FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 – Austrian Grand Prix – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria – June 30, 2019 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in action during the race REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) – Austria’s Red Bull Ring and Britain’s Silverstone circuit will each host two grands prix without spectators on an initial eight race Formula One calendar published on Tuesday.
Austria’s races start the season on July 5 and 12 and will be called the Austrian Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Steiermark (Styria), the region in which the circuit at Spielberg is located.
Silverstone will host the British Grand Prix on Aug. 2 and the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix on Aug. 9.
The Hungarian Grand Prix will be on July 19 with races in Spain, Belgium and Italy on Aug. 16 and 30 and Sept. 6 respectively.
The Formula One season was unable to start in Australia in March as planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reporting by Alan Baldwin; Editing by Hugh Lawson