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21-race calendar not feasible for F1 teams

Formula 1 is pushing teams beyond breaking point by expanding the calendar to an unprecedented 21 grand prix races in 2016. That is the warning of Toto Wolff, who said that although Mercedes once again dominated this year, the 19-race calendar pushed some team members to the brink. 'We have already seen that 19 races is pushing the physical and mental limits,' he is quoted by the German news agency SID in Stuttgart. So Wolff said adding another two grands prix next year – the debut of the race in Azerbaijan, and Germany's return to the calendar – is simply too much. 'It is no longer possible in my opinion,' said the Austrian. 'This is simply no longer feasible.' The previous...
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