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Tost: Teams 'on the limit' with 22 races in 2020

Concerns about the ever-growing demands on F1 team personnel as a result of the expanding Grand Prix calendar are forcing managers to consider some radical solutions. With the number of events in a season reaching a record 22 in 2020 - and set to increase further in coming seasons - AlphaTauri principal Franz Tost says that his team may soon have to start rotating staff across race weekends to prevent burn-out. "I think 22 is now the absolute limit," he told RACER magazine. "If we have more races in future then I think teams have to rotate people — mechanics, engineers. Otherwise it’s too much for them.” Hamilton weighs in on work-life pressures in F1 But he added that...
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