“This year has presented Formula 1 and the world with an unprecedented challenge and we want to pay tribute to everyone across Formula 1, the FIA, the teams, and our partners who have made this possible. While Formula 1 Management was hopeful there would be an F1 race in China, that, it has been announced, still isn’t possible.Ĭhase Carey, Chairman and CEO of Formula 1, said: “We are proud to announce that Turkey, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi will be part of our 2020 season. It was also a race in which the then record for the greatest number of pit stops in a single race was broken, with a total of 82.Īfter Turkey there’s a two-week break before the lights go out in Bahrain for the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix on 29 th November, followed by the Rolex Sakhir Grand Prix at the same track on 6 th December, with the season finale to be held, as usual, in Abu Dhabi on 13 th December. The last time F1 cars raced in Turkey was nine years ago, a race that was won by Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull RB7, followed by team-mate Mark Webber and the Ferrari 056 of Fernando Alonso. Following in the trend of other recent race reveals, this announcement includes a new track for F1 teams to get their heads around.Īfter Round 13 at Imola on 1 st November there will be a two-week break before the F1 circus arrives in Turkey for the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul Park on 15 th November. There’s been a lot of uncertainty this year, so to know exactly which circuits F1 will visit and when the season will end is good news for fans and teams alike. The final four races of the 2020 F1 calendar have been confirmed today, with F1 returning to Turkey for the first time since 2011, a double-header in Bahrain and a finale in Abu Dhabi on 13 th December. Updated: Turkey, Bahrain double-header and Abu Dhabi finale join 2020 F1 calendar “We assessed a number of options for the alternative circuit layout and concluded the outer circuit will provide the best alternative and will provide a new challenge for all the teams and entertain all our fans with high speeds and fast lap times.” Ross Brawn, Formula 1 Management’s Managing Director of Motorsport, said: “We are excited to announce the outer circuit as the format for the Sakhir Grand Prix and want to thank our partners at the Bahrain International Circuit for their continued support. The last time an F1 lap was completed in under a minute was by Niki Lauda in 1974 at the French Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois in his Ferrari 312B3-74, with a time of 58.79 seconds.Īll in all there will be 87 laps to cover off the 305km minimum distance for a Grand Prix, meaning the most laps of any race on the 2020 calendar. Using the phrase ‘high-speed’ sounds odd given that F1 tracks are pretty speedy anyway, but Bahrain’s 10-corner, 3.543km outer circuit will, F1 predicts, see race lap times under 60 seconds and qualifying times under 55 seconds, the quickest laps of the year by some margin. Formula 1 will use a high-speed outer track at the second race of the Bahrain double-header in December, the Sakhir Grand Prix. Update: F1 to use super-fast outer Bahrain track
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