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F1 reveals 21-race draft calendar for 2019
A draft of Formula 1’s 2019 calendar has been revealed, with the same 21 races as this season being held but a number of date changes involved.
New contracts for the Japanese and German races ensures all 21 rounds that were on this year’s calendar are scheduled to take place next season, which will start in Melbourne on March 17. In an even later finish than 2018, next year’s finale will also be held in Abu Dhabi on December 1.
The first of the date changes sees a triple-header avoided, with France and Austria paired together before a standalone British Grand Prix followed by the back-to-back of Germany and Hungary, with the latter taking place on August 4.
That extra week of racing before the summer break means the Belgian Grand Prix -- which also signed a three-year contract extension this year -- will be held a week later on September 1, with Singapore being turned into the first part of a back-to-back with Russia later in the same month.
The Japanese Grand Prix is a standalone race before a date swap between Austin and Mexico that sees the Mexican Grand Prix held as the first of the pair on October 27, with the United States race at Austin's Circuit of The Americas a week later on November 3.
Races in Miami and Vietnam that have been lined up for future years are yet to be included on the calendar, with Miami currently working on a 2020 debut.
The full calendar is as follows:
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Chris Medland
While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.
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