Formula 1 and the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit have entered into an unprecedented agreement regarding the future presence of the Belgian GP on the calendar: the revolution announced in the past by Domenicali has begun. And it could be good news for Imola.
Formula 1 has announced that the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit and the Belgian GP will be on the calendar until at least 2031but unlike the other previously agreed extensions, the agreement stipulated with the Belgian plant does not guarantee presence every year until expiry. Yes, because the contract renewal provides that between now and 2031 the Belgian Grand Prix will only be held in five of the next seven seasonsi.e. in 2025 (as provided for by the old agreement), in 2026, 2027, 2029 and 2031 while it will not be staged in the 2028 and 2030 championships.
And agreement of his kind by il Circus which until now had always stipulated contracts with the circuits which provided for the presence of the latter on the calendar for a few or many years but always consecutive. An agreement that is historic in its own way, because it is the one that effectively kicks off the revolution announced several times by Liberty Media and the CEO of Formula One Group, Stefano Domenicali, that is, the one that provides for the rotation of some circuits and GPs over the years to make room in the calendar for other facilities and nations without further cluttering an already clogged calendar.
The agreement stipulated with the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit, which, evidently, by typology will not remain a unique, opens up new scenarios regarding the Formula 1 world championship of the future and if on the one hand it gives F1 the opportunity to stop in countries where the Circus has never landed before (or in any case in which no racing has taken place for decades), on the other hand it rekindles the hopes of other historical circuits (like the one expiring in 2025 of Imola or the one you haven’t raced on for years like Hockenheim) to be present, albeit in alternate years, in the Formula 1 calendar.
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Ecco the current situation of contracts with Formula 1 circuit by circuit after the renewal of Spa-Francorchamps:
- Melbourne (Australian GP): expires in 2037
- Sakhir (GP Bahrain): 2036
- Madrid (GP Madrid dal 2027): 2035
- Silverstone (British GP): 2034
- Hungaroring (GP Ungheria): 2032
- Miami (GP Miami): 2031
- Monte Carlo (Monaco GP): 2031
- Montreal (GP Canada): 2031
- Losail (GP Qatar): 2031
- Monza (Italian GP): 2031
- Spa-Francorchamps (Belgian GP): 2031*
- Shanghai (Chinese GP): 2030
- Interlagos (GP Brasile): 2030
- Yas Marina (Abu Dhabi GP): 2030
- Jeddah (Saudi Arabia GP): 2030
- Spielberg (GP Austria): 2030
- Suzuka (Japan GP): 2029
- Marina Bay (GP Singapore): 2028
- Barcelona (Spanish GP): 2026
- Zandvoort (GP Olanda): 2026**
- Baku (Azerbaijan GP): 2026
- Austin (United States GP): 2026
- Imola (GP Emilia Romagna): 2025***
- Mexico City (Mexico GP): 2025
- Las Vegas (GP Las Vegas): 2025
*in 2028 and 2030 it will not be present in the calendar: the extension of the contract which expired in 2025 in fact only concerns 4 of the following 6 years (specifically 2026, 2027, 2029 and 2031).
**already announced that after 2026 the Dutch GP will no longer be on the F1 calendar.
***the contract expires in 2025, but in 2026 we could still race in Imola to make up for the 2023 edition of the Emilia Romagna GP which was not held due to the flood that hit the Santerno area (there is still no no official agreement).
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