George Russell wants to change the Formula 1 rules to outlaw staff from being on duty at all 24 races per season.
F1 plans to make that many stops on its global tour next season and every campaign after that for the foreseeable future. But even with just 22 races this season the paddock has been left exhausted by the travel.
Russell finished third in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to end the year on a high. And he did so despite suffering illness in the latter stages of the season, exacerbated by the workload.
"Firstly, in Vegas with a big fever, I couldn't sleep and just felt awful," said the Mercedes racer. "And then I've had a horrendous cough that stayed with me all weekend in the car.
"I was coughing every single lap, but when you're strapped into the car, you can't breathe. You can't take a deep breath in to get the cough out. So, it was just constantly with me. It was pretty, pretty miserable. So I was pleased to bring it home when I saw that chequered flag."
Drivers will not be able to take race weekends off when they feel like it during the season. But Russell thinks the duty that F1 and the teams have to the wellbeing to their staff means it should be mandated that personnel are not allowed to make every trip during the year.
"We have it best from every single person in this paddock, the way we travel," he added, referring to himself and his fellow drivers. "We're in a very fortunate position. But everybody up and down the paddock... I've got so many mechanics who are ill, people in the engineers' office just really struggling with the constant time zone shifts, the body not knowing where you are, eating at different times, staying in different hotels, different environments, different climates. The body's getting confused.
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"I think there are talks for next year about personnel being regulated that they can't do every single race. I think that would be a good thing. I don't think it's sustainable for 4,000 people, I think, to do 24 races a season."
Meanwhile, Russell suffered an abrupt end to post-season testing in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday when he crashed the W14 at turn six. Damage was done to the front-right corner after the smash, which the team said was caused by a component failure on the car.
Russell had completed 58 laps in the Pirelli tyre test before the crash occurred. Despite several hours of track time remaining in the day, the team decided to end their day's work early.