How unwanted triple-headers became a fixture on the F1 calendar

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The upcoming Miami Grand Prix will be the first Formula 1 race not to be part of a double- or triple-header since last year’s Canadian Grand Prix on 9 June 2024.
That is a consequence of the expansion of the calendar, which averaged 16 races per season in the 1980s and 1990s but gradually increased to the current 24 over the past two decades or so.
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