Portuguese GP set to take vacant slot on 2021 F1 calendar
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Get F1 news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank The Portuguese Grand Prix is set to fill the vacant slot as the third round on the 2021 Formula 1 calendar.It is understood Portimao’s Autodromo do Algarve circuit will host the third race of F1’s planned 23-round campaign on 2 May, having stood in to stage a grand prix for the first time last year as part of the rewritten mostly European-based 2020 schedule.The Algarve venue was widely expected to make a return for this season but the third race was left vacant when the amended version of the 2021 calendar was published in January amid a worsening coronavirus situation in Portugal, which remains in a national lockdown.Following recent discussions between F1 officials and circuit organisers, both parties are now understood to be happy for the event to go ahead. Championship bosses are set to inform teams of the latest calendar plans in the next meeting of the F1 Commission on Thursday.There are potential complications, however, with Portugal included on the United Kingdom’s ‘red list’ of 33 countries that are subject to strict travel and quarantine restrictions.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); F1 drops rainbow logo, to discuss pre-race plans in We Race As One updateaccImages.createImage(); Alpine confident it can still get juniors into F1 despite lack of seatsAnyone arriving in the UK from Portugal must self-isolate in specific quarantine hotels for 10 days as of next Monday (15 February), and elite sports have not been granted an exemption from those measures.Should those rules still be in place when the race takes place in just under three months’ time, UK-based personnel will be unable to return home between back-to-back races in Portugal and Spain on 9 May, nor would they be able to travel back immediately after the Spanish Grand Prix. understands that a mooted second race in Bahrain was only ever floated as an idea in the event that the Portuguese Grand Prix proved unviable, and was not under serious consideration.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Alpine F1 team reveals Academy line-up for 2021 seasonaccImages.createImage(); Mercedes wants “much earlier” resolution for 2022 F1 driver decisionAs a result, the 2021 F1 season set now set to begin with the Bahrain Grand Prix on 28 March, followed by a race in Imola on 18 April, before heading to Portugal for round three.Expected 2021 Formula 1 Race CalendarRaceDateBahrain GP (Sakhir)March 28Emilia Romagna GP (Imola)April 18Portuguese GP (Portimao)May 2Spanish GP (Barcelona)May 9Monaco GP (Monte Carlo)May 23Azerbaijan GP (Baku)June 6Canadian GP (Montreal)June 13French GP (Paul Ricard)June 27Austrian GP (Spielberg)July 4British GP (Silverstone)July 18Hungarian GP (Budapest)August 1Belgian GP (Spa)August 29Dutch GP (Zandvoort)September 5Italian GP (Monza)September 12Russian GP (Sochi)September 26Singapore GP (Marina Bay)October 3Japanese GP (Suzuka)October 10United States GP (Austin)October 24Mexican GP (Mexico City)October 31Sao Paulo GP (Interlagos)November 7Australian GP (Melbourne)November 21Saudi Arabian GP (Jeddah)December 5Abu Dhabi GP (Yas Marina)December 12″4
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