F1 confirms Portuguese Grand Prix as third race of the season

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Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF1000, Nicholas Latifi of Canada driving the (6) Williams Racing FW43 Mercedes and Kevin Magnussen of Denmark driving the (20) Haas F1 Team VF-20 Ferrari on track in the F1 Grand Prix of Portugal at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal, October 25, 2020. /CFP

The Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao has been added to the calendar of the 2021 Formula One World Championship as the third race of the season, confirmed the championship on Friday.

"We are thrilled to announce that Formula 1 will be racing again in Portimao after the huge success of the race last year," said F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.

Portimao hosted its first race in late October to fill in the gaps of the schedule caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lewis Hamilton claimed his 92nd win at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, breaking the record kept by Michael Schumacher.

This year the race in Portugal will take place on May 2, the third one on the calendar. There have been many changes made to the original schedule. For example, the Vietnamese race was cancelled and the two races in China and Australia have been postponed.

Lewis Hamilton (R) of Great Britain and Mercedes GP celebrates his record breaking 92nd race win with race engineer Peter Bonnington on the podium in the F1 Grand Prix of Portugal at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve October 25, 2020. /CFP

"We want to thank the promoter and the Portuguese Government for their hard work and dedication in getting us to this point," said Domenicali. "We are confident and excited about our 2021 season, having shown last year that we could deliver 17 races safely and bring our millions of fans thrilling racing at a difficult time."

"We hope to welcome fans to Portimao again this season in a safe way and are working with the promoter on the details of that plan."

The latest confirmed schedule came as the following:

March 28, Bahrain GP, Sakhir

April 18, Emilia Romagna GP, Imola

May 2, Portuguese Grand Prix, Portimao

May 9, Spanish GP, Circuit de Catalunya

May 23, Monaco GP, Monte Carlo

June 6, Azerbaijan GP, Baku

June 13, Canadian GP, Montreal

June 27, French GP, Paul Ricard

July 4, Austrian GP, Red Bull Ring

July 18, British GP, Silverstone

August 1, Hungarian GP, Budapest

August 29, Belgian GP, Spa-Fracorchamps

September 5, Dutch GP, Zandvoort

September 12, Italian GP, Monza

September 26, Russian GP, Sochi

October 3, Singapore GP, Marina Bay

October 10, Japanese GP, Suzuka

October 24, U.S. GP, Austin

October 31, Mexican GP, Mexico City

November 7, Brazilian GP, Sao Paulo

November 21, Australian GP, Melbourne

December 5, Saudi Arabian GP, Jeddah

December 2, Abu Dhabi GP, Yas Marina

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