into working environment that accelerates the process of burnout. So no - I would rather like to have less races (18 max) but with more frequent races and 2 long breaks (3 or 4 weeks).

Also how is it all so 'green' to travel to North American side suddenly in a transition period from Asia to Europe and then do it again in June. With more aggressive carbon neutrality targets being pursued in Europe, how are F1 teams (based in Europe) going to meet this goal? This doesnt make sense.

10 April Australia Melbourne

24 April Emilia Romagna Imola*

Scrap the races, none wants anyway and we end up with a pretty cool 16 race calendar.

Edited by r4mses, 15 October 2021 - 23:42.

Suzuka is back !

I agree with Vettel that the more races, the less special they are.  And it also puts a lot of strain on the personnel within the teams who travel to the races.  With maybe 6 or 7 sprint races added in it becomes a bit of a shoulder shrug.  It goes against the idea of cost cutting, as does the globe hopping travel that will be required with regards F1s environmental targets.  But F1, like any sport, goes where the money is.  They won't turn away anybody willing to expand their income by $40m.

Minor point. I’d like Imola to be the San Marino Grand Prix again.

I don't get why some wanting less races?

Because some like the idea of watching the complete season, every race, but can't commit to a couple of hours on nearly 50% of Sundays.

Also the intangible factor of devaluing a "big event" by turning it into a matter of routine, and for many of us, making it difficult to remember what happened in a supposedly memorable event.

For all the talk about sustainability and streamlining the logistics, this whole stretch is just one big mess.

i know its a world championship but when it was 16-17 races when i was growing up it still felt each country and race was unique that weekend. Now its lets go everywhere around the world who pays us the most money to host a race. The championship's back then also 2 weeks between races was good and was spread out with thought put into the calender. 

That calender has been a mess for years with the European races the heartland of F1 getting gradually smaller and smaller in favour of tracks with no heritage or run on massive car parks as half the tracks in the 2022 calendar are *s""t 

Edited by azza200, 16 October 2021 - 12:07.

Edited by PhilArny80, 16 October 2021 - 10:03.

I don't get why some wanting less races?
 

I think its a case of quantity over qaulity. Some would argue that some of the newer circuits (and some of the old ones) don't offer anything that would add to the season.

Minor point. I’d like Imola to be the San Marino Grand Prix again.

Whilst that'd be great, I think the region of Emilia-Romagna would probably be quite happy at their name being seen more often.

Give it a few years, and Gran Premio dell'Emilia-Romagna might seem as 'traditional' as the San Marino GP.

 

So many races... 23 is far too many. F1 needs to bring in event rotation. I'm getting exhausted just reading the calendar.

I'm starting to agree.If only to help balance out the traditional circuits versus the new. I'm just curious as to how that can be done fairly. Should they restrict events by country or region? Should two events in the same country just be the defacto requirement for rotating events? (ie. COTA and Miami).

I know that the addition of more Middle-East races has been criticised elsewhere, but its only 4 events versus 10 in Europe. (And that's without classing Sochi or Baku as Europe). Of course the argument there is that Europe is a larger landmass and a higher total population. By that argument  should the US have two? It is a huge landmass after all, but then again so is Australia - just a complete difference in population.

Therefore, should the Middle-East just have three events, with the fourth being rotated? (ie. Losail and Sakir alternating perhaps).Europe then has to have three rotating locations?

I'm just guessing here, and I'd like to hear how it can be achieved.

Edited by DinocoBlue, 16 October 2021 - 11:40.

Rich oil states paying over the top for their shithole tracks to open and end the season.

23 races in what, 36 weeks. It’s far to many in a short space of time.

It’s crap calendar.

And notice how many races in a row require continent hopping? Logistically expensive and so environmentally unfriendly. I don't think it's talked about how much energy it requires to fly all of these cars and heavy equipment many thousands of miles.

All I see is traditional European leg getting outnumbered by other regions.

 

While I do get excited about having more race weekends, I cannot help but imagine the burnout the traveling staff would face as a result. No one should be forced into working environment that accelerates the process of burnout. So no - I would rather like to have less races (18 max) but with more frequent races and 2 long breaks (3 or 4 weeks).

 

Also how is it all so 'green' to travel to North American side suddenly in a transition period from Asia to Europe and then do it again in June. With more aggressive carbon neutrality targets being pursued in Europe, how are F1 teams (based in Europe) going to meet this goal? This doesnt make sense.

Good grief. These teams are not slave owners. No one can or will be forced to do anything they have not agreed to. Such rhetoric.

Edited by pdac, 16 October 2021 - 12:01.

I do not think that 23 races is too many, however the season should be longer to allow more time between races.  I also think that double header weekends would help to limit the amount of travel required.

With regard to time spent watching, I have a DVR that allowed me to watch at my leisure with the benefit of being able to apply liberal usage of the fast forward button on my remote.  Now, when pressed for time I will watch F1TV  FP & qually highlight videos and some races I tune into the "race in 30" extended highlights.

Good grief. These teams are not slave owners. No one can or will be forced to do anything they have not agreed to. Such rhetoric.

I think this is an unfair take. Many in the F1 circle have spent years and years building up their careers, gotten into a good position, can support their families, and have invested an immense amount of blood, sweat, and tears into the success of each of their respective F1 teams and make F1 what it is today.  Yes, they have free will to quit, but it is completely unfair to ostracize those who have made a long term investment in the sport (by way of their career), by forcing them to now choose to just "quit" (Franz Tost....just wow...you must be great to work for....).  Quit and do what?  Forcing people to quit after they've given years and years of their lives and careers to your team  instead of protecting and defending those team members when they say the racing is too much is a massive lack of loyalty. 

While they are not permanently entitled to these jobs, and are replaceable, you would like to imagine things are a bit more close knit than that.

I don't know if 23 is the number that will burst the bubble. Maybe it's 25, maybe it's 27 but F1 is definitely heading in the bubble bursting direction with no signs of stopping. They have realized they can print money by adding races. It's a very tempting thing to keep printing more and more until the wheels fall off...but who wants to be collateral damage when the wheels fall off?

Edited by ARTGP, 16 October 2021 - 12:42.