Formula 1’s governing body the FIA has confirmed the calendar for the longest season in history next year. There will be 23 grands prix held, starting in Australia on 21 March and ending in Abu Dhabi on 6 December.

The British Grand Prix at Silverstone will be on 18 July and the Brazilian Grand Prix has been firmed up at Sao Paulo’s historic Interlagos circuit on 14 November.

The calendar is dependent on no further coronavirus pandemic disruption.

F1 has said it is confident it will be able to run a full calendar.

Plans for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne to be held in an ‘F1 biosphere’ are already under way. The date previously allocated for the Vietnamese GP, 25 April, is still empty, pending a host country being found.

Hanoi’s maiden grand prix has technically not yet been cancelled, but it will not take place and a replacement will come from one of the tracks that filled in this year as F1 built a primarily European-based season following disruption caused by coronavirus.

Turkey’s Istanbul Park, Portugal’s Portimao and Italy’s Imola track are the leading candidates to replace Vietnam.

Saudi Arabia will make its debut with a street race in Jeddah as the penultimate grand prix of the year on 28 November.

2021 Formula 1 calendar

• 21 March Australia (Melbourne)
• 28 March Bahrain (Sakhir)
• 11 April China (Shanghai)
• 25 April TBC
• 9 May Spain (Barcelona)
• 23 May Monaco
• 6 June Azerbaijan (Baku)
• 13 June Canada (Montreal)
• 27 June France (Le Castellet)
• 4 July Austria (Spielberg)
• 18 July Britain (Silverstone)
• 1 August Hungary (Hungaroring)
• 29 August Belgium (Spa)
• 5 September Netherlands (Zandvoort)
• 12 September Italy (Monza)
• 26 September Russia (Sochi)
• 3 October Singapore (Marina Bay)
• 10 October Japan (Suzuka)
• 24 October USA (Austin)
• 31 October Mexico (Mexico City)
• 14 November Brazil (Sao Paulo)
• 28 November Saudi Arabia (Jeddah)
• 5 December Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)