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FIA confirms 23-race 2021 F1 calendar
The FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) has approved the 23-race 2021 Formula 1 calendar, with one venue still yet to be announced.
On the same day that there was confirmation of a new five-year agreement for the Brazilian Grand Prix to be held at Interlagos until 2025 -- under the new name of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix to reflect funding coming from the city -- the WMSC ratified the provisional calendar announced by F1 back in early November.
The season will start in Australia on March 21, opening with a doubleheader of races on consecutive weekends that also includes Bahrain less than four months after it last hosted a race this season. There is a yet-to-be-confirmed race to be held on April 25 -- originally scheduled for Vietnam, but no longer the inaugural race in Hanoi -- and a provisional Spanish Grand Prix on May 9, subject to a promoter agreement.
The United States Grand Prix remains on October 24, with Austin again paired with Mexico City a week later, before Brazil, Saudi Arabia (November 28) and Abu Dhabi (December 5) round out what will be a record 23-race season. The new race in Jeddah is marked as subject to circuit homologation.
March 21, Melbourne, Australia
March 28, Sakhir, Bahrain
April 11, Shanghai, China
April 25, To be announced
May 9, Barcelona, Spain*
May 23, Monte Carlo, Monaco
June 6, Baku, Azerbaijan
June 13, Montreal, Canada
June 27, Le Castellet, France
July 4, Spielberg, Austria
July 18, Silverstone, UK
August1, Budapest, Hungary
August 29, Spa, Belgium
September 5, Zandvoort, Netherlands
September 12, Monza, Italy
September 26, Sochi, Russia
October 3, Singapore
October 10, Suzuka, Japan
October 23, Austin (COTA), USA
October 31, Mexico City, Mexico
November 14, Sao Paulo Brazil
November 28, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia**
December 5, Abu Dhabi
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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