A provisional 2014 calendar has been officially released after a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Croatia.
New Jersey is listed on the 22-race calendar and could be set to debut on the 1st June, in the middle of a triple header with Monaco and Canada - which teams feel is completely impractical.
Alongside the triple header, 2014 could see a total of five back-to-back races which include Russia and Japan in October and scheduling F1's return to Mexico a week ahead of the USA GP in November.
The World Motor Sport Council approved the calendar, which is the first to be officially announced. An earlier unofficial version was given to teams earlier in the month.
Relative to the earlier unofficial calendar, Malaysia has been pushed back one week and Bahrain has moved to the third slot on the 2014 schedule.
Korea is listed as a double-header with China in the fifth slot on the calendar, but is listed as provisional - as is Mexico and New Jersey, although these two are subject to circuit approval.
Austria will return to the sport in 2014 and is listed firmly on June 22nd, between Canada and the British Grand Prix at Silverstone which looks set to take place on the first weekend of July.
The first race in Russia has been moved ahead of Japan in the schedule, forming an unusual back-to-back race, with Abu Dhabi now standing alone. Brazil will round out the season on November 30th, 259 days after the season opener in Australia.
Of course, the calendar is still subject to revision given the FIA's rule that "the final list of events is published by the FIA before January 1 each year." However, the ruling also states that a maximum of 20 events is permissible.
The FIA will gather in Paris in December, which is being predicted as the likely time to learn the official schedule.
The World Motor Sport Council's meeting also confirmed that Pirelli will continue to supply Formula 1 with tyres.
They revealed that Pirelli will continue to do so until a new procedure for tendering for such supplies has been introduced.
A statement said: "In this new process, the FIA will be confirmed as the body in charge of conducting the tender process.
"The Commercial Rights Holder will be entitled to run the commercial negotiations with potential suppliers, with a view to the selected single supplier being officially appointed by the WMSC.
"In order to cover the transition period and considering the contracts already settled by FOM and the teams with Pirelli, the WMSC today confirmed that Pirelli may continue to supply tyres to competitors in the FIA F1 world championship, subject to the requisite technical and safety standards of the FIA being met."
They added that the new tendering process would apply to "appointing single suppliers in the tyre and fuel categories for the FIA F1 world championship."
Provisional 2014 calendar
March 16 - Australia GP, Melbourne
March 30 - Malaysia GP, Sepang
April 6 - Bahrain GP, Sakhir
April 20 - China GP, Shanghai
April 27 - Korea GP, Mokpo (provisional)
May 11 - Spain GP, Barcelona
May 25 - Monaco GP, Monaco
June 1 - GP of America, New Jersey *(provisional)
June 8 - Canada GP, Montreal
June 22 - Austria GP, Red Bull Ring
July 6 - Britain GP, Silverstone
July 20 - Germany GP, Hockenheim
July 27 - Hungary GP, Hungaroring
August 24 - Belgium GP, Spa-Francorchamps
September 7 - Italy GP, Monza
September 21 - Singapore GP, Marina Bay
October 5 - Russia, Sochi
October 12- Japan GP, Suzuka
October 26 - Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina
November 9 - Mexico, Mexico City *(provisional)
November 16 - USA, Circuit of the Americas
November 30 - Brazil, Interlagos
* (subject to circuit approval)
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Alongside the triple header, 2014 could see a total of five back-to-back races which include Russia and Japan in October and scheduling F1's return to Mexico a week ahead of the USA GP in November.
The World Motor Sport Council approved the calendar, which is the first to be officially announced. An earlier unofficial version was given to teams earlier in the month.
Relative to the earlier unofficial calendar, Malaysia has been pushed back one week and Bahrain has moved to the third slot on the 2014 schedule.
Korea is listed as a double-header with China in the fifth slot on the calendar, but is listed as provisional - as is Mexico and New Jersey, although these two are subject to circuit approval.
Austria will return to the sport in 2014 and is listed firmly on June 22nd, between Canada and the British Grand Prix at Silverstone which looks set to take place on the first weekend of July.
The first race in Russia has been moved ahead of Japan in the schedule, forming an unusual back-to-back race, with Abu Dhabi now standing alone. Brazil will round out the season on November 30th, 259 days after the season opener in Australia.
Of course, the calendar is still subject to revision given the FIA's rule that "the final list of events is published by the FIA before January 1 each year." However, the ruling also states that a maximum of 20 events is permissible.
The FIA will gather in Paris in December, which is being predicted as the likely time to learn the official schedule.
The World Motor Sport Council's meeting also confirmed that Pirelli will continue to supply Formula 1 with tyres.
They revealed that Pirelli will continue to do so until a new procedure for tendering for such supplies has been introduced.
A statement said: "In this new process, the FIA will be confirmed as the body in charge of conducting the tender process.
"The Commercial Rights Holder will be entitled to run the commercial negotiations with potential suppliers, with a view to the selected single supplier being officially appointed by the WMSC.
"In order to cover the transition period and considering the contracts already settled by FOM and the teams with Pirelli, the WMSC today confirmed that Pirelli may continue to supply tyres to competitors in the FIA F1 world championship, subject to the requisite technical and safety standards of the FIA being met."
They added that the new tendering process would apply to "appointing single suppliers in the tyre and fuel categories for the FIA F1 world championship."
Provisional 2014 calendar
March 16 - Australia GP, Melbourne
March 30 - Malaysia GP, Sepang
April 6 - Bahrain GP, Sakhir
April 20 - China GP, Shanghai
April 27 - Korea GP, Mokpo (provisional)
May 11 - Spain GP, Barcelona
May 25 - Monaco GP, Monaco
June 1 - GP of America, New Jersey *(provisional)
June 8 - Canada GP, Montreal
June 22 - Austria GP, Red Bull Ring
July 6 - Britain GP, Silverstone
July 20 - Germany GP, Hockenheim
July 27 - Hungary GP, Hungaroring
August 24 - Belgium GP, Spa-Francorchamps
September 7 - Italy GP, Monza
September 21 - Singapore GP, Marina Bay
October 5 - Russia, Sochi
October 12- Japan GP, Suzuka
October 26 - Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina
November 9 - Mexico, Mexico City *(provisional)
November 16 - USA, Circuit of the Americas
November 30 - Brazil, Interlagos
* (subject to circuit approval)
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