Turkey Joins 17-Race 2020 Formula 1 Calendar
ANKARA (Motor Sports) - As previously reported, the major novelty is the return in November of the Turkish GP at Istanbul Park for the first time since 2011.
The season ends as has long been planned with a double-header in Bahrain followed by the finale in Abu Dhabi.
All the newly-confirmed races will be three-day grands prix, with Imola – as already announced – the only outlier as a two-day event.
The final total of 17 gives F1 some margin in case one or two planned events are unexpectedly lost. The minimum number of races required to guarantee full payment by the TV broadcasters is 15.
The schedule now includes five venues that were not on the original version, with Mugello, Nurburgring, Portimao, Imola and Istanbul all added.
To be held on November 15, the Turkish race will be treated as a flyaway, with the cars and freight travelling by plane and then heading on to the Middle East. In past years everything travelled by road and sea.
There is no confirmation on what circuit layout will be used by the second Bahrain event, which will use the Sakhir GP name.
F1 had been considering the much shorter and faster outer circuit, which Ross Brawn has described as being almost an oval, but it’s understood that it won’t now be used. Sakhir has an alternative in the "endurance” course that was used for the 2010 Bahrain GP.
The season ends as has long been planned with a double-header in Bahrain followed by the finale in Abu Dhabi.
All the newly-confirmed races will be three-day grands prix, with Imola – as already announced – the only outlier as a two-day event.
The final total of 17 gives F1 some margin in case one or two planned events are unexpectedly lost. The minimum number of races required to guarantee full payment by the TV broadcasters is 15.
The schedule now includes five venues that were not on the original version, with Mugello, Nurburgring, Portimao, Imola and Istanbul all added.
To be held on November 15, the Turkish race will be treated as a flyaway, with the cars and freight travelling by plane and then heading on to the Middle East. In past years everything travelled by road and sea.
There is no confirmation on what circuit layout will be used by the second Bahrain event, which will use the Sakhir GP name.
F1 had been considering the much shorter and faster outer circuit, which Ross Brawn has described as being almost an oval, but it’s understood that it won’t now be used. Sakhir has an alternative in the "endurance” course that was used for the 2010 Bahrain GP.