Don’t look now, but classic tracks are back.
Last week, Formula 1 made its annual post-summer-break trip to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, but dark clouds hung over the weekend. No, not literal ones, (that was last year) but the metaphoric kind.
We were all thinking it: This was going to be the last F1 race at Spa.
Except, mere moments before the lights went out, F1 announced the return of the Belgian Grand Prix to the legendary track in 2023. Remarkably, the fan-favorite circuit is going to keep its place on the calendar. That kind of thing just never happens in F1.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Formula 1 can confirm that the Belgian Grand Prix will be on the 2023 calendar following an agreement to extend our partnership together.
Further details on the 2023 calendar will be announced in due course. pic.twitter.com/zK1kDrpAbu
— F1 Media (@F1Media) August 28, 2022
Or does it?
Every year it seems, the threat of cancellation hangs over one of F1’s great events, the Silverstones, Spas and Monzas that it just wouldn’t be F1 without. But if you’ve paid attention to the 2022 calendar, you’ll notice they’re all still there.
In fact, since 2010, (excluding the chaos of 2020) we’ve seen the Red Bull Ring, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Circuit Zandvoort and Imola return to the schedule, while Korea, Valencia, Paul Ricard and Sochi have dropped off (or will next year, in the case of France). That’s excluding the still-pandemic-related return of Istanbul Park and debut of Portimao in 2021.
F1’s greatest hits remain: Spa, Monza, Monaco, Silverstone, Interlagos and Suzuka. No matter the threat to their place on the grid, whether budgetary or geopolitical, the golden ones always pull through, ready to give us thrilling action year-after-year.
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