New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea dropped from Formula One calendar
Programme for 2014 to feature 19 races, with Russia making its debut and Austria returning after a decade's absence
Races in New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea were dropped from Formula One’s official 2014 calendar on Wednesday, with the season remaining at 19 races instead of a record 22.
All three grands prix had been listed provisionally, with asterisks against them, on a previous calendar published in September by the sport’s governing International Automobile Federation (FIA).
None appeared however on the final version issued on Wednesday after a meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sports Council in Paris.
New Jersey’s Grand Prix of the Americas, with New York’s skyscraper skyline as a backdrop, had been due for a debut this year but that had to be postponed due to financial issues which continue to plague the race.
Mexico would have been making its return in November after a 22-year absence but there have been doubts over the readiness of the Mexico City track.
The poorly-attended Korean race, one of the least popular among Formula One’s travelling fraternity, has sustained heavy losses.