GP Calendar

Calendar

The following nineteen races are currently contracted to appear on the 2013 race schedule. Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One's commercial rights holder through his Formula One Management and Formula One Administration companies, has previously said that he believes twenty races is the maximum that is viable. The number of races on the Formula One calendar is dictated by the Concorde Agreement, the arrangement between teams, the FIA and Formula One Management. At the time of Ecclestone's comments regarding the length of the series schedule, the then-current Concorde Agreement was set to expire at the end of the 2012 season. Twenty to twenty-five races would be possible if the teams agreed to it.
At the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix, Ecclestone announced that the 2013 calendar would consist of twenty races, and would be largely similar to the 2012 calendar.The provisional calendar was announced at the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix, which was approved by the FIA World Motorsports Council on 28 September 2012.
The calendar was originally intended to host twenty races, with the inclusion of the Grand Prix of America, a new event to be hosted on the streets of New Jersey. Following its removal from the calendar, the schedule was reduced to nineteen races until the FIA World Motorsports Council announced that a twentieth round would be included at a circuit in Europe, pending the outcome of negotiations between Bernie Ecclestone and event organisers. In February 2013, Ecclestone announced that a replacement venue had not been found, leaving the calendar at nineteen Grands Prix.

Round	Race title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Sky Bet	Date
1	Rolex Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park, Melbourne		17 March
2	Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur		24 March
3	UBS Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai		14 April
4	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir		21 April
5	Gran Premio de España	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló		12 May
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo		26 May
7	Grand Prix du Canada	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal		9 June
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone		30 June
9	Großer Preis von Deutschland	German GP	Nürburgring, Nürburg		7 July
10	Magyar Nagydíj	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest		28 July
11	Shell Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps		25 August
12	Gran Premio d'Italia	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza		8 September
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore		22 September
14	Korean Grand Prix	Korean GP	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam		6 October
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka		13 October
16	Airtel Indian Grand Prix	Indian GP	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida		27 October
17	Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi		3 November
18	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin		17 November
19	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo		24 November