2013 Formula 1 calendar

FIA Council that met recently, has released an updated version of the 2013 Formula 1 calendar. Since the previous draft of the schedule was provided to the media two months ago, the Grand Prix of New Jersey was temporarily abandoned.

In the new calendar, FIA council made a slight change in the July schedule to accommodate an additional race in Europe. The German Grand Prix is moved from June 14th to June 7th (i.e. a week after Silverstone). The move will allow an extra race to be scheduled on June 21st – a week before the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix.

However, the revised calendar still appears a little weird because it includes a three-week gap in June between Canada and Great Britain. The gap will be followed by an exhausting schedule of four races in five weeks between Great Britain and Hungary, reports Sports Pulse.

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Despite Red Bull’s desire to get their own home race in Austria, the Turkish Grand Prix is more likely to get the nod for 2013. The race was removed from the 2012 calendar to make way for the return of the US Grand Prix. Istanbul Park’s Turn 8 is a favorite of both fans and drivers, so there is a lot of goodwill towards the return of the Turkish Grand Prix.

The 2013 calendar in full:

17/03 Australia

24/03 Malaysia

14/04 China

21/04 Bahrain

12/05 Spain

26/05 Monaco

09/06 Canada

30/06 Great Britain

07/07 Germany

21/07 Reserved for another European event*

28/07 Hungary

25/08 Belgium

08/09 Italy

22/09 Singapore

06/10 Korea

13/10 Japan

27/10 India

03/11 Abu Dhabi

17/11 USA

24/11 Brazil

via Sports Pulse

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