Rating F1's 2023 Calendar

With F1 having released a whopping 24 Race + 6 Sprint megaseason, I thought it best to take some time out to rate the whole thing. So I did.

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Music: "Chess Moves" by Telegrams

[ColinUTD]

Why don't they bring back the idea of the European GP with rotating

[tomhoward]

It starts in Aus and ends in Brazil and I will hold that view til the day I die.
Comfortably, 5-6 races could be cut and not missed, and another couple added, and I’d be content with that.

[arturoflash]

Surprised you didn't mention the ridiculous trip that is LV to AD to end the year. They literally couldn't have chosen 2 races further apart from each other to end it

[Jon.S]

What's your ideal calendar then? Maybe do a video with your ideal calendar - which tracks and when etc?

[elToroBandido]

Wow! As a Brazilian, it really brings me joy to see our GP so highly rated :)
It's an amazing track and I hope to drive there at least once in my life.
Just a minor correction, though, it's SÃO or SAO, with an 'O', instead of a 'U'.

[julixxxxx]

I really liked when Stuart centered in on Switzerland when talking about Austria ;P

[cactusng]

chainbear: *mentions saudi issues* also chainbear: *glances over china and azerbeijan*

[edwardcardona]

Once again...WE NEED A GERMAN GRAND PRIX.

If for no other reason than two of the most successful drivers in F1 ever are from Germany, there needs to be one yesterday.

[johnnytifosi]

We've got to the point where we have too many races. Race fatigue sets in in the autumn, each race's importance in the championship is diluted, the championship is way more likely to be settled with several races to go. I still remember the good old days of 16 race seasons, you didn't waste half your weekends, you genuinely looked forward to the next race, it had only proper circuits and it ended in October in Suzuka. Then you had 5 months to get pumped up for the next season. Now with almost half of the year's weekends having races I'm getting too saturated, and I'm finding myself struggling to follow whatever random street circuit grand prix in an obscure dictatorship.

2020 calendar was just perfect. 17 races, lots of proper European circuits added that we never saw again. Where's mugello, where's portimao?

[garrettcrayton]

I love the editor for this video. “There’s a limit to what you can glitter” is the best way I’ve ever seen someone describe Vegas (coming from a Southern Californian)

[zachklemp]

I know you said no speculation, but can you do a video with an "optimum Chain Bear score" to see what we could be scoring out of? Genuinely would be curious to see this type of video from you!

[rockey]

Japan: One of the few races where Europeans have to get up at a weird time
Las Vegas: The race where probably everybody has to watch at a weird time, thanks to being a saturday night race local time :D

[briansergeant]

“Net Zero by 2030” they said. As Patrick Swayze’s ghost once said, “What a crock of 💩”

[NietsNeroche]

I always look forward to the classics; Interlagos, Spa and Suzuka!

[fivetimesyo]

Saudi Arabia gets major points for the on track missiles.

[RyderGaming]

Other than taking up half of my year's weekend my issue with this massive calendar is that there's a lot of back to back races, and triple headers so the power doesn't shift as much between the teams from race to race, simply because there's been no new development of parts.

[luciddaze]

We've almost finished our gloomhaven campaign we started in 2019... I've been skipping races i don't like this year and it's been great! France, the terrible new street circuits, the terrible old street circuits.. it's like a pick n mix now, worth losing my "haven't missed a race since 2000" record/brag.

[lostcarpark]

128.1 sounds exactly right, but it would be helpful to rank a few recent years against it.

[flyingfreak]

Abu Dhabi is like being told you have dinner waiting for you after a long days work and when you get home and it's a toast sandwich.

[JAL]

5:12 yeah I missed it, especially in 2023 when they cancelled again, they just returned to china in 2024 a few weeks ago.