Formula 1 will be racing in Bahrain on November 29th and December 6th, but teams may well return to Sakhir just over three months later according to a draft calendar for 2021 that has come F1i’s way.<\/p>\n
F1 boss Chase Carey said this week that the sport was in the process of finalizing a “pretty normal” schedule for next year, referring to a return to “a more balanced set of events across the globe” after this year’s disrupted campaign.<\/p>\n
The FIA has yet to officially release a provisional calendar for 2021, but a ‘draft’ of next year’s agenda is currently circulating in cyberspace.<\/p>\n
The season is set to open on March 14th in Bahrain where winter testing may also take place, with Melbourne pushed all the way back to October, a change justified by Australia’s current COVID-19 travel and border restrictions, the duration of which are unknown.<\/p>\n
Vietnam and Holland are earmarked once again for their maiden F1 events, but Germany and Brazil have predictably fallen off the schedule.<\/p>\n
Formula 1 will return to the Americas, with Austin and Mexico City present in their usual November slots, but a Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at Jeddah scheduled as the penultimate round of the World Championship is another newcomer on the calendar.<\/p>\n
Sadly, F1 will not return to the Mugello next year as many had hoped would be the case after this year’s thrilling event.<\/p>\n
In addition to being provisional, the calendar would also require a COVID-19 sanitary all-clear from each hosting country. And that may be once again F1’s biggest hurdle next year.<\/p>\n
Provisional 2021 F1 calendar:<\/p>\n\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 <\/p>\n Keep up to date with all the F1 news via <\/em>Facebook<\/em> and <\/em>Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n<\/th>\n Course<\/th>\n Date<\/th>\n<\/thead>\n
\nBahrain GP (Bahrain)
\n14 March<\/p>\n
\nVietnam GP\u00a0(Hano\u00ef)
\n28 March<\/p>\n
\nChina GP\u00a0(Shangha\u00ef)
\n11 April<\/p>\n
\nAzerbaijan GP\u00a0(Bakou)
\n25 April<\/p>\n
\nDutch GP\u00a0(Zandvoort)
\n2 May<\/p>\n
\nSpanish GP (Barcelona)
\n9 May<\/p>\n
\nMonaoc GP (Monte-Carlo)
\n23 May<\/p>\n
\nCanadian GP (Montreal)
\n6 June<\/p>\n
\nAustrian GP\u00a0(Spielberg)
\n20 June<\/p>\n
\nFrench GP (Paul Ricard)
\n27 June<\/p>\n
\nBritish GP\u00a0(Silverstone)
\n11 July<\/p>\n
\nHungarian GP\u00a0(Budapest)
\n25 July<\/p>\n
\nBelgium GP\u00a0(Spa)
\n29 August<\/p>\n
\nItalian GP (Monza)
\n5 September<\/p>\n
\nRussian GP (Sotchi)
\n19 September<\/p>\n
\nSingapour GP\u00a0(Marina Bay)
\n26 September<\/p>\n
\nJapanese GP\u00a0(Suzuka)
\n10 October<\/p>\n
\nAustralian GP\u00a0(Melbourne)
\n24 October<\/p>\n
\nUS GP\u00a0(Austin)
\n7 November<\/p>\n
\nMexican GP (Mexico)
\n14 November<\/p>\n
\nSaudi Arabian GP\u00a0(Jeddah)
\n28 November<\/p>\n
\nAbu Dhabi GP (Yas Marina)
\n5 November<\/p>\n