Las Vegas GP Gets Massive Bernie Eclestone-Esque Idea as Ex-Ferrari Boss Coins Retro Nürburgring Suggestion

Now that there are 24 races in the F1 calendar, we are at the peak of the sport, with more fans taking into it by the minute. Drive to Survive has popularized the sport and made it accessible for more fans to get into. To keep up with these building expectations, F1 has the most amount of races than it ever had in the past. While this is a good thing for fans, some people don’t like the idea too much.

Max Verstappen is one of the drivers who has openly expressed how exhausting the 24-race season will be. To increase the number of events happening in a year, there are many new tracks being added to the roaster and most of them happen to be street tracks. Although street tracks are fun to race on as they introduce more fans to the sport, former Ferrari General Manager disagrees.

Peter Windsor talks about bringing back more race circuits to F1

Peter Windsor was asked a question about his thoughts on all the new circuits added to the calendar being street tracks on his podcast. This was a question that Windsor had already asked himself as he had an answer at the tip of his tongue. The Former Ferrari Boss explained, “They’re doing a term and talker version of what Bernie did, except that Bernie would never go down in the city.”

However, these aren’t the kind of races that Windsor has stated enjoying as he said, “That’s why they all got long straights and 90-degree corners. I’m not a fan, obviously. I’m not a fan enough.” Windsor then spoke about the owners of F1 and said, “I’ve made my point, which is that what Liberty could have been doing, and maybe still should do, is build renditions of the great Grand Prix circuits. If they want to have a race in Vegas, do it just on the outskirts of Vegas.”

Although the above might be an unpopular opinion, Windsor made his fans happy when he said, “Let’s do the Nurburgring Nordschleife or Brands Hatch or the old Spa. Let’s have those circuits, or the old Austria, in places like Vegas.” Although these tracks are now off the calendar, they are iconic races that will be very hard to match.

To fix the complications with the circuits, Windsor said, “We can make tracks and build them to 2024 spec, 2025 spec, 2026 spec—really safe, lots of run-off area, big pit complex, everything else you want to have. But actually bring back these old tracks rather than create these weird street circuits that aren’t actually in the middle of town anyway. That’s what I think.” With so many new circuits added to the calendar, let’s take a look at all the street tracks on the 2024 calendar.

F1 2024 street tracks

Seven out of twenty-two Grand Prix this year will be held on street circuits which started from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Jeddah’s high-speed circuit will kick off the 4 consecutive street race sessions with Australia’s Melbourne, Azerbaijan’s Baku, and the USA’s Miami race being the next few events.

This year, we celebrated the Monaco Grand Prix’s 80 years of being in F1. Although the current cars are too big to make the race competitive at Monte Carlo, the iconic race was finally won by the home driver Charles Leclerc. The next race on a street track will be the Singapore GP in September after a series of European races, happening on a traditional race circuit. Last but not least, we will have the Las Vegas circuit that will run along the famous Strip which will conclude all the street races for the season.

There are many benefits of having a street race and getting people to know about the sport is one of the main ones. Being on the roads of a city, the locals get to know about the race without ever being involved in the sport. This brings in many new eyes which has led to the growing popularity of F1 across the globe. What do you think of the increasing number of street tracks added to the calendar? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.