Grand Prix plan looks set to face opposition

MCLAREN boss Ron Dennis has hinted that any proposal to further increase the grand prix calendar for next season could be met with opposition.

The 10 Formula One teams are currently in the middle of an exhausting period of six races in eight weeks, which started last month with back-to-back races at Monaco and the Nurburgring.

The teams have subsequently shipped all their equipment across the Atlantic and are preparing for this weekend’s United States Grand Prix just a few days after the Canadian event.

It is then back to Europe for the French and British Grands Prix on July 4 and 11, all to accommodate an 18-race season, and unsurprisingly the teams are finding it hard work.

However, with Formula One ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone listening to offers from other countries to stage races, an already congested calendar could yet be added to.

Dennis, though, believes all the teams have learned their lesson this season and are wary of the stresses and strains it imposes on their personnel.