The FIA has confirmed Formula 1's longest-ever calendar for 2016, at a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in Mexico on Friday.
A draft version of next year's 21-race schedule was distributed to promoters earlier this year, and the FIA's version is unchanged.
In a statement issued on Friday night, it confirmed some interesting shuffling of the order and a later start than normal.
The Malaysian Grand Prix, which often formed a double-header with Australia at the start of the year, will now move to September to go back-to-back with Singapore.
It means China will take the second slot behind the season-opening Australian GP on April 3, with the Russian GP at Sochi also moving forward to May.
The new race in Baku has been given a July 17 date.
The full calendar is as below…
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April 3 |
Australia |
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April 10 |
China |
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April 24 |
Bahrain |
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May 1 |
Sochi |
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May 15 |
Spain |
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May 29 |
Monaco |
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June 12 |
Canada |
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June 26 |
UK |
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July 3 |
Austria |
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July 17 |
Baku |
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July 31 |
Germany |
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August 7 |
Hungary |
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August 28 |
Belgium |
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September 4 |
Italy |
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September 18 |
Singapore |
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September 25 |
Malaysia |
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October 9 |
Japan |
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October 23 |
USA (Austin) |
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October 30 |
Mexico |
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November 13 |
Brazil |
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November 27 |
Abu Dhabi |
