Formula 1 calendar 2021 leaked

The 2021 Formula 1 calendar has been leaked. It shows a largely recognizable schedule, although there are some additions and shifts compared to the calendar as it was intended for 2020.

The return of Formula 1 to circuit Zandvoort is scheduled for next year on Sunday 2 May. The Dutch Grand Prix, which could not take place this year due to the pandemic, is the fifth race in the championship and the first on European soil. That reports the Spanish website Soymotor.com, which published a leaked provisional calendar.

A striking feature of that calendar is that the season does not traditionally start in Australia, but on March 14 in Bahrain. The Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne has been moved to October and the eighteenth race on the calendar, which has a total of 22 races. Also new are the Vietnam Grand Prix on 28 March and the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix on 28 November.

Formula 1 has a calendar for 2021 in mind that resembles the years before the pandemic and will therefore again visit all continents. This year, the premier class has been able to put together a shortened program with races mainly in Europe. Many of the circuits added to this year’s championship, such as Portimão (Portugal), Mugello and Imola (Italy), Istanbul Park (Turkey) and the Nürburgring (Germany), are missing from next year’s provisional calendar. Brazil is also missing. A new deal with Interlagos in Sao Paulo has not come about and it seems that a quite controversial move to Rio de Janeiro will definitely not take place.

Formula 1 calendar 2021 (provisional)