F1 to Start Races in Azerbaijan in 2016
 

Formula One Heads to Azerbaijan for the First Time as Season Grows to Record 21 Races Next Year

• FIA release provisional calendar for 2016 season, with 21 races
• First ever race in Baku, Azerbaijan will be held in July 2016
• German Grand Prix - dropped from 2015 season - set to return
  

Daily Mail UK, 13 July 2015



The Formula One season is scheduled to include a record 21 races next year.
The FIA on Friday released a provisional calendar for the 2016 campaign, including the inaugural race in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 17 July.

It also features a return for the German Grand Prix, which was dropped from the 2015 calendar.


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World Champions Lewis Hamilton and his competitors will head to Azerbaijan for the first time in 2016


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Formula One is also returning to Germany, where Nico Rosberg won his home Grand Prix last year

The season is due to get under way in Australia on April 3 and finish in Abu Dhabi on 27 November.


The British Grand Prix is scheduled for 26 June.

The FIA made the announcement following a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in Mexico City.


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The British Grand Prix, won this year by Lewis Hamilton, is scheduled for 26 July in 2016