[Captain Ahab Jr]

Agree on F1 moving further away but wouldn't go as far as calling it an endurance clown circus

Worked in F1 for 23yrs or 427 races now, a year in F1 is like dog years or 3-4yrs of working on road cars

Really feeling the relentless, super fast pace, long hours and too many long haul flights this year, especially right now as I'm on day 41 without a day off of a work week I started back in Oct

Pretty much, fully decided by end of next year or latest, beginning of 2026 season, I'll be done with F1, time to leave, don't want to be that slow, old guy that should have retired years ago

Old saying goes.....

It's hard to get into F1 but much harder to leave