The Nürburgring and Imola return, Portimão joins the calendar in 2020

There are now 13 rounds which are validated for the 2020 calendar of the World Championship F1. Liberty Media confirmed this Friday the returns of the Nürburgring in Germany and Imola in Italy for the Grand Prix of the Eifel (October 11) and Emilia-Romagna (November 1), while Portimão will make its F1 debut, to host the Portuguese Grand Prix (October 25).

The Nürburgring will indeed return to the premier discipline of motorsport for the first time since 2013, the German event on the F1 calendar having been regularly contested at Hockenheim in recent years.

For Imola, the wait will have been even longer since the F1 single-seaters no longer appeared in the race at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari since 2006 and a duel Michael Schumacher - Fernando Alonso For victory. Please note that the event will be contested over two days only..

Portimão, a circuit used to hosting endurance events, particularly theELMS, will bring the Portuguese Grand Prix back to the calendar, having mainly visited the famous Estoril track until the 90s.

On the other hand, in view of the health situation facing the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions, it remains almost certain that the American continent, and the sleeves of Canada (Montreal), the United States (Austin), Mexico ( Mexico City) and Brazil (São Paulo), will not be there in 2020.

If the prospect of a Chinese Grand Prix in November also seems to have receded, Vietnam, which was to host F1 for the first time in its history last April in the streets of its capital Hanoi, remains on the fence. ranks.

In this same region of the world, the Sepang circuit in Malaysia, host nation between 1999 and 2017, would have made a return to the list of potential candidates, even if the country has recently strengthened its quarantine measures for people arriving at the territory.

F1 is still due to conclude its Middle East campaign with Bahrain, potentially in the form of a double date, and Abu Dhabi.