The 2012 championship season calendar – featuring a record 21-round schedule – has been released by the FIA after yesterday’s meeting of the World Motor sport Council.
The provisional schedule shows all twenty of this year’s races are retained, with the new addition being the United States Grand Prix, which will make a return to the sport with its first appearance at the new circuit at Austin, which will occur a week after the Canadian Grand Prix during the North American summer.
The calendar features six pairs of back-to-back races where the Grands Prix occur just a week apart. The Turkish Grand Prix has a “subject to confirmation” annotation.
2012 FIA Formula 1 Championship Season Calendar (Provisional):
| Date | Event | Venue | |
| 11 MAR |  |
Bahrain Grand Prix | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir |
| 18 MAR |  |
Australian Grand Prix | Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne |
| 01 APR |  |
Malaysian Grand Prix | Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur |
| 08 APR |  |
Chinese Grand Prix | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai |
| 22 APR |  |
Korean Grand Prix | Korean International Circuit, Yeongyam |
| 06 MAY |  |
Turkish Grand Prix* | Otodrom Istanbul Park, Istanbul |
| 20 MAY |  |
Spanish Grand Prix | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona |
| 27 MAY |  |
Monaco Grand Prix | Monaco Grand Prix Circuit, Monaco |
| 10 JUN |  |
Canadian Grand Prix | Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal |
| 17 JUN |  |
United States Grand Prix | Circuit of the Americas, Austin |
| 01 JUL |  |
European Grand Prix | Circuito de Urbano Valencia, Valencia |
| 15 JUL |  |
British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit, near Towcester |
| 29 JUL |  |
German Grand Prix | Nurburgring, Eifel |
| 05 AUG |  |
Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungaroring, Budapest |
| 02 SEP |  |
Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa Francorchamps, Francorchamps |
| 09 SEP |  |
Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Milan |
| 30 SEP |  |
Singapore Grand Prix | Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore |
| 14 OCT |  |
Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka International Racing Circuit, Suzuka |
| 28 OCT |  |
Indian Grand Prix | Buddh International Circuit, New Delhi |
| 11 NOV |  |
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Marina |
| 25 NOV |  |
Brazilian Grand Prix | Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos |
[Image via The Cahier Archive]
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