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Lewis Hamilton won 2019 the Chinese Grand Prix
When next year's schedule goes up on Friday, the Chinese Grand Prix will likely be removed from the Formula 1 calendar 2022.
Since the outbreak of coronavirus in China, the Shanghai race has been canceled.
It will be replaced at Imola by the Emilia Romagna GP on 24 April.
F1 will publish a record 23-race schedule with all other events that were not reinstated this season.
In 2022, races in Australia, Canada and Japan will all take place.
Due to their national restrictions around Covid-19, all four countries missed the previous two seasons.
20 March in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and 20 November in Abu Dhabi will be the start and end of 2022. It will include 23 races in just 35 weeks.
To avoid clashing with the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the championship will be over three weeks earlier than usual.
It also features the first race of F1 in Miami, a blue-riband competition that will be held in conjunction with the US Grand Prix in Austin in Texas. This is in the hopes of increasing F1's American audience.
F1 published a calendar of 23 races this year but was forced to modify it after a number countries decided that they couldn't hold races during the pandemic.
22 races will be held in the final, despite the cancellations of events in Australia and China, Canada, Singapore, Japan, and Singapore.
F1 believes that there are very few chances of it happening again next year.
Japan is the country that has brought Covid under control following a spike in the virus's spread during the summer. This event is most likely to be cancelled if the virus's circumstances change.
Australia, which had some of the most strict Covid travel restrictions in the world, was moved to the third race. This is to allow it more time to prepare to compete for the grand prix.
More 'sprint' race weekends planned
F1's Sprint format was unveiled at Silverstone in July
F1 is currently discussing with the FIA and teams the possibility of increasing the number events that run the new'sprint format.
These events move qualifying to Friday, and then have a one third-distance race on Saturday to establish the grid for the main Grand Prix. Two of these events have been held this year, and another is planned for next month in Brazil.
F1 and the teams met on Wednesday at the F1 Commission meeting and discussed the possibility of six "sprint" events next year.
Discussions are ongoing, and the main topic of discussion is the budget cap for sport.
Mercedes, Red Bull, and Ferrari claim that sprint events are too expensive because there are two races. They are asking for the budget cap to stay at $145m (114m) this year if there are six events.
Others aren't happy with the idea of maintaining the budget cap at the current level. A compromise has yet to be reached.
Although it is not clear which races will host the 2022 sprint events, F1 is working towards a plan that includes both historic events like Silverstone and higher-paying tracks such as the Middle East.
Discussions have been held about increasing the points in Saturday's'sprint race' and changing the decision to give pole position to the winner rather than to the qualifier with the fastest qualifying time.
F1 calendar to be released in 2022
20 March Bahrain (Sakhir)
27 March Saudi Arabia (Jeddah)
10 April Australia (Melbourne).
24 April Emilia Romagna, Imola
8 May Miami
22 May Spain (Barcelona).
29 May Monaco
12 June Azerbaijan (Baku)
19 June Canada (Montreal)
3 July Great Britain (Silverstone).
10 July Austria (Spielberg).
24 July France (Le Castellet).
31 July Hungary (Budapest).
28 August Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps).
4 September Netherlands (Zandvoort)
11 September Italy (Monza)
25 September Russia (Sochi)
2 October Singapore (Marina Bay)
9 October Japan (Suzuka)
23 October USA (Austin)
30 October Mexico (Mexico City)
13 November Brazil (Sao Paulo)
20 November Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)
