Fabio Quartararo believes the record 22-round length of the recently announced 2024 MotoGP calendar is 'the limit' for the riders.
The FIM announced on Wednesday that next year's calendar will take in 22 rounds beginning in Qatar on 10 March and finishing in Valencia on 17 November.
With the new-for-2023 format featuring sprints, a number of riders have raised concerns about the added stress of a grand prix weekend. "Last year, more or less, you could start FP1 much easier, you make a time attack in FP2 and then in FP3 is where you really start to push yourself to the limit."And this, for me, is the problem. Of course, more than 22 races I think is not possible because physically it's totally different than Formula 1. This is super important.
"If you check the ratio of injuries in this season, there are a lot, and most of the injuries are on the first laps of a sprint race or the first laps of the main race because we're taking more risks, where the riders are pushing more."But in the end we need to get used to this schedule, but it's true – as Fabio says – it's quite demanding on the physical side. If you are tired, then you lose concentration.
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