F1 not replacing canceled Chinese GP; 23 races in 2023
FILE - Drivers prepare for the start of the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China on April 14, 2019. Formula One has confirmed it will not replace the canceled Chinese Grand Prix. The decision leaves the 2023 season at 23 races. That is still a record for an F1 season. The race in Shanghai was canceled for the fourth year running in December. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ng Han Guan]
LONDON (AP) — Formula One has confirmed that it will not replace the canceled Chinese Grand Prix. The decision leaves the 2023 season at 23 races. That is still a record for an F1 season. The race in Shanghai was canceled for the fourth straight year in December. China had some of the toughest pandemic-related restrictions of any country at the time. Those rules have since been relaxed but cases of COVID-19 in China have surged.
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