2018 Formula One calendar confirmed

Next year's FIA Formula One World Championship schedule has been ratified by the World Motor Sport Council.

As originally announced in June, twenty-one rounds are going to be squeezed into an eight-month season. China and Bahrain have subsequently swapped places but, apart from that change, the draft timetable remains unaltered.

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The WMSC meeting also agreed a revised power unit penalty system. If a driver incurs a penalty exceeding fifteen grid places in 2018, then he’ll have to start the race from the back of the grid. Should more than one driver be in such a situation, then they’ll be arranged in the order in which their offences were committed.

2018 FIA Formula One World Championship – Calendar
Round Date Grand Prix
1 25 March Melbourne, Australia
2 08 April Sakhir, Bahrain
3 15 April Shanghai, China
4 29 April Baku, Azerbaijan
5 13 May Barcelona, Spain
6 27 May Monte Carlo, Monaco
7 10 June Montreal, Canada
8 24 June Le Castellet, France
9 01 July Spielberg, Austria
10 08 July Silverstone, Great Britain
11 22 July Hockenheim, Germany
12 29 July Budapest, Hungary
13 26 August Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
14 02 September Monza, Italy
15 16 September Marina Bay, Singapore
16 30 September Sochi, Russia
17 07 October Suzuka, Japan
18 21 October Austin, USA*
19 28 October Mexico City, Mexico
20 11 November São Paulo, Brazil
21 25 November Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
* Subject to ASN approval.

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