Chase Carey has insisted there is no “magic number” maximum of races for a Formula 1 season – but that 23 represents a “full calendar”. F1 has drawn up a provisional schedule of 23 races for the 2021 campaign, which is one more than had been originally planned for this year before the global health pandemic wreaked havoc and caused a drastic rejig. If 23 grands prix take place next season, that would be a record – although only 22 have so far been rostered with one ‘TBC’ date currently blank for the last weekend in April after a first ever Vietnamese race was scrapped. There remains the potential for the calendar to be increased yet further, with a provision for 25 races...
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