he FIA has officially confirmed that the 2015 Formula 1 season will run to a 20-race calendar, with the schedule containing only minor tweaks from a leaked list which circulated at Monza.
As per the calendar which was given to the teams for inspection at last week's Italian GP, next season's roster is back up to the record high of 20 races first set in 2012 following the return of the Mexican GP, with the schedule otherwise largely following the pattern of this year's 19-date version.
There are, however, a couple of key date changes over the final flyaway rounds. Singapore and Japan are now slated to run back-to-back in late September - meaning what will be Russia's second grand prix will be a standalone event - while the U.S. GP at Austin will now take place a week before F1's return to Mexico, on October 25.
As has become tradition, the season curtain-raiser is in Australia, on March 15, with the campaign to again finish in Abu Dhabi, on November 29 - the latest finish to a campaign since 1963.
Despite complaints this year about the creation of a two-week gap between Australia and Malaysia, a fortnight break remains between the two opening rounds, with Malaysia and Bahrain therefore the first of four back-to-back events on the schedule.
The 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar
15 March Australian GP
29 March Malaysian GP
5 April Bahrain GP
19 April Chinese GP
10 May Spanish GP
24 May Monaco GP
7 June Canadian GP
21 June Austrian GP
5 July British GP
19 July German GP
26 July Hungarian GP
23 August Belgian GP
6 September Italian GP
20 September Singapore GP
27 September Japanese GP
11 October Russian GP
25 October U.S. GP
1 November Mexican GP
15 November Brazilian GP
29 November Abu Dhabi GP
