The issues F1 must consider amid its ruthless expansion drive
Formula 1 is beginning to tackle serious questions about its environmental credibility and sustainability with firm action, but against a backdrop of burnout and a relentlessly expanding schedule. Something’s got to give, says MARK GALLAGHER
The earth is warming, seasons are changing, extreme weather conditions are becoming more prevalent, and some countries face the prospect of becoming uninhabitable. While the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seeks to implement the 2016 Paris Agreement to restrain global warming to between 1.5 and 2.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, Formula 1 enters its new season and new era with a record 23-race calendar.
This includes its most recent addition, Saudi Arabia, whose giant, state-owned oil company Aramco is now an official partner – of F1 and of the Aston Martin team. As we add a second grand prix in the United States, a third is under discussion. The oft-quoted target of reaching 25 races per season edges ever closer.
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