“The demand is very high”: Stefano Domenicali predicts next year’s calendar will have more races than 2022
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As thirteen Grands Prix have already taken place in the current Formula 1 2022 season, there are only nine more to go before the winter break kicks off. And at the end of the winter break, the F1 paddocks will once again be crowded with the possibilities that a new season brings with it. Since it is only a matter of time before the Formula 1 2023 season calendar is made public, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali dropped some hints on the number of races that the audience will be seeing next year.
2022 saw one of the longest F1 calendars with 23 races in the roster, but then the Russian GP was cancelled due to the rising tension between Russia and Ukraine. To make up for this, the FIA have decided to feed the audience’s huge demand for more races in a single season by keeping 24 races for 2023. While the provisional schedule for next year is in the works, Domenicali said new races will be added to the calendar, such as the Las Vegas Grand Prix and probably a Grand Prix in South Africa, but some regular circuits like Paul Ricard will be missing.
Stefano Domenicali remains confident that the Formula 1 2023 calendar will answer the audience’s demands
Even before the 2022 season of F1 Championship started, news spread all around the Formula 1 communities regarding the inclusion of several newer locations for possible Grands Prix in the calendar for 2023. With the popularity of F1 slowly reaching the United States, thanks to the massively successful Netflix series Drive to Survive and the positive reviews from this year’s Miami Grand Prix, it can be ascertained that one of the newer Grands Prix will be the Las Vegas GP, that has been a hot topic of discussion.
Speaking of the provisional calendar for F1 2023, that will be disclosed in near future, Stefano Domenicali said, “The demand is very, very high. We cannot say anything more than what we are saying because we are, of course, finalising all the details. But we for sure expect to have a couple of races more than this year, but less than 25, that’s for sure.”
Organising so many races in a single year will mean more funds have to be collected and the FIA are sure that their plan.will be a success as the audience and viewership of F1 races have grown in the past few years. Only a few days ago, Liberty Media revealed that F1 has seen a 49% jump in sales in their first quarter report.
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