Monaco, France and Spa may no longer host annual races, even as Formula One’s calendar grows towards a gruelling 25 races
With Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix the final fly-away meeting of the spring, Formula One is about to enter its European leg proper. But the sport’s very popularity may now be putting at risk some of those classic races in what was considered F1’s heartland.
As ever following the money, F1 is signing more expensive and longer deals with circuits. But given there are a finite number of slots available on the calendar, something has to give.