The provisional 2021 calendar revealed

Liberty Media presented this Tuesday a first version of the World Championship calendar F1 2021, with 23 dates, after several weeks of rumors about the possible solutions put forward by the American owner of the discipline.

After the 2020 episode marked by the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Australia would normally return to its opening round place on March 21, before a traditional Bahrain – China series.

Without the presence of Vietnam in this first version, the April 25 test remains on hold for the moment.

The European articulation of the rest of the calendar remains close to that which we saw in previous years, with a French Grand Prix contested at the end of June at Paul Ricard. Change, however, for the Zandvoort round postponed to September, which shifts the usual Monza date by one week.

This will then be followed by a return to Asia with Singapore and Japan, and a return to the two American continents, with Austin, Mexico and Brazil, the location of this event still remaining uncertain with the possibility of seeing F1 return to Rio.

The main novelty comes from the arrival of Saudi Arabia at the end of November, for a night race, before the final in Abu Dhabi at the beginning of December. All this obviously remains conditional on health restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic, and possible changes to the calendar.

Note that two sessions of three consecutive Grand Prix mark the calendar with the Belgian, Dutch and Italian rounds at the turn of September, then a sequence after a one-week break of the events in Russia, Singapore and Japan. That’s six races in seven weeks.

F1 2021 calendar (provisional)

March 21: Australia (Melbourne)
March 28: Bahrain (Sakhir)
April 11: China (Shanghai)
April 25: To be confirmed *
May 9: Spain (Barcelona) **
May 23: Monaco (Monte-Carlo)
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-Francrochamps)
September 5: Netherlands (Zandvoort)
September 12: Italy (Monza)
September 26: Russia (Sochi)
October 3: Singapore (Marina Bay)
October 10: Japan (Suzuka)
October 24: United States (Austin)
October 31: Mexico (Mexico City)
November 14: Brazil (São Paulo) **
November 28: Saudi Arabia (Jeddah)
December 5: Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)

*: this date is reserved for the Vietnam Grand Prix, but the holding of the race is far from certain in 2021. Portugal would be destined to replace it on the calendar.

**: subject to approval of the relevant promoters and F1. In the case of Brazil, the event could be organized in the Rio de Janeiro region rather than at the Interlagos circuit.