It’s been a quiet summer in the world of Formula 1; there are just a few days left before the suncream stupor ends, and the Zandvoort weekend kicks off with a surplus of tangerine t-shirts lining the stands. Even so, there’s still a chance that a healthy clod of interesting news lands on our laps and offers plenty of talking points in the Netherlands other than the usual holiday chatter. Potentially.
Let’s see how today goes, shall we?
When the calendars were comprised of 16 races or fewer, F1 would play right through the summer and be sewn up by October. Nowadays, you need the full four weeks to recharge; with 24 races, long-distance triple-headers enveloped with them, the paddock folks would get burned out pretty quickly without it. 2001 brought the start of the three-week August gap to split the German and Hungarian races, which persisted until 2009 – four weeks split Hungary and Valencia. It’s become a much-needed concession to those who work hardest in F1.
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