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FIA reveals F1 calendar with early start to long season

Next year's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne has been brought forward to March 20, to allow space for an August break break, after previously being listed for a later than usual start on April 3. A revised provisional calendar with a record 21 races was approved by the governing FIA's World Motor Sport Council at a meeting in Paris on Wednesday. The April 3 date, which now goes to Bahrain for the second race of the season, would have been the latest start to a championship since 1988. Other changes on the calendar see Bahrain and China swap places, with the race in Shanghai becoming the third round on April 17. Azerbaijan's inaugural race in Baku was moved from July 17 to...
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