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Could a future Formula 1 calendar include 25 races? One of the most intriguing aspects of the recent takeover of F1 is how its new owners, Liberty Media, will look to grow the sport.An early suggestion is that an expansion of the calendar could form a key part of their plans, with what already stands as a record 21-race schedule eventually increasing to 25 grands prix per year. Could it work? And what, if anything, would have to change?. With the help of Sky Sports F1s David Croft and Anthony Davidson, we look at the pros and cons of the debate... Are 25 races a season feasible?F1s calendar has expanded in small increments throughout the sports history. What was a seven-race schedule in 1950 became a 21-race list for the first time this year, with the same number of record races provisionally scheduled again for 2017. History therefore suggests the sport is unlikely to have already hit a glass ceiling.But could the addition of another four rounds be easily accommodated under teams current structures? Sky F1 commentator David Croft isnt convinced.F1 in 2017: The provisional scheduleI dont think it is feasible at the moment, he said. Without increasing staff and finding ways that every member of the team who is currently doing every race can actually have time off, I dont see how you keep up the level of intensity you need in Formula 1 if youre adding another month to your year working away from home, flat out. Where is the release for people, the time with their families, and the work-life balance?And wheres this extra month coming from? Lets not forget, the teams are equally busy in the winter at the factories getting ready for the next season.Since 2008, the F1 season has run from March to November. But whereas in 2008 there were 18 races in a 34-week period, this year that stands at 21 events in 37 weeks. More than half the races are now outside Europe too.But Davidson reckons: I dont see why it cant be done. If its there on the table, someones going to do it.If you were playing devils advocate, you could say those you couldnt do it could move on, and it would give opportunities to the younger generation. The Formula 1 Gossip column All the latest gossip and speculation in the paddock Could the teams workforces cope?McLaren chief Eric Boullier argued last week we are at the limit already and that if the calendar did increase again we would have to have a rotating system with staff people.Croft suspects you can do more races if youre a Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari, but can you do it if youre a Force India or a Sauber where they havent got the money to bring people in?However, one significant sweetener could be the creation of extra income that more races would generate.If you have more races theres the chance you can earn more money out of it, and everyone wants to do that, said Davidson. If under a new structure and one which gives more freedom to have more money to go back into the sport, I reckon more people would like to do more races. Would the race weekend schedule have to change?Changes to F1s long-established three-day race weekend have long been mooted, with the Strategy Group announcing in summer 2015 they had discussed several exciting and innovative changes to the qualifying and race weekend formats for this season. In the end, the ill-fated knockout qualifying format was the only revision which arrived for 2016 and that proved universally unpopular and was abolished after two races.Even before his calls to revamp the Thursday press conference format after the Snapchat controversy of Suzuka, Lewis Hamilton said last year he thought a change of structure for the race weekend would 1000 per cent improve the sport.Its been the same Thursday, Friday, Saturday pretty much and Sunday for the whole nine years that Ive been here, the world champion said at the 2015 Russian GP.Croft believes that any expansion to 25 races would be the right time for the sports powerbrokers to evolve the racing format.If we had 25 races Id like to see a rethink on the way we go racing in this sport, says Croft. Id like to see a different structure to the weekend to go hand-in-hand with it.We accept the way this is how the weekend is structured, but why cant we structure it slightly differently? Keep the grand prix format on the Sunday, but do we need two practice sessions on a Friday when teams have great CFD and computing models? What about two races each weekend?Davidson added: When you see how Formula E works, its all in one day. Bish, bash, bosh, then theyre out of there.However, there are potential drawbacks to shorter race weekends for existing circuits.It depends on the pricing structure, explains Croft. For example, Silverstone would struggle if it was a two-day weekend because they need that Friday, under this structure, to bring people in to make money and afford the grand prix. They are not alone in that respect, but there are probably other venues that could cope with it as their race is funded by a government or someone else. Can there ever be too many races?As one F1 stalwart, Manors Dave Ryan, put it in Sepang when asked if the F1 calendar had reached a natural limit: I go back to the days when we had 14 races and that was too many so...Putting aside the inevitable logistical challenges of an ever-increasing schedule, does F1 first need to have a quality versus quantity debate before pursuing any further expansion plans?I know there are fans out there who would love to see 25 races and, to be honest, if every race is really exciting Id love to see 25 races too, said Croft. But not every race is really exciting, so would you devalue it if there are more and more races and theyre not absolute thrillers?A case study has to be looked at: will more races equal a greater audience? Look at the NFL model. Sixteen matches in a season - that has stayed the same for a long, long time. Less is more in that sport, is that the same with Formula 1?Davidson adds: NASCAR is one of the the most successful motor racing categories in the world, despite being very insular because it only races in America, but its highly successful and they race pretty much every single weekend.Like F1s future calendar, this debate might run and run... Also See: 2016s remaining schedule and TV times The Formula 1 Gossip column Whens the Japanese GP on Sky F1? Get a NOW TV for Sky Sports . PETERSBURG, Fla. .com) - Its fair to call Mike McCarthy one of the best coaches in the NFL but its also more than objective to point out that the veteran mentor bookended the Green Bay Packers season with two, truly awful game plans in Seattle. http://www.bluejacketsshop.com/authenti ... ersey/.com) - The Utah Jazz look to put an end to their five-game losing streak when the Denver Nuggets visit Salt Lake City Monday night. . Jacobs scored two in the first end, but Jahr briefly took charge with two in the second end and two more in the third. Jacobs, from Sault. Marie, Ont., gave Canada some breathing room, following his big fourth end by adding two more points in the fifth to go up 7-4. . In the second game of their day/night doubleheader at Minneapolis, three Blue Jays pitchers, Steve Delabar, Sergio Santos and J.Canadas Alex Gough came up just short in her quest for an Olympic medal in womens luge on Tuesday. Gough finished in fourth, 0.433 seconds behind American Erin Hamlin, who took the bronze medal at the Sanki Sliding Center in Rzhanaya Polyana. "I had great runs today and I knew it was going to be a long shot,"the 26-year-old slider from Calgary said. "It was tough to make a mistake on the first run, I knew I was going to have to fight back from that." Germanys Natalie Geisenberger captured gold with a combined time of 3:19.768, while defending Olympic champion Tatjana Hüfner finished with a silver medal, 1.139 seconds behind her German teammate. Geisenberger was the only slider to travel down the icy chute in under 50 seconds over the entire competition, setting a track record of 49.765 in her third run. Gough finished with a combined four-run time of 3:21.dddddddddddd578, and was unable to win Canadas first medal in the sport. However, her fourth place set a new Canadian-best finish, which she hopes to improve upon as part of the Canadian squad in the team relay event, which starts on Thursday. "Im happy to have been here, I just wish I had done a bit better," Gough said. "Im going to come out and give my best for the team relay, thats always our best event." Calgarys Kimberly McRae, who said she was aiming for a top-10 finish, was happy with her performance after posting a combined time of 3:21.895 for fifth place. "Putting down consistent runs worked so well for me," McRae said. "Now Im going to keep working hard. I have a long summer ahead and well see what happens next year." Arianne Jones, also of Calgary, finished with a time of 3:23.183 for 13th place. ' ' '