Seidl sees possibility to save both time and costs with new calendar

It is still not clear what the Formula 1 season 2020 will look like, should there still be racing this year at all. In order to race as much Grands Prix as possible they are looking at shortening the race weekends.

In order to finish a decent championship in the autumn, the F1 races will have to succeed each other quickly. This will put the employees of the teams under enormous pressure and they won't be home very often. To spare their people a bit Andreas Seidl of McLaren is an advocate of looking into two-day Grand Prix weekends.

“If we end up in a very tight schedule with three or four races per month it will obviously be a challenge especially for our people,” says Seidl to Formula1.com. “It definitely makes sense to think about reducing the load on our people so I think it makes sense to discuss going for two-day events simply to allow more rest between events for our people."

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“If we can help that by having two-day events or by skipping one test for example next year, in addition to the cost savings that would come from that I think it is definitely something that we need to look into."

However, Seidl says that the staff at McLaren are also aware that the sport is in a difficult situation and that the crisis may lead to a period in which they have to work harder than usual. According to him, everyone is willing to engage in this fight.