In recent years a lot of things have changed in Formula 1. There are more races, less testing and Formula is trying new things like the sprint race format. Formula 1 legend Alain Prost gives his opinion in the podcast 'Prost in the Paddock' about the amount of races this season. In his time there were about sixteen races in a season, now that number has increased to twenty or more. "I think the reason for more races is obviously to get more money. It’s always a question of compromise. We lost some big sponsors, when I was there we had the cigarettes, the alcohol, so we lost this big amount of money. We need to get some revenue, so that was the reason. Increasing the number of races...
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