Bahrain now due to stage season opener on 28 MarchPortimão – provisionally – and Imola added to new scheduleFormula One has confirmed a revised calendar for the start of the 2021 season after the postponement of the
Australian and Chinese grands prix.
Both meetings have been deemed untenable because of the pandemic, but Portimão and Imola have been drafted in to bolster the opening of the season, which will now begin in Bahrain. F1 will be imposing the same strict protocols to protect against
Coronavirus that enabled the sport to complete 17 races last year.