2012 F1 schedule will drop to 19 races if Austin canned

Formula 1 commercial rights manager Bernie Ecclestone says that there will be no replacement on the calendar for the United States Grand Prix at Austin if the event is dropped from the 2012 schedule.

Amid ongoing uncertainty about the fate of the Circuit of The Americas event, Ecclestone said in Brazil on Sunday that there will be just 19 events next year if the race is removed at next month's meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council.

"Everybody will be happy with that, I believe," said Ecclestone when asked about the prospect of there being just 19 races. "The teams complain there are too many races, so we will solve the problem." More at Racer.com