- Bahrain now due to stage season opener on 28 March
- Portimão – provisionally – and Imola added to new schedule
Formula One has confirmed a revised calendar for the start of the 2021 season after the postponement of the Australian and Chinese grands prix.
Both meetings have been deemed untenable because of the pandemic, but Portimão and Imola have been drafted in to bolster the opening of the season, which will now begin in Bahrain. F1 will be imposing the same strict protocols to protect against coronavirus that enabled the sport to complete 17 races last year.
Written by Giles Richards
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jan/12/australian-grand-prix-in-melbourne-postponed-until-november-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic under the title “Australia and China GPs postponed in revised F1 calendar for 2021”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
