Formula 1 will need to move to two-day race weekends in order to chain races one-after-another when the 2020 season finally gets underway, says Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo.
The Australian, who is currently residing on a farm in Western Australia as he and the rest of the grid wait-out the COVID-19 pandemic, remains optimistic F1 will be able to go-ahead with its plan for a jam-packed schedule later in the year, but will have to settle for less on-track action when it does.
"I think they would need to shorten the weekend if we did a race every week," he told French broadcaster Canal+. "I think it would need to be a two-day weekend and not a three.
"If we do it in a logistical way which makes sense -- you know do a Europe phase, then an east side-of-the-world phase and then a west, that could make sense."
And while Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has admitted the teams have given F1's owners Liberty Media "carte blanche" to make the schedule as they see fit, Ricciardo maintains it would be wise for them to still consult the drivers.
"We have the drivers' association [the GPDA] which we are all part of so they can reach us through that and vice versa, we can all collectively go back-and-forth through this family that we have and we can quickly gather opinions and find solutions.
"If they present the option of a two-day weekend, I think us drivers would agree that's a good thing if it means fitting more races in."
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