The International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced the calendar for the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship season and included 23 grands prix, with Bahrain the first on March 20, Saudi Arabia the second on March 27. and Abu Dhabi, the last of which will be on November 20.
The Chinese Grand Prix was absent from the calendar record of 2022 in terms of number of races, which was also 23 in this season, but the Corona virus has reduced the number to 22 races.
The FIA justified the reason for the China award’s absence from the calendar for the third consecutive season, stating in a statement: “Because of the epidemiological conditions in course, China will not be included in the 2022 calendar. China will be returned to the calendar as soon as conditions permit. “
Season in corso, now in its seventeenth round (the Americas Prize on the 24th of this month on the Austin circuit in Texas), also consists of 23 races, but the repercussions of the Corona virus led to the cancellation of the Australian, Chinese, Canada, Singapore and Japan races.
The management of Formula One and the FIA compensated for these races by organizing two races at the Austrian circuit of Spielberg, including for the first time the Qatar and Saudi Arabian prizes and the Netherlands prize, which recorded his return to the first category for the first time since 1985.
After 16 round This season, Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen leads the standings (262.5 points) ahead of world champion Mercedes Lewis Hamilton (256.5 points).
The issues are not expected to be resolved until round the final in program in Abu Dhabi on December 12, after having crossed the races of the Americas (currently 24), Mexico (November 7), Sao Paulo (November 14), Qatar (November 21) and Saudi Arabia (December 5).
Unlike the season in course, where it will be the penultimate round, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will be the second round next season on March 27, followed by Australia, absent from the calendar for the past two years due to Corona, on April 10.
The Qatar Prize will be absent from the calendar, still not final for some circuits, in waiting for the signing of the contract with Formula One (the Italian Imola, Barcelona, Singapore and Austin) or the technical approval of the FIA (Miami). According to the ten-year contract signed with the authorities, the Qatar Prize will return in calendar starting in 2023 after having entered the 2021 calendar due to circumstances to fill the void left by the cancellation of the Australian Prize (the start of the season was scheduled and then postponed to November 21 before the decision was made to cancel it due to the restrictions travel related to coronavirus.
Calendar 2022:
March 20: Bahrain
March 27: Saudi Arabia
April 10: Australia
24 April: Emilia-Romagna (Italy)
May 8: Miami
May 22: Spain
May 29: Munich
June 12: Azerbaijan
June 19: Canada
July 3: Great Britain
July 10: Austria
July 24: France
July 31: Hungary
August 28: Belgium
September 4: Holland
September 11: Italy
September 25: Russia
October 2: Singapore
October 9: Japan
October 23: United States
October 30: Mexico
November 13: Brazil
November 20: Abu Dhabi
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