Originally Posted by
campbeex
Seemingly on "sustainability and environmental grounds". Also reported
here.
Perhaps reducing the number of races in a season to a more sensible figure would be a better means of reducing emissions when you take into consideration the amount of travel to/from a grand prix there is (air freight, sea freight, road freight, team member transport, fans travelling etc).
^ this. I wonder how the environmental impact of one display stacks up against the helicopter traffic, given the British Grand Prix generates enough of the latter to warrant its own 3-day RA(T).