Formula One: Teams slam 2014 calendar and urge change

Rivola said the freight and logistical costs are not necessarily easier on the major teams because they have more equipment and people to transport.



Sauber, a smaller, independent team, is also looking toward 2014 with trepidation.

“For us the biggest headache is definitely personnel because we, as a small team, we have to cover all races, tests and even demo events with the same number of people, the same crew,” Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder said. “The more events you have, obviously the more difficult it gets.

“Then the triple-header; we would have to start packing up on Saturday in Monaco to make it to Jersey.”

Andy Stevenson, team manager for Force India, said the planned four in-season tests will cost the team an additional $8 million, and said the team might skip one or more of those sessions unless more funding is forthcoming.

“With the resources we have available to us now, it won't be possible for us to attend the four tests as planned,” Stevenson said. “We have brought to the table other options, cheaper options that wouldn't give us an advantage but they couldn't be agreed so we're either left with the choice of attending the test or not attending the test.”