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# F1 2023 gets big calendar gap as China will not be replaced
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-2023-gets-big-calendar-gap-as-china-will-not-be-replaced/
- Published: 2023-01-17T12:00:45.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-15T17:44:21.000Z
- Description: Formula 1 will stick with a 23-race 2023 calendar that now has a large April gap after calling off efforts to replace the Chinese Grand Prix, leaving an unbalanced schedule
- Author: Scott Mitchell-Malm
- Tags: Formula 1, #image-center-center

Formula 1 will not replace the cancelled Chinese Grand Prix and has confirmed the 2023 season will feature 23 grands prix with a large gap between races in April.

Shanghai originally appeared on the provisional 24-race schedule for 2023 but was never considered likely to happen because of China’s situation regarding COVID-19.

Restrictions in China and the potential consequences for those returning from the country meant F1 considered it impossible to hold the race without major compromises, and even as restrictions eased at the start of 2023 a late attempt from organisers to get it reinstated failed.

F1 held discussions with potential replacement venues to take the vacant April 16 slot, as it was keen to retain a 24th race if possible.

![Motor Racing Formula One World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix Race Day Portimao, Portugal](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2023/01/XPB_1084072_HiRes.jpg)

But despite Portugal looking like a strong favourite to get back on the calendar after Portimao’s 2020 and ’21 appearances, F1’s position was always that it was open to not replacing China at all.

F1 has now confirmed that no race will take China’s slot and the calendar will feature 23 grands prix, which is still a record.

Furthermore, no other races will move dates. That is significant because it means a large gap in the schedule early in the season.

This was the main drawback to not replacing China as an attempt to get the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to move forward one week from April 30 to April 23 was rebuffed by Baku organisers.

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It means four weeks, or three empty weekends, between the third round of the season in Australia (April 2) and the next race in Azerbaijan (April 30).

The start of the season therefore gets even more drawn out, as Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are not back-to-back this year and Australia is a standalone event as well, before the schedule condenses significantly.

There will be only four races in the first two months of the season, then nine races in the next three months leading to the summer break.

The schedule is still compact in the second half of the year too, as that features three double-headers and a triple-header comprising the United States, Mexican and Brazilian GPs.

### REVISED 2023 F1 CALENDAR

**February 23-25:** Bahrain pre-season test  
**March 5:** Bahrain  
**March 19:** Saudi Arabia  
**April 2:** Australia  
**April 30:** Azerbaijan  
**May 7:** Miami  
**May 21:** Emilia Romagna (Imola)  
**May 28:** Monaco  
**June 4:** Spain  
**June 18:** Canada  
**July 2:** Austria  
**July 9:** Britain  
**July 23:** Hungary  
**July 30:** Belgium  
**August 27:** Netherlands  
**September 3:** Italy  
**September 17:** Singapore  
**September 24:** Japan  
**October 8:** Qatar  
**October 22:** United States  
**October 29:** Mexico  
**November 5:** Brazil  
**November 18:** Las Vegas  
**November 26:** Abu Dhabi