Has F1 become too reliant on street circuits now that the calendar includes eight such tracks?
Of a 17-race calendar, only Melbourne, Monaco and Montreal took the championship away from permanent circuits.And following the cancellation of the Chinese and Emilia Romagna Grands Prix, from the eight rounds run so far, only the Bahrain curtain-raiser and most recent hop to Barcelona have taken place at anything that might qualify as a 'traditional' circuit.
Amid fan complaints about how dull the early races of F1 in 2023 have been, street races have certainly copped their fair share of flak. F1's street track love affair has also forced Pirelli into a state of compromise. In a perfect world with unlimited budgets, a tyre supplier would develop one range of compounds for the demands of permanent tracks and then bring separate rubber tailor-made for street circuits.
"But, because of the regulations, we have to homologate the range of tyres in advance, and so we have to work around the range of homologated compounds. We cannot make any special constructions for street circuits because this is also in the regulations.
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