F1 schedule 2021: Date, begin time, TV channel for each Formula 1 race

It’s lights out on the 2021 Formula 1 world championship.

After the coronavirus shortened the 2020 race schedule, F1 racing is again in a livid approach, with a document slate of 23 races in 2021 — a drastic improve from the 17-race dash that befell in 2020. Sakhir performs host to the 2021 season debut, with the Bahrain Grand Prix opening the season.

Imola will make a return to the schedule in 2021 in Round 2, lower than a yr after 5 drivers didn’t end due to a swath of technical failures and an accident that sidelined racers. The slate additionally sees racers soar throughout the pond once more to come back to 2 races in North America this yr, with each 2020 race going down in Europe or Asia.

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The 2020 F1 season was all types of memorable: Lewis Hamilton cruised to his seventh world championship, George Russell took a seat behind the wheel of a Mercedes in a glimpse of the long run, Romain Grosjean miraculously survived a horrifying crash and Pierre Gasly was the primary Frenchman to win a grand prix in almost 1 / 4 century.

Here’s what you might want to know concerning the 2021 F1 schedule.

(All occasions Eastern.)

Formula 1 2021 schedule

In all, there are 23 scheduled races within the 2021 F1 season, with the Portuguese Grand Prix one of many final races added, sliding onto the docket the primary week in March. The initially scheduled Vietnam Grand Prix was eliminated after the arrest of Nguyen Duc Chung, whereas the Chinese Grand Prix was ultimately nixed from the slate.

The Canadian GP was additionally canceled amid ongoing coronavirus issues, with the Styrian Grand Prix changing it. Singapore GP quickly adopted swimsuit, with the race canceled for the second consecutive yr. FIA changed the race with the Turkish Grand Prix, being re-added to the schedule for Oct. 3.

All races will likely be broadcast on the U.S. facet on the ESPN household of networks, with the United States Grand Prix and Mexico City Grand Prix each airing on ABC.

Please notice: The on-the-hour begin occasions don’t embrace the printed begin time, which is usually 5 minutes earlier than the beginning of the race. Times don’t embrace ESPN’s customary pre-race reveals.

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Here’s the most recent schedule: