Kimi Raikkonen Leaves a Hard Warning for F1 – ‘It’s Just Not an Option’

With the new business model and big bucks in play, triple headers are becoming a norm in F1. The schedule for the upcoming season has been released and two back-to-back triple headers are planned in the 23-race schedule. Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen has warned the FIA of the consequences this hectic schedule may have.

Holding triple-headers is a recent concept and has received subsequent opposition from the paddock. However, due to this ever-expanding campaign of Formula 1, they are becoming a regular part of the sport. Nevertheless, Kimi is concerned that it will “burn out” a lot of people on the paddock.

Kimi Raikkonen believes that this is not ideal for the sport

The former world champion has put forward his views on the much-debated calendar. For context, the calendar for next year spans between March and November to avoid a clash with the FIFA world cup starting in Qatar. There will be two triple headers; the first one is all-European which is still manageable. However, the second one which will cover Russia, Singapore, and Japan might be logistically difficult and more taxing.

“It will burn out a lot of people and this won’t be good for anyone. So I think maybe as a spectator, it’s nice having a lot of races but the people that actually do most of the work, it’s very difficult for them,” said Raikkonen as reported by Gpfans.

“There has to be some kind of better way to go about that. For some teams, it’s just not an option to just hire more people because they don’t have the money to hire. It’s a bit tricky.” he added.

Raikkonen believes it was equally tough in earlier days as well

Kimi Raikkonen has witnessed the transition phase of Formula 1 better than any other driver on the grid. He debuted back in 2001 and he has been around ever since. He doesn’t think it was any easier in the days gone by when they did not race as they do now.

“There was testing between the races so I think more races is actually better than going racing then testing for a couple of days and then going to the next race. So I don’t think it was any easier in that way. There was less racing,” said Kimi as reported by Gpfans.

The Finn is retiring at the end of this season, and this will not affect him. It is heartening to see the concern the legend still has for the sport.

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