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George Russell has pledged his support to the idea of banning F1 staff members from working at every Grand Prix throughout seasons. The 2024 calendar will be a record-breaking one with the sport heading to 24 different races in a year for the first time.<\/p>\n
The F1 paddock is currently feeling the strain in the aftermath of the season finale at the Yas Marina Circuit following five races in the span of six weekends to end the campaign. The business end of the 2024 calendar looks set to be even more draining for staff with the curtain falling after a triple-header in Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have it best from every single person in this paddock, the way we travel,\u201d Russell explained after the race in Abu Dhabi. \u201cWe\u2019re in a very fortunate position. But everybody up and down the paddock, I\u2019ve got so many mechanics who are ill.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople [are] in the engineers\u2019 office just really struggling with the constant timezone shifts, the body not knowing where you are, eating at different times, staying in different hotels, different environments, different climates. The body\u2019s getting confused.<\/p>\n
Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive F1 news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez among drivers absent from post-season meal[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think there are talks for next year about personnel being regulated that they can\u2019t do every single race. I think that would be a good thing. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s sustainable to 4,000 people, I think to do 24 races a season. Especially when you see how geographically [diverse the calendar is], it still doesn\u2019t make a huge amount of sense.\u201d<\/p>\n While Russell\u2019s concerns lay with the well-being of team personnel, his own health has suffered from the hectic end to the 2023 season. The Mercedes driver has been complaining of illness-related issues for the past couple of weekends since making the trip to the Nevada desert for the Las Vegas Grand Prix.<\/p>\n More F1… <\/strong>
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