“I think we’re relentlessly going towards 25 races,” Martin Brundle as F1’s popularity continues to skyrocket across the globe

“I think we’re relentlessly going towards 25 races,” Martin Brundle as F1’s popularity continues to skyrocket across the globe

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F1 has been the talk of the town in the recent past and is showing no signs of slowing down. The sport had seen a sharp decline in its popularity from its glory days. Last season was the knight in shining armor for F1 which looked all set to fade into darkness. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton decided to put on a show for the F1 faithful and in turn grabbed the attention of a complete different set of audience.

The cherry on the top has been the Netflix series “Drive to Survive‘ which has created a buzz among the youngsters. It’s safe to say this because numbers don’t lie. The numbers show a clear upward trend as far as there has been a a 40 percent increase in following over all sites. This has brought the number to a whopping 49.1 million followers. It doesn’t end there.

The views on videos across sites have shot up by 50 percent to 7 billion and visits to the F1 official website were up 44 percent, with over 7 billion, as reported by Marca.

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Martin Brundle is positive of the fact that F1 will have a 25 race calendar soon with this increase in public interest

Martin Brundle
Martin Brundle

Former F1 driver Martin Brundle understands the importance of this huge opportunity and hopes F1 builds on this, which the organization is definitely doing. Martin Brundle believes F1 is taking giant strides towards a 25 race calendar with offers on the table from promoters across the world.

Martin Brundle said, “I asked Stefano Domenicali and there is no doubt we’re going to 25 races which is extreme.”

“I think he was just making the point that we could easily do 25. In fact, if I wanted to, I could do 30.”

“Las Vegas will come on stream, Qatar comes on stream again next year and I know a lot of other countries are pushing like crazy [to join the calendar].” As reported by gpfans.

Martin Brundle also clarified the bloating of the schedule will also create a healthy competition amongst countries who haven’t renewed their contracts. This will be perfect for F1 as it’s set to become a more inclusive sport.

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