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Brawn: We are targeting 24 F1 races per year

Formula 1 motorsport director Ross Brawn believes Formula 1 can do with a world championship season of 24 races while looking to restructure the points system but retaining the three-day grand prix weekend format. This year with 21 races, teams have been stretched to full capacity and the mid-season tripleheader was a gruelling logistics exercise which few want to repeat. This and despite a school of thought that suggests more races cheapens the overall F1 product, Brawn sees it differently, 'We want to increase the amount of races – the number we have said we are targeting is 24 – so we need to reduce the impact of a race weekend on the teams so that we can fit those races in.' 'We...
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