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F1 to add second Austrian GP to 2021 calendar

May 13 Formula 1 looks set to add a second race in Austria to its constantly-evolving 2021 calendar. Baku promoter Arif Rahimov has ruled out suggestions that the race in Azerbaijan might swap places with Istanbul so that F1 can dodge the quarantine complications surrounding the Turkish GP. 'There were negotiations, but in our case, the date of the race weekend is fixed,' he said, explaining that the date was planned around a key UEFA Euro 2020 football game. 'We have no room for manoeuvre,' Rahimov insisted. 'There is almost nothing we can do.' It appears that F1's ‘plan B' is a second race at the Red Bull Ring – a similar situation to last year when the Austrian circuit also...
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