Despite facing F1's longest-ever season and the prospect of doing so with fewer staff on hand, Guenther Steiner says people working in F1 are 'privileged' to have their jobs. This season Formula 1 has 23 race scheduled, starting in late March with the Bahrain Grand Prix and ending in mid December with the Abu Dhabi finale. Once again traversing the globe, the calendar includes two triple-headers and five back-to-back grands prix. It is shaping up to be a trying schedule for Formula 1's mechanics, especially as one of the teams will be reducing staff levels in light of the sport's new $145 million budget cap. But while Steiner concedes it won't be 'easy', he feels F1 personnel are...
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