F1 2020 calendar confirmed with Silverstone double-header as part of eight-race European schedule

Silverstone will host the British Grand Prix and the inaugural F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix across the first two weekends in August after a revamped 2020 calendar was unveiled to start the heavily-delayed season next month.

Formula One has been put on hold following the outbreak of coronavirus, with all races since the scheduled 15 March season-opener in Australia either postponed or cancelled.

The campaign will kick off in Austria with back-to-back weekends at the Red Bull Ring, which has been pinpointed as the ideal location for F1 to resume under their new Covid-19 conditions, where fans will be locked out of circuits for the full European stint of the 2020 season.

The curtain-raising Austrian Grand Prix will take place across the weekend of 3-5 July, with the Pirelli Grand Prix of Austria staged the following weekend at the same circuit.

Silverstone was initially due to hold the third and fourth rounds of the season, only for the UK government’s plans to quarantine those arriving in the country for 14 days to throw those plans in jeopardy. As a result, the Formula One Group moved the Hungarian Grand Prix to fill the third weekend on 17-19 July, before the first weekend off ahead of the August Silverstone double-header.

3-5 July: Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring)

10-12 July: Grand Prix of Austria (Red Bull Ring)

17-19 July: Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring)

31 July - 2 August: British Grand Prix (Silverstone)

7-9 August: F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix (Silverstone)

14-16 August: Spanish Grand Prix (Catalunya)

28-30 August: Belgian Grand Prix (Spa-Francorchamps)

4-6 September: Italian Grand Prix (Monza)

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