I Coded the MOST Optimal Formula 1 Calendar

[@mifphilip]

Australia should honestly be the season opener again. It would also mean that they start in the place furthest away.

[@FTRRacingTv]

You can only have Aus near the start or the end cause any other time during the year and sunsets at 4-6 pm and we all know it will be late afternoon so Europe can watch it

[@MarkHewitt1978]

Australia's new contract says they will be the season opener at least some of the time.

[@TheDisturbanceTheory]

Agreed, Australia then Japan, head west and finish in Brazil seems like the shortest distance.

[@nathanjonsson6467]

Wouldn't south Africa be better?

[@dylanjmatthews]

@@nathanjonsson6467 We first need to get on the calandra which now doesn’t sound like its happening anytime soon 😢

[@Minecraftfreaks5]

To account for the „perfect“ weather in each country, you could have split the year in quarters, checking the best season for each race and then planned each quarter putting the tracks in the first quarter in which each race track is reasonable to drive on. So Canada probably either 2nd or 3rd Quarter and hotter countries into 1st or 4th quarter

[@offthegridF1]

Yeah that’s a great idea!

[@xanderveldmuisje]

Yeah but then there isn't a season. And drivers want a break sometimes

[@justadummy8076]

Yeah but I don’t want perfect weather, I want unpredictability in weather conditions

[@groundedgaming]

@@justadummy8076of course, but for some tracks, it really isn't feasible. Let's say Sochi still existed, and... snow. Singapore, summer (actually it is all year long, but), sorching hot even at night in June. I think you get the point, but I do agree a bit. Like the recent Monaco GP, the rain coming out at the end was really fun for watching teh strategy!

[@Minecraftfreaks5]

@@xanderveldmuisje of course there is. You can still check for breaks between the weekends. making multiple breaks during the races in Europe because most if not all factories are in Europe and maybe less breaks during the part in North/South America because the trip back to Europe would be burning to much carbon.

[@AGKaiju]

As much as I like your point on Brazil as a finale... it's that choice which kinda wrecks the optimal route.

[@offthegridF1]

Yeah good point, maybe have it after Mexico 🇲🇽

[@josephmcdonagh1700]

@ Off The grid if you started in Australia Brazil would be a good ending

[@mattprior219]

Either that or do Brazil, aus, Singapore and finish in Japan. Another great track and the Japanese fans are amazing

[@thecompanioncube4211]

@@offthegridF1 Suzuka would also be a great choice for season Ender

[@aleksandardjordjevic95]

​@@offthegridF1 It would not change a lot, but season opener should be Australia like before

[@WEBBERSPADE]

I know this is all abstract, but that order sounds really attractive. It's actually a nice idea too imagining how the Circus is snaking its way in one long route around the world.

[@diegoemanuel8641]

Bro, having Imola, Monza, Monaco, Spain and Spa one after another just sounds Mad

[@lostcarpark]

I think you have some great ideas here, but the amount of travel time and set up time between races means you can't just dismantle all the F1 equipment and set it up at the next race. The majority of equipment is shipped by sea/road, which means there need to be several sets of equipment moving around the world, arranged so that everything needed for a race arrives at the correct venue with enough time to complete setup. As the heavy equipment is the slowest moving part, and the personnel can relatively easily travel in for the race weekend, the most optimal schedule might not put the nearest races adjacent to each other. For example, the American races are all so spread out that having them all one after the other might require having several sets of heavy equipment on the American continent. Spreading the American races over the season would allow one set of equipment to start in Canada and work its way down the continent and the teams just fly in for the races. Since they would have gone back to base anyway, that's not really adding any extra travel. As far as I know, there are currently five sets of heavy equipment. I think it might be more efficient to try to reduce that to 3 sets, one in America, one in Aisa/Australia, and one in Middle East/Europe, and work out the most efficient schedule for each set and have the people fly in to meet the equipment. The other thing that could reduce carbon footprint and costs is limiting the amount of equipment teams can fly in to each race. I believe that currently the cars are flown from the team factory to each race. If the bulk of the cars were shipped with the heavy equipment between races, and teams were allowed to fly a set amount of upgrades to each race, limited by weight, that would reduce the amount of costly (both in terms of expense and in emissions) air freight.

[@offthegridF1]

Yeah you’re right, they use multiple sets of equipment for the different continents that get shipped at the start of the season

[@marekbuhla6729]

Yes you are 100% right and ppl think that everything goes from one race to another.. There are 4 sets for non-EU races and 1 for EU races and problably first set came back for EU too bcs double/tripple header.. Also 70% (maybe even more) of The time after races every critical equipment that are transported by plane goes back to Factory and same with ppl they go Home (Europe most od The time) and then go back to where The race is held.. So it rly doesnt matter that much if races are close geographicly bcs everything critical still goes back to europe..

[@JIKwood]

The thing about American races is it isn't that hard to drive between them. You could easily drive from one to the other of you have teams of drivers that swap off on each truck and they only stop for gas and food. They already so that for Europe. Trucks drive around America all the time and they make quick deliveries with only 1 driver. Essentially having all the American races together is not to dissimilar to having all the European races together.

[@marekbuhla6729]

@@JIKwood Buddy its literally not possible to have them together.. First thing is weather you cant drive 2 monts later in Miami and you cant drive 2 months earlier in Montreal.. Also there are almost 300 trucks going from one race to another not 10.. Also in Europe you have race much closer together thats why.. In America to go from Miami to Montreal and then back to Texas (vegas this year) is ridicolous and thats why they go via boat its way more ecological.. Dont worry they make a lot of thinking before making calendar and it is not that easy to come with it.. There are hundreds of things to look out for when making a calendar.. This is thing that F1 get so much undeserved hate bcs ppl dont dive deep into problem just look from the outside and hate..

[@JIKwood]

@@marekbuhla6729 ok you obviously didn't get my point. I said that having the American races together wouldn't be too different to having the European races together. Plus you know how they have that one kit for Europe? Well now they can set one aside for America. Also I didn't say anything about if it could even be possible. I just said the driving wouldn't be hard. There are so many semi's on America's highways. What's 300 more (if what you're saying is actually true which I don't exactly believe). Besides the trucks don't all leave at the same time. They're going to be staggered based on how quickly they're packed. So that's going to spread them out.

[@davidreichert9392]

Honestly, the only month where decent racing weather in Montreal is assured is June. Canada is well known for our freezing winters, but many are unaware that our summers are actually blazing hot (and very humid in the area of the St. Lawrence Seaway). So July and August would make for bad months, and anywhere from September to May there is actually potential for sub-zero temperatures overnight. The problem is that in June it is too hot to hold a race at any of the US and Mexican circuits, hence why the Canadian Grand Prix is usually held during the European portion of the schedule.

[@bendubz9000]

Canada and Monaco are the killers to any potential reorganisation. Monaco is contracted to always be late May. And as you say Canada has to be June because of the weather, but is isolated from the rest of the NA Calendar. I think the only tenuous solution would be to risk a mid-May Canada, have it immediately preceded by one of Vegas/COTA and Miami. Then a week off for travel before getting Monaco in its usual spot. Put the other of Vegas/COTA next to Mexico and Interlagos in the Autumn

[@davidreichert9392]

@@bendubz9000 What would be great is if F1 gave up on the disaster that is Miami and moved that race to Watkins Glen, which could easily be run within a week of the Can GP.

[@EmmanuelBalderasSchecterPlayer]

Actually Mexico City is quite temperate in terms of the weather, i think the peak temperature might be 30 C during summer, and the average is 27 C. The problem is during spring and summer it rains and floods a lot, so I think it’s best to keep it at the end to avoid another Imola situation.

[@technerd9655]

As a Canadian, I can confirm you are right about the weather, though, at least here in Toronto, and I assume Montreal would be similar, there is hardly any risk of sub-zero temperatures overnight. August and September (at least the first 3 weeks of September) is the hottest time of the year (add in late July). But who cares, not gonna be hotter than Mexico City or some of the other cities if the Canadian GP was in July. The Molson Indy...err I mean Honda Indy... is held here in Toronto in July, it gets HOT! Speaking of which, it'd be nice to have a North American GP that cycles through a Canadian track, US track, and Mexican track in a 3 year cycle, I'd love to see F1 on the streets of Toronto or at an upgraded Mosport/CMP.

[@technerd9655]

Oh, and no Monaco GP on the same weekend of the Indy 500 (just to let race fans focus on one special race, not 2 special races, not even for F1 teams/drivers to have a chance to enter the Indy 500, as cool as that might be to have all 20 F1 drivers attempt to qualify Indy cars in the 500, whether F1 points were up for grabs or not like in the old days)

[@ambergris5705]

Maybe the biggest takeaway from this video is that the cars emissions actually amount to 0,7% of the total carbon emissions of the sport. Makes you think... and realise that we should bring back the V10.

[@IIGrayfoxII]

After Texas, the next race should be LA, then Mexico, then Brazil. Then go to Australia, then Singapore, then China then Japan. But due to Abu Dhabi being contracted as the last race, starting say near it, then going west is easiest.

[@FurryestX]

Where would you race in LA? On the Racing Oval? FIA Grade 1 closest track is Laguna Seca

[@joosep3668]

@@FurryestXVegas

[@randomturkyt]

they arent going to los angeles theyre going to las vegas

[@arhanschulze6245]

​@@FurryestXI think Laguna seca is unfortunately a grade 2 circuit so f1 cars won't race there and it is unlikely to change as they are already doing big track upgrades right now and bringing it up to a grade 1 circuit isn't part of their plans so it would be a while until the next upgrade.

[@janavarrette9206]

I honestly want them to bring back Indianapolis

[@JoshSpeed2010]

If we make Kyalami a grade 1 circuit we could always stop by there on our way to Brazil from Australia and that would make it a proper “world” championship

[@xyz1415]

The missing piece. Maybe someday

[@fulumukwevho4744]

Hopefully next year

[@lvyathan]

@@fulumukwevho4744 about that...

[@fulumukwevho4744]

@@lvyathan I just got word that due to our Russian-Ukraine war stance the deal was cancelled. It’s really bullshit because it’s the west making South Africa their bitch again. Putin legit said if he’s arrested in South Africa he’ll take that as a declaration of war, which is hardly fair because if we get into a war with Russia NATO isn’t going to help us. America has done more to world than anyone yet they have 3 fucking races and Africa doesn’t even have 1? Yet this is a fucking World Championship???? Really ????

[@doghat1619]

it really says a lot about south africa that we can race in baku, china and all across the middle east but south africa is too corrupt.

[@BonomiShow]

The problem with the optimized race schedule, and why it will never happen, is because of ticket sales and marketing utility. Despite being an elite sport, if you have two races in a row in very close proximity, many people who would like to buy tickets for both may end up buying just for one race. Same thing with the sponsors, who will have a much greater marketing effect during the year with two races at different times. So, two spaced races, one at the beginning and another at the end of the year, for example, can help encourage and heat up the advertising market much more and also ticket sales.

[@offthegridF1]

Yeah it’s a good point, starting to think there’s no such thing as an optimised calendar

[@zzapel54]

​@@offthegridF1 Optimized in itself is subjective. You created an optimized sustainably- prioritized calendar. F1 as an org is balancing revenue generation optimization, keeping teams happy, and comprising with GP hosts and their terms. And their prioritization of those things depends on where they want to go as an org in the long term. Usually it's about money though 🤷‍♀️ c'est la vie.

[@mark123655]

A few other problems with this 'optimisation' - the circuit operators dont want similar events close to theirs as its viewed as competition for spectators - better to spread them out - a lot of the freight for the fly-aways goes by sea (much slower) and all teams have at least two fly-away kits, whereas in Europe they truck race to race. So you probbaly couldnt do Japan - Singapore - Australia in that order.

[@TheTeremaster]

Also it adds a lot more intercontinental flights. Drivers and staff aren't robots, they have homes and families. doing two big euro stretches with the intercontinentals split between them means those people are moving with the calendar and go home with the calendar, in this "optimisation" the F1 paddock would be doing way more intercontinental flights that they do now

[@leandrocamoezischinzari1302]

You forget to consider that teams have 3 kits of equipments that travel through the races, the equipment of race 1, go by ship directly to race 4. However, I liked you approach

[@profix25lo]

0:25 you talk about carbon emissions and show a cooling tower which emits 100% water vapor.

[@aleksbalazic]

Don't bother, these climate activists can't tell white from red

[@erikogren7996]

Nuclear power shaming 😢

[@lostcarpark]

Water vapour may not be a carbon emission, but it still can be a surprisingly potent greenhouse gas.

[@erikogren7996]

@@lostcarpark potent in huge amounts not compareble to C02

[@lostcarpark]

@@erikogren7996 That's true. Also water vapour in cooling towers mostly condenses within the tower, so not really a problem there. There are cases where water vapour can be a real problem. For example if we were to have widespread adoption of hydrogen fuel cells, which are emission free except for water vapour, it could lead to a concentration of water vapour over cities, which can lead to localised temperature rises in cities. All of this has nothing to do with CO2 from Formula One.

[@vedantkothari5072]

But u see, the issue with this is, races nearby will have less sales if done in a very short interval

[@GreatCdn59]

exactly! its one of the reasons Monza is in the fall and Imola in the spring - so they don't step on each other's ticket sales and space out the visits. if they were back-to-back, they likely wouldn't come close to the ticket sales they currently have

[@vedantkothari5072]

@@GreatCdn59 exactly my point, eg- my father wont approve for 200$ worth tickets in 2 weeks whereas he might if theres is a gap of lets say. 3-4 months, The sales are the heart of a business, if no sales occur, the just forget f1 existence. Also lets think about sponsors, they wont sponsor both event in the the same time period, after a period they might, this will effect both budget and effectiveness.

[@technerd9655]

​@vedant kothari maybe that price needs to be more realistic? Like $100 instead of $200? Yes, I know, I'm dreaming.

[@vedantkothari5072]

@@technerd9655 not the point mate.

[@tttezzon]

I absolutelly loved Brazil as as a season finish race BUT Brazil is at a heavy rain season at this point (DEC, JAN and FEB) which could jeopardize the race due to the current wet tires reliability

[@dominik--]

which is perfect!

[@Lunarr0ck]

The only track where rain is a serious concern is SPA.

[@tttezzon]

@@Lunarr0ck what about Enzo and Dino Ferrari Track this year? And rain here can at least delay the races to the point of what occured at SPA 2021 or to be cancelled.

[@ankhayratv]

They also take into consideration that tracks nearby ideally have some calendar space between them, so people can go to both races. But they've also not done that (Like: BE and NL were close 2021/2022 and DE and HU were very close some years ago)

[@MarkHewitt1978]

But how many people really go to more than one F1 race in a year? I can't think it would be that many as to affect attendances.

[@NEFEMARS]

@@MarkHewitt1978Im sure Americans would. There’s 3 races in US.

[@mrenglish96]

Fantastic video, I was talking about this exact topic the other day to someone so it’s great to see it visualised. Good job

[@offthegridF1]

Appreciate it😁

[@InfinteIdeas]

Remember that most of the stuff for flyaway races is shipped by sea, so that greatly changes how the Calendar works

[@df8340]

Miami in the summer would be hella awesome because it would be 100% chance of rain at 4pm for 15min. Do you pit for inters or stayout? It would make it a really fun race. horrible to be at though lol

[@0AFonseca]

Miami need to be until June 1st, the Hurricane Season in Miami starts June 1st and ends November 30th, they can't program a race for any of the months in between, specially in the Summer that it's the worst time in the Hurricane Season

[@Kualinar]

The first race in Montréal was held in October. During the whole weekend, the temperature stayed under 4°C. At time, there was snow falling and puddles of ice. Regarding the Ramadan... It's date change every year. It happen about 2 weeks earlier than the previous year. This may not the absolute best calendar, but it would be pretty hard to get better.

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

Yeah. Ramadan is the main reasons why F1® in Middle East never get a permanent date.

[@DanielRodriguez-gm1ih]

There is a video by formula 1 that explains the logistics of all this. They talk about how they have different sets of the equipment. Some that travels around Europe and another that travels on sea to other cities weeks before hand. Then they go back and forward. That’s why they can’t just have races so close on distance because it doesn’t allow them time to ship it to the next race. It seems on this video it didn’t account for those sets and sea transportation.

[@SpektrikMusic]

this video accounted for nothing and is a bit useless tbh

[@doghat1619]

@@SpektrikMusic there's still a valid point to be made about the absurdity of some parts of the calender. such as flying to miami in the middle of the european stretch. or flying all the way back to abu dhabi for the ending, instead of handling that circuit near the start of the season.

[@SpektrikMusic]

@@doghat1619 contracts with the Abu Dhabi circuit being the last race of the season, the stadium might be in use during other parts of the year + not grouping American races together too.

[@doghat1619]

@@SpektrikMusic F1 chose to make AD the final race when they signed that contract, and the American races are so far apart and so expensive that they don't suffer the same problems. Miami to Las Vegas is literally a continent away. The only people that can go to all three american races, are also rich enough that they wouldn't worry about the cost if they were back to back.

[@TheTeremaster]

@@doghat1619 Well you can't race in miami between august and february. They literally cannot move it to the American stretch because the NFL is using the venue for their season at that time. Realistically that should mean we just don't race there, but sadly it's not that simple

[@Titot182]

At 537Km, you can take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Singpaore. You're an order of magnitude out, but the logic you put in is insightful nonetheless. The irony of global warming rendering some of these circuits untenable despite the drive for carbon neutrality is somewhat ironic, but it's a good reflection to see that models don't often marry up with real-life factors which can't be readily assumed. Great stuff, mind

[@offthegridF1]

Yeah should have been 5370km, said in the video but was a typo haha

[@mikii2001]

11:50 YES! Interlagos always delivered.

[@TypicallyThomas]

As a Python programmer that's crazy about F1 and does a lot of projects like this, but never this, I love this kind of content. Subbed

[@offthegridF1]

Cheers 😊

[@tomas.lambert]

One thing you didn’t account for is that there are 3 different paddocks that are traveling from one to place. So while the distance looks huge if you travel from one place to another, it’s actually not that big and allows the different paddocks to move from one place to another. So the way it is now is probably as efficient as possible given contractual and time constraints

[@davidvalencia129]

Fast forward 8 months and they're going to race during ramadan in the first 2 races :)

[@jorgeoliveira015]

you won my heart for what you said about the brazilian track

[@offthegridF1]

It’s needs to happen now!

[@sunil_de6856]

And now to perfect this calendar we skip the first 4 races entirely

[@Nitrox-.]

Another thing to consider is that certain venues pay for certain spots on the calendar. Afaik, Abu Dhabi pays extra to be the season finale. I also recall that Suzuka insists to be later on in the season, although I might be mistaken on that one.

[@ML-ek6jb]

Another point that i havent seen being mentioned is the fans perspective, some formula one fans go to many close races because they aren’t at the same time. For example the imola and the monza race this year happen in may and september so if you live near and you can afford it you will want to go to both but if they are only one week apart, u probably can’t manage to go to both because of work and costs! So as much as I’d love a more sustainable calendar, f1 planned it this way to max out supporters attendencies as well as all what you have mentioned

[@themightyzachary]

wouldn't it have been a better idea to calculate between the airports and not the actual tracks? idk if it would make a big difference, but it would make more sense right?

[@manuelgrothe608]

7:52 for the F1 Dutch Grand Prix should race at TT Circuit Assen

[@tanmayjain3543]

11:13 Suzuka to Singapore is actually 5300 km

[@tanmayjain3543]

9:47 Who else thinks that the elevation into turn 1 at COTA looks like a scene straight out of inception 👀

[@craigberry669]

Net zero is a fun term we use that is nearly impossible on a global scale. Especially knowing that there are 3 cargo ships with identical sets of team materials that leapfrog one another throughout the calendar year.

[@samueldorrington8990]

Hi great video, and impressive to work that all out. If they have to return all the equipment to UK every now and then could you not code that into your program? For example could you tell the program to start in the UK. Travel to 3 venues and then return to the UK. This would mimic 3 weekends of back to back racing followed by a break.

[@Narmatonia]

You could start the European season in Imola, and end it in Monza without too much added distance, that way the two races in Italy aren’t too close

[@lesjankarko1893]

You listed religion and contract caveats but you still put 4 Middle East races around the Ramadan time and Abu Dhabi as not the finale. Add Miami after the summer break is in the peak of hurricane season.

[@offthegridF1]

I’m just saying how this is list is far from perfect, there are thousands of things I haven’t considered

[@cosmetrouillet2295]

in 5 years Ramadan will be in february or near it so it won't be a problem

[@syed_mamoon99]

Again it would be incredible to have all the Gulf races grouped either at the start or the end of the year.

[@ithrashh]

In my opinion this idea would make the schedule a lot less exciting since the changes in environment and culture would be much smaller between the races. It just wouldn’t feel as fresh every race

[@LachiBoii]

pretty sure Australia has a clause in the contract that it must be one of the first three.

[@offthegridF1]

Oh interesting! Didn’t know that

[@FTRRacingTv]

​​@@offthegridF1 Yes, the Australian Grand Prix has a clause in its contract that it must be one of the first three races of the Formula One season. This clause was included in the contract as part of the deal to extend the race's contract until 2037. The clause is designed to ensure that the Australian Grand Prix remains a major event on the Formula One calendar and that it continues to attract large crowds. The Australian Grand Prix is one of the most popular races on the Formula One calendar and it is always a sell-out event. The race is also a major tourist attraction for Melbourne and it helps to boost the city's economy. The clause in the contract that requires the Australian Grand Prix to be one of the first three races of the season is a major boost for the race and for Melbourne. The clause ensures that the race will continue to be a major event on the Formula One calendar and that it will continue to attract large crowds.

[@earl.seress]

@@FTRRacingTv me when ai

[@metal_4me200]

5:19 bro really said azerbaijan is a city 💀

[@Sputif]

Lol

[@unflexian]

then he says it's in the middle east

[@atrspeed92]

hey great vid, i really enjoyed it! youre killing it bro.. in addition id like to add that month of ramadan is based on lunar calendar, which it will move slightly earlier every year.

[@offthegridF1]

Cheers mate!

[@garrettstover19]

Just discovered you today but in my opinion you are the perfect person to become a big KZbinr lovely voice along with incredible production quality, keep it up.

[@ethanwatt-dz3xq]

So to update this with the confirmed 2024 China GP, you’d put Shanghai between Japan and Singapore. Also, IMO, I think we should start with the Asian section (Australia-Japan), then have a short break, then go to the Middle East, then Europe, then North America, finish in Brazil.

[@Okuni_]

this doesnt matter since everyone will be going home after each race most optimal formula 1 calendar would be 24 races in monaco since almost every driver lives in monaco

[@PainfeelzPreview]

I'm just thinking. Isn't the flight from USA to Japan shorter through the Pacific? Same goes for Australia to Brazil?

[@MilkySteve]

He says on video he doesn’t show flight path

[@kdwaynec]

He got stuck on the Mercator projection. A rotatable spherical map would've looked so much better.

[@2Fast4Mellow]

You can't put Miami anywhere after the summer break as the NFL season goes from August (pre-season) to February (SuperBowl) meaning that the Miami GP has to take place before that! That is a hard constraint as the Hard Rock Stadium (where F1 drives in the parking lot of) is the home of the Miami Dolphins... Do you think it is a good idea to race in the middle east near the summer break when they have the highest temperatures? This is why those races are placed at the beginning and end of the season (as far away from summer). You could possibly start in the Middle east with two races, jump over the Atlantic and go to Canada, Las Vegas, Austin, Miami, Mexico, Brazil and than go to Australia (would near winter there), Japan, China, Malesia, Baku, rest of Europe and finish again in the Middle east. But I'm pretty sure than many countries/circuits have additional constraints. For example in many countries they also need to have resources available outside the track such as fire, police and hospitals. Meaning there can't be to many other events near that weekend. You may have the perfect calendar in ecological terms, but unfortunately that isn't the only thing you have to take into account!

[@Housestationlive]

no one singer on earth would accept an international tour as disorganized as the formula 1's one.

[@yusuf9677]

wudnt it be more efficient to go from vegas to interlagos, and then austrailia, singapore and finally in japan

[@nothingleft777]

If F1 truly want to be sustainable, they have to change the calendar

[@mikulitsi1819]

Yes yes yes. F1 calendar needs so much more optimization and this looks great to be honest and even has Bahrain as the first track and Brazil as the finale as it should be 😍Great video!

[@ElijahHawk]

I think you have Miami right in the middle of Dolphins preseason. You wouldn't be able to race without specific planning and concessions around NFL schedules at that time of the year.

[@michaelvanderpol5968]

Melbourne in November would be amazing. You wouldn't know what the weather could be, rain one minute 30 degrees the next

[@LiqdPT]

One of the downsides of having regional races scheduled together is possibly ticket sales. I noticed it up front with the first 4 races that are normally at either end of the calendar. Fans in the region might be willing to travel to 2 or more races if they're spread out in the season, but with them all clustered together like that, they're much more likely to only go to one.

[@quattrocam]

Great video! We need more smaller UK auto creators, keep up the good work!!

[@LiamJM10]

Aware this video is a year old now, but Miami being placed in what will be late August/September is a massive oversight. Hurricane season and ghe facility isn't even available due to the NFL season starting. Idk if the latter was simply ignored to provide a theoretical best case scenario for the logistics, but its fairly well known why the Miami and Canada at fhe very minimum arent closer together on the calendar (they're not thst close distance wise, but they are closer given theres dips in and out of Asia and Europe in between.

[@nerfmono1]

Bro used ChatGPT to describe the race track locations

[@Alex-yt8gn]

Wouldn't it be smarter to go from Cota to Las Vegas to Mexico and from there to Brazil and after that to Asia/Australia?

[@JelleW2404]

Yea and with Japan as season final🤩

[@kdon116]

9:12 theres no way we could have the Miami GP during Football season in September/October, the Dolphins are gunna need the parking lot

[@manuelgrothe608]

10:03 formula One needs to race at Autodromo de Yucatán in Mexico

[@jakefrenkel8845]

4:16 The picture of Bahrain you used is actually the international go karting track where a few f1 drivers have practiced.

[@jpearson274]

would it not make sense to go from north america down to interlagos and then across to asia + australia, it saves that final 13,000km flight from melbourne to brazil, only adding an extra flight from vegas to brazil

[@yestesii216]

Going from East (Australia first Race) to the West and finishing the season in Brazil Sao Paulo would be the best.

[@Ash_jade25]

I honestly find it crazy how much they fly back to the headquarters in between races, that’s gotta have almost every person working for the teams flying like 3/4 times a week?? That’s insane.

[@GriffinCodes]

You zoomed in on the karting track for the Bahrain GP lol

[@offthegridF1]

Oh yeah haha how did I not notice that🤣

[@onionskin3254]

"We are doing to keep Bahrain as the opene- *quits video*

[@blackcyborg009]

Would it be possible to set a cap to a maximum of 20 races per year? (instead of the current 23)

[@talk2thoran]

I think we'll just have to trust your ability to code the shortest path algorithm, because that doesn't seem obviously the shortest paths. Will you be publishing a link to your repo?

[@yudhabagaskara98]

Ramadhan will start in mid-march for next year. I think the middle eastern race should be pushed back to October/November for next year

[@adivkuray13]

The races themselves are at night, but I get what you mean

[@D3Vlicious]

The thing that seems to be missing here is that a significant amount of the teams' gear is transported via sea freight, on board 5 container ships.

[@manuelgrothe608]

6:11 we need the German Grand Prix at Tempelhof

[@edymiguel4247]

Something else to add is the fans. Do you really want to see 2 US GP back to back? Same applies to the numerous EU GPs, are you willing to go to see consecutive GPs in consecutive weeks in EU?

[@louiscypher4186]

You could have shaved off 3000Km's by including Brazil in the Americas leg so you only cross the Pacific once. If you were willing to surrender Bahrain you can reduce even more.

[@quintuscrinis]

Agree that Brazil probably should be with the American races, but Brazil also needs to be the final race. Starting in Australia is definitely rhe best option though.

[@offthegridF1]

Yeah very true, testing would have to be in Australia though 🇦🇺

[@remirms2239]

That's not how TSP works. 😅 This is mathematically optimal, just not realistic given the assumptions made.

[@FurryestX]

​@@offthegridF1Bathurst Testing, perfection

[@UltraBanshee]

The race in Texas needs to be in March, April, May, or after late October because it gets super hot and humid from late May to mid October

[@tylerlandry1669]

The most optimal calendar is one race at silverstone 😂😂

[@fossilrex9770]

Mexican here, you should have gotten into account that the Mexico City Grand Prix is one of the last races, taking place by the end of October because it’s close to día de muertos, the city government works with the organizers of the race to incentivize tourism from foreigners who come watch the race

[@Baer1990]

If the close races are right after eachother, people can only get tickets for one. But with a few paychecks in between it is easier to get all seats occupied

[@manuelgrothe608]

11:03 The Japanese Grand Prix should be held at Fuji Speedway

[@WH0oo...]

Inserting a personal bias at the start is an immediate no go. You haven't thought about it deep enough. You have let out some of the major factors that would be essential to get any tracks to buy in, one occurring with holidays or avoiding holidays. Exercise in purely abstract in the end, more work and greater frustration as you come up against resistance and you feel locked in to your "right" solution. Looking forward to v0.0.2

[@youafruitcup]

Miami can't be any later than mid July since its literally outside an NFL stadium

[@ArturoBrunoCarrillo]

But shouldn't the flight distance should be considered between airports and not the track itself?

[@benthepenguin7435]

did you say 537km down to Singapore? there is no way that this flight is only 537km long. i think you meant to say 5.370km flight

[@offthegridF1]

Yeah you’re right haha was a typo

[@sus_shenoy]

The problem is, most of the teams anyway travel back to base after a race, taking with them the car etc. The other goods like garage infra etc. is sent to the closest next race- all North American races have same set of infra as do all European and so on

[@Waschlack]

You mentioned the TSP problem but iirc it means that the salesman has to end up at his start location at the end of the route. Wouldn't prim's algorithm be more suited for this problem?

[@offthegridF1]

Yeah I think you’re right that would be a better solution!

[@zsebesimarcell495]

amazing video🔥🔥

[@offthegridF1]

Cheers mate 🙏🏻

[@geordimeck]

Wouldn’t driving from Miami to COTA be more cost efficient? Also couldn’t the calendar have been pushed back slightly to do Miami / COTA / Vegas then Mexico and Brazil to go back around the world to Japan / Singapore / Australia / etc

[@0AFonseca]

Start in Australia, move to Asia, then to the Middle East, then Europe, then Canada, then United States, then Mexico and finally Brazil. This would be the most efficient, the problem with mine and yours is Miami, check Hurricane Season at Miami, it starts June 1st and ends at November 30th, so Miami have to be one of the first few races.

[@Pubwie]

Good work. I hope f1 looks at this!

[@yhbarve]

This is a great schedule. I'd actually want Saudi Arabia to be the season opener or the season finale.

[@YHK_YT]

4:16 that’s the karting circuit not the circuit, the one right beside it, the big one, is the actual circuit

[@tchookyz2957]

Just so you know, nuclear energry is one of the greenest source of energy. The fume is actually water . 0:24

[@Gbzildo]

Thats a traveling salesman problem, just simulate anneal it

[@Yoshi92]

Facts: Off The Grid with 2820 subscribers coded the most optimal F1 calendar, 2.3 times more efficient than the original. F1 with billions of dollars (and God knows how many employees) isnt able to calculate a fun & eco-friendly calendar. *The state of our world in a nutshell. Depressing reality.* Great video! 🏆💯

[@xanderveldmuisje]

Great video keep up the good work!

[@rodrigonaranjogonzalez6444]

my computer science thesis is literally this video (a bit more complex but lmao), how am i supossed to explain this to my tutor

[@manuelgrothe608]

7:33 The French Grand Prix should be held in the Streets of Paris

[@Shionita]

As a data science enthusiast, programmer, and F1 fan, I appreciate the algorithm recommended me this video 🤣

[@THEAilin]

When praising the Esses in Cota you forgot to mention the actual inspiration, Suzuka.

[@fidan2fast]

He mentioned that the whole track is a homage to other cirquits

[@kri5t0b4l]

Quick question on the last stretch. I know nothing about cargo flights but can we fly goods from Melbourne to Sao Paulo ? Passenger flights seem to have a minimum of 1 stop, in Doha for Qatar Airways for example. Which is more like 24000km. Would it be better to start with Canada and go to Bahrain, then following your optimised map. Thanks for the interesting video

[@technerd9655]

😂😂😂 a Canadian GP in February? You will get us Canucks out to the race, even in a slight snow storm, but Pirelli wild need to make an extreme winter tire with ultra soft winter compound and aggressive snow and ice tread. And the excess heat from the engine cooling system may need to be directed at the batteries, electrical system, and the driver. Or just move the race to the streets of Vancouver if you want temps between 10°C and 15°C and keep thr February date. Late March would be the earliest you could realistically target to have a reasonably not cold and snow-free race in Montreal.

[@technerd9655]

Those tires may not last more than 5 or 10 laps at the most, so I guess it would make for some strategy and overtaking.