F1 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR

FORMULA 1 F1 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR

RACE	CIRCUIT	DATE
Austria	Red Bull Ring	5 Jul
Styria	Red Bull Ring	12 Jul
Hungary	Hungaroring	19 Jul
Great Britain	Silverstone	2 Aug
Anniversary	Silverstone	9 Aug
Spain	Catalunya	16 Aug
Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	30 Aug
Italy	Monza	6 Sep
Tuscany	Mugello	13 Sep
Russia	Sochi	27 Sep
Eifel	Nurburgring	11 Oct
Portugal	Algarve	25 Oct
Emilia Romagna	Imola	1 Nov
Turkey	Istanbul	15 Nov
Bahrain	Bahrain	29 Nov
Sakhir	Bahrain	6 Dec
Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	13 Dec

2020 F1 calendar

The 2020 F1 calendar was originally scheduled to feature a record 22 races. However the championship was badly disrupted by the global pandemic, leading to many races being cancelled or postponed.

F1 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR. The Chinese Grand Prix in April was the first race to be cancelled, weeks before the scheduled start of the championship. Pre-season testing went ahead and the teams headed to Melbourne for the opening race of the year, but the Australian Grand Prix was cancelled on the day practice was due to begin.

The following week the races in Bahrain and Vietnam were cancelled as well, and within a few days the Dutch, Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix had joined them. Azerbaijan, Canada and France all called their races off over the next weeks.

On April 27th Formula 1 announced it intended to make the Austrian Grand Prix, which was originally scheduled as the 11th round of the championship, the new season opener. However it and some subsequent races will be held behind closed doors without fans.

At the beginning of June F1 confirmed plans to begin its season the following month with eight races in Europe. These include double-header rounds in Austria and Britain. Other events in Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japan were later struck from the calendar.

Later races may also be rescheduled and some postponed races held at later dates. F1 has not yet confirmed the exact plan.

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