FIA confirms 2013 F1 calendar with minor changes
2013 F1 season
The FIA has confirmed the 2013 F1 calendar, which will feature 20 races.
The calendar is similar to the provisional calendar which appeared before the Singapore Grand Prix. The only changes are that the Korean and Japanese Grands Prix have swapped dates and the German and Belgian Grands Prix has been moved one week earlier to July 14th and August 25th respectively.
The FIA also indicated a new Concorde Agreement, which outlines the organisation and governance of the sport, will be signed soon: “The FIA President confirmed that positive and constructive discussions continue with regard to the new Concorde Agreement and it is anticipated a contract will be signed by the end of October.”
The sporting and technical regulations for 2013 were also agreed at today’s meeting of the World motor Sports Council.
2013 F1 calendar
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Forum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australian Grand Prix | Albert Park | March 15 – 17 | Forum |
| 2 | Malaysian Grand Prix | Sepang International Circuit | March 22 – 24 | Forum |
| 3 | Chinese Grand Prix | Shanghai International Circuit | April 12 – 14 | Forum |
| 4 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Bahrain International Circuit | April 19 – 21 | Forum |
| 5 | Spanish Grand Prix | Circuit de Catalunya | May 10 – 12 | Forum |
| 6 | Monaco Grand Prix | Monte-Carlo | May 23 – 26 | Forum |
| 7 | Canadian Grand Prix | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | June 7 – 9 | Forum |
| 8 | Grand Prix of Jersey (New York)* | New Jersey | June 14 – 16 | Forum |
| 9 | British Grand Prix | Silverstone | June 28 – 30 | Forum |
| 10 | German Grand Prix | TBC | July 12 – 14 | Forum |
| 11 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungaroring | July 26 – 28 | Forum |
| 12 | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | August 23 – 25 | Forum |
| 13 | Italian Grand Prix | Monza | September 6 – 8 | Forum |
| 14 | Singapore Grand Prix | Singapore | September 20 – 22 | Forum |
| 15 | Korean Grand Prix | Korean International Circuit | October 4 – 6 | Forum |
| 16 | Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka | October 11 – 13 | Forum |
| 17 | Indian Grand Prix | Buddh International Circuit | October 25 – 27 | Forum |
| 18 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Yas Marina | November 1 – 3 | Forum |
| 19 | United States Grand Prix | Circuit of the Americas | November 15 – 17 | Forum |
| 20 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Interlagos | November 22 – 24 | Forum |
*To be confirmed.
NB. The venues for these races are as shown on the provisional 2013 calendar.
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alexf1man (@alexf1man) said on 28th September 2012, 16:36
Should be interesting with all the rule and driver changes.
Tomsk (@tomsk) said on 28th September 2012, 16:41
“Non” to France then, and I like the extra week of anticipation between Spa and Monza.
PJ (@pjtierney) said on 28th September 2012, 16:42
Still 20? That makes my 2013 poster a lot easier to handle then :D
BasCB (@bascb) said on 28th September 2012, 20:48
:-)
Paulocreed (@paulocreed) said on 28th September 2012, 17:00
I thought the German grand prix alternated between Nurburgring and Hockenheim? We had hockenheim this year, so why hockenheim again next year. Am I missing something?
James (@jamesf1) said on 28th September 2012, 17:07
The Nurburgring has no money whatsoever, so could be that. Or just a typo.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 28th September 2012, 17:58
@paulocreed At some point the provisional calendar was changed and the venues for the German Grand Prix switched.
I’ve enquired with the FIA and they say they cannot confirm which track will hold it yet, so I’ve marked it as ‘TBC’ now.
Paulocreed (@paulocreed) said on 28th September 2012, 18:27
@keithcollantine Ah ok, thank you!
Looks to be like a similar year to this one with minor track differences.
I’m also glad the summer break isn’t so long.
KaIIe (@kaiie) said on 30th September 2012, 21:18
Joe Saward says it’s the Ring: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/all-this-and-a-calendar-as-well/#comment-117533
I thought both the tracks are in a pretty bad financial state; Hockenheim has the money to run the race every other year (but not every year) while Nürburgring is pretty much bust. So, if the race is at Hockenheim, we’ll probably get some speculation how long it’ll stay there…
Kevin Campos (@kcampos12) said on 28th September 2012, 17:24
Oh lord please let the NJ GP happen
firstLapNutcaseGrosjean (@sorin) said on 28th September 2012, 20:57
Another street racing, where overtaking is nearly imposible.
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid) said on 28th September 2012, 22:24
Well I’ll take the NJ race happening next year over it not happening. If it didn’t go ahead the Championship might only have 19 races! I need all the F1 I can get even if it’s doing parade laps in a tesco car park!
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31) said on 28th September 2012, 17:28
Yey, no 5 week summer break anymore!
Eggry (@eggry) said on 28th September 2012, 17:32
GP of Jersey…Is there another GP in Britain? I never knew that :P
JerseyF1 (@jerseyf1) said on 28th September 2012, 18:38
@eggry Oh boy would I love that!
PieLighter (@pielighter) said on 28th September 2012, 17:57
Well at least this calendar means that NJ will happen, IF they can get backing. I can’t wait!
sumedh said on 28th September 2012, 18:00
Wow! Big day for F1 today. Two driver changes and the calendar comes out as well.
I guess the traffic today might be almost as much as a race weekend!
Metallion (@metallion) said on 28th September 2012, 18:01
The Tilke Tracks don’t exactly have very creative names; Sepang International Circuit, Shanghai International Circuit, Bahrain International Circuit, Korean International Circuit, Buddh International Circuit….
michaeldobson13 (@michaeldobson13) said on 28th September 2012, 19:31
Neither do the cars – MGPWO3, MP4-27, F2012, RB8, STR7, CT-01, MR-01, F112, VJM05, C32, FW34, E20 – all codes. Perhaps they should open up the names to fans to think of something interesting.
Nicholas Sunderland (@brazil2007) said on 28th September 2012, 20:56
Vettel has nicknames for his cars: Kinky Kylie, Lucious Liz, Kate’s Dirty Sister…
Bullfrog (@bullfrog) said on 30th September 2012, 21:28
Been reading about the Bloodhound land speed record car today. Now that car has a proper name – and so did its predecessors. Thrust. Golden Arrow. Thunderbolt. Bluebird. Green Monster (my favourite). Blue Flame. There was also one called ‘Babs’…
Ilanin (@ilanin) said on 28th September 2012, 23:15
The list of names there is a bit strange; the newer tracks have their official names whereas the older ones tend to be given the familiar ones – “Interlagos” rather than “Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace” or “Monte-Carlo” rather than “Circuit de Monaco”, for instance.
ScuderiaVincero (@scuderiavincero) said on 29th September 2012, 0:30
@ilanin That said, calling it Sepang or Marina Bay would be in the same vein as the tracks you mentioned, since they seem to be named after the districts they’re located in. (I can only be sure about those two anyway)
Joanna Bessey (@bernie-ecclescake) said on 29th September 2012, 5:37
Sepang International Circuit started it first, other just copy it.
Kingshark (@kingshark) said on 28th September 2012, 19:08
Grand Prix of Jersey and Grand Prix of America? Will this be like that European GP-thing?
cjpdk (@cjpdk) said on 28th September 2012, 20:23
Pretty much
mantresx said on 28th September 2012, 21:31
In theory you could have the Grand Prix of America in Argentina, Mexico, etc, maybe when New Jersey runs out of money?
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys) said on 29th September 2012, 3:04
First I’ve heard of a name change.
@Adorimedia (@adorimedia) said on 29th September 2012, 16:01
Great to see the addition of New Jersey to the calendar in 2013. But not sure about its name. Even Grand Prix of New York sounds better than Grand Prix of Jersey. Either way, can’t wait to go there. Good to hear that Singapore has signed up again too!
sillymoose1586 said on 19th November 2012, 9:17
he gp at COTA is named the United States gp and the one in Jersey is named the American gp or gp of America
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 29th September 2012, 17:51
Awww I think Spa and Monza were back to back on the provisional calendar. Same they’re not anymore, I was going to try and get to them both :(
However, I know what I’ll be doing August 23rd to 25th.
DC (@dujedcv) said on 30th September 2012, 15:34
Bahrain !? WHYYYY????? Boredom in the desert grand prix
Bernie E said on 14th October 2012, 17:49
This should be the F1 calender for 2014… Comment on it if you like…
1.Australian and New Zealand Grand Prix- 1st, 2nd, 3rd March Albert Park Street Circuit
2. Japanese Grand Prix – 15th, 16th, 17th March Suzuka Circuit
3. Chinese Grand Prix- 29th, 30th 31st March Shanghai
4. Indian Grand Prix- 12th, 13th, 14th April Buddha International Circuit
5. African Grand Prix- 26th, 27th, 28th April Cape Town (Proposed GP Circuit)
6. Russian Grand Prix- 10th, 11th, 12th May Nevskoye Koltso Circuit
7. British Grand Prix- 24th, 25th, 26th May Silverstone Circuit/Brands Hatch
8. Spanish Grand Prix- 7th, 8th, 9th June Catalunya/Jerez
9. German Grand Prix- 14th, 15th, 16th June Hockenheimring/Nurburgring
10. Monaco Grand Prix- 21st, 22nd, 23rd June Monaco Street Circuit
11. European Select Grand Prix- 5th, 6th, 7th July (changes every year (TBD) (held in EU countries without a race)
12. USA Grand Prix 1- 19th, 20th, 21st July New York/Laguna Seca
Summer Break- 5 Weeks
13. USA Grand Prix 2- 30th, 31st, 1st August/September Circuit of the Americas
14. Mexican Grand Prix- 6th, 7th, 8th September Cancun (Proposed Circuit)/Puebla road course
15. Canadian Grand Prix- 21st, 22nd, 23rd September Ile Notre-Dame (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve)
16. French Grand Prix- 4th, 5th, 6th October Le Mans/Paul Ricard
17. Italian Grand Prix- 11th, 12th, 13th October Monza
18. Middle Eastern Grand Prix- 25th, 26th, 27th October Yas Marina/Bahrain(Sakhir)
19. Asian Grand Prix- 1nd, 2nd, 3rd November Sepang/ Korean International Circuit/Singapore Street Circuit
20. South American Grand Prix- 15th, 16th, 17th November Buenos Aires/Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
21. World Grand Prix- 29th, 30th, 1st November/December (changes every year), City street race, EG: London, Paris, Berlin) This race will decide the World championship and constructors
Bernie E said on 14th October 2012, 17:51
/ means or