Rumor: Half The 2021 Formula One Calendar to change

Portugal’s Algarve circuit is set to return to the Formula One calendar this season, taking the vacant slot left by Vietnam on May 2.

The BBC and Sky Sports television said teams would be told officially at a meeting of the F1 commission on Thursday that the third round of the season would be in Portugal.

January 11, 2021

Potential Revised 2021 F1 Calendar

No.	Grand Prix	Venue	Date
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	March 28
2	San Marino	Imola	April 18
3	Portugal	Portimao	May 2
4	Spain	Barcelona	May 9
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	May 23
6	Azerbaijan	Baku	June 6
7	Canada	Montreal	June 13
8	France	Le Castellet	June 27
9	Austria	Spielberg	July 4
10	United Kingdom	Silverstone	July 18
11	Hungary	Budapest	August 1
12	Belgium	Spa	August 29
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	September 5
14	Italy	Monza	September 12
15	Russia	Sochi	September 26
16	Singapore	Singapore	October 3
17	Japan	Suzuka	October 10
18	USA	Austin	October 24
19	Mexico City	Mexico City	October 31
20	Sau Paulo	Sao Paulo	November 7
21	Australia	Melbourne	November 21
22	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	December 5
23	Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	December 12

January 11, 2021

Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) president Jean Todt has now admitted that the season is probably going to be rearranged. Actually, about half of it. Half of it is probably going to be rearranged.

2020’s schedule took a big hit because of the pandemic, and Todt believes we’re about to see the same situation. The 2021 season, set to start in Australia, will see the Australian GP and Chinese GP postponed soon with more to come.

“Unfortunately it is not over—it is not like the season is ending, and we start from a (clean) piece of paper because lockdown is still going to happen, confinement—the virus is there,” said Todt.

“There has been progress, we are expecting a vaccine, so it will be good for the population and good for the planet to be able to enjoy that, but I am sure that … we will hear quite a lot of potential changes on the different calendars, not only Formula 1 but on other calendars.

“So if I had to commit on a back to kind of normal, even if I feel it will be a different life after the COVID-19 crisis, I think half of (2021), in my opinion, will not be as we could have expected to have in a normal season.”