Formula 1 leaders have unveiled the new calendar for the 2021 season, including the Australian Grand Prix which will take place in November and the Bahrain Grand Prix in March.
Last season, the Australian Grand Prix was canceled at the last moment, in mid-March, as cases of coronavirus multiplied in the teams, and this marked the start of the long hiatus in the Formula world. 1, until July. This year, the covid-19 pandemic is still raging and the organizers have taken the lead: the Australian Grand Prix will not open the season as planned on March 21. The 2021 exercise will start a week later, on the Bahrain side, where the Sakhir circuit will host the Grand Prix on the scheduled date, March 28. The Australian Grand Prix will hopefully take place on November 21.
Imola returns
Moreover, the Chinese Grand Prix will not take place on April 11 as advanced in the first version of the 2021 calendar. Due to the restrictions put in place to enter the country, the race has been removed from the calendar. Discussions are underway to reschedule it later in the season. Suddenly, an Italian Grand Prix was added on April 18 on the Imola circuit. La “Botte” will therefore host two races this year, since Monza will also be on the menu on September 12th. Imola, who had been absent from the calendar since 2006, had returned in 2020 as part of the Grand Prix of Emilia-Romagna, and had seen Lewis Hamilton triumph.
F1 season calendar 2021
F1 season calendar 2021
March 28: Bahrain (Sakhir)
April 18: Italy (Imola *)
May 2: to be defined
May 9: Spain (Barcelona)
May 23: Monaco (Monaco)
June 6: Azerbaijan (Baku)
June 13: Canada (Montreal)
June 27: France (Le Castellet)
July 4: Austria (Spielberg)
July 18: Great Britain (Silverstone)
August 1: Hungary (Budapest)
August 29: Belgium (Spa)
September 5: Netherlands (Zandvoort)
September 12: Italy (Monza)
September 26: Russia (Sochi)
October 3: Singapore (Singapore)
October 10: Japan (Suzuka)
October 24: United States (Austin)
October 31: Mexico (Mexico City)
November 7: Brazil (Sao Paulo)
November 21: Australia (Melbourne *)
December 5: Saudi Arabia (Jeddah **)
December 12: Abu Dhabi (Yas Island)
* Subject to approval by the World Motorsport Council
** Subject to circuit approval
