Formula 1 has unprecedented demand to host races and it is important we get the balance right for the entire sport. This is, admittedly, pretty much a formality, and will be easily completed before the race becomes F1’s first Saturday race for decades.įormula 1 CEO and President Stefano Domenicali said: “We are excited to announce the 2023 calendar with 24 races around the world. The final piece of the jigsaw yet to fall into place is the Las Vegas round, the circuit for which still requires FIA homologation to the correct standard. The Saudi round will remain on the super-fast and at times accident-prone Jeddah Corniche circuit while F1 will return to Losail in Qatar – where it first raced in the chaotic 2020 season. The News from F1 confirms the exit of the French Grand Prix, and that both the Qatar and Saudi Arabian rounds are set to stay at the same venues, despite original intentions of change. Following the confirmation of the 2023 F1 calendar by the FIA yesterday (20 th September) Formula 1 has followed up with its own confirmation including all the venues for each race (details missing from the FIA’s release) and the confirmation that Monaco will return for at least the next three years. Updated: Wednesday 21 st September 2022 at 09:00. “Formula 1 is assessing alternative options to replace the slot on the 2023 calendar and will provide an update on this in due course.”į1 confirms 2023 venues, Monaco gets new three-year deal In a statement announcing the cancellation F1 said: 'Formula 1 can confirm, following dialogue with the promoter and relevant authorities, that the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix will not take place due to the ongoing difficulties presented by the COVID-19 situation. If no replacement is found it will leave Formula 1 with a 23-race calendar, still the longest in the history of the sport. No decision has been announced on whether a new race will be brought in to replace the lost round, which currently leaves a four-week gap in the calendar.

The country is still grappling with waves of the virus, and continuing restrictions have meant the race will not take place. Updated 13:35 2 nd December: For the third year running Formula 1 has had to ammend its calendar due to Covid-19 restrictions, after the series confirmed that the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix, scheduled to take place in April, will no longer take place.

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