![]() ![]() If all these races, including one at Kyalami, came off then F1 would have 26 grands prix to schedule.į1 can contractually hold a 25-race season but has repeatedly stated it wants to avoid that. This season’s championship will run to 22 races but the Qatar Grand Prix will return next year, a Las Vegas Grand Prix has already been confirmed as well, and China is supposed to rejoin the calendar for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The effort to change that could result in a South African GP being part of either a 23- or 24-race schedule next year. It has been suggested it will take a few more weeks before an agreement can be reached but the intention is for South Africa to be on the 2023 calendar.į1 has not had a presence in Africa since the last Kyalami race in 1993. ![]() The 2023 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix will be held on Sunday 28th May, 2023.Formula 1 aims to have the South African Grand Prix on the 2023 calendar, potentially creating a 24-race season that the Belgian Grand Prix may not be part of.Īs previously reported by The Race, a revival of the South African GP at Kyalami has emerged as F1’s next priority for its calendar expansion.į1 CEO Stefano Domenicali arrived in South Africa on Monday after the Azerbaijan GP to meet with Kyalami stakeholders to discuss more details about the race. Michel Boeri, President of the Automobile Club of Monaco, added: "In the interest of the Formula One World Championship, and after several months of negotiations, we are proud to announce that we have signed a 3-year agreement with Formula One, and likely to be renewed. ![]() We look forward to being back next season to continue our partnership together." Prince Albert II of Monaco, Michel Boeri, President of the Automobile Club of Monaco and all his team. "I want to thank everyone involved in this renewal and especially H.S.H. ![]() "I am pleased to confirm that we will be racing in Monaco until 2025 and excited to be back on the streets of this famous Principality for next year's Championship on May 28," Domenicali said. The race has been an important part of the Championship since the first there in 1950 and provides a unique challenge for all the drivers. Formula 1 will race in Monaco until 2025Īn agreement has been finalised with the Automobile Club of Monaco (ACM) to continue to race on the famous streets of Monte-Carlo until 2025 inclusive, under a new three-year deal. That debut event is twinned with the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP. There is then an Asian double header with Singapore and Japan before a standalone race in Qatar, which begins a 10-year contract and didn't have a 2022 race due to the FIFA World Cup, before the second triple-header takes place in USA, Mexico and Brazil.Īfter the Brazilian GP on November 5, there is a week's break before F1 heads to the Las Vegas strip for the first Saturday race since 1985. The Dutch GP will therefore be the first race after the summer break. Hungary has vacated its usual pre-summer break position, with the Belgian GP at Spa to follow the Budapest race on July 30. The season will then head on to an Azerbaijan-Miami double header, followed by an Imola-Monaco-Spain triple.Ĭanada is a standalone event, with F1 unable to pair the Montreal race and Miami together. The first four races, for example, are all standalone events despite three of them taking place in Asia. There are several oddities on the schedule. 2022 was due to be a 23-race season before the Russian GP was cancelled - but this is the first time the race calendar has ever risen to 24. "The addition of new venues and the retention of traditional events underlines the FIA's sound stewardship of the sport." The talking points from F1's record calendarĪmid a boom in popularity worldwide, F1 and its American owners Liberty Media have been trying to up the calendar of races for some time. "The presence of 24 races on the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar is further evidence of the growth and appeal of the sport on a global scale," said FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem. "We are very pleased with the strong momentum Formula 1 continues to experience and it is great news that we will be able to bring our passionate fans a mix of exciting new locations such as Las Vegas to the Championship with much loved venues across Europe, Asia and the Americas." ![]()
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