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March start for 21 race 2016 F1 calendar

It has emerged that Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has re-shaped Formula 1's 2016 world championship calendar. It was already known that, with the summer break controversially shrunk for next year as Azerbaijan joins the unprecedented 21-race schedule, talks to tweak the provisional calendar were taking place behind closed doors. On the website of the Australian grand prix, tickets for the 2016 season opener on 3 April are already being sold. But Auto Motor und Sport reports that Melbourne has now been shifted from its later-than-usual April date back to 20 March. It will reportedly also involve winter testing taking place two weeks earlier than planned. Scrapping the plans for the...
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