PARIS – Formula One will finally get underway with back-to-back races at the Austrian Grand Prix in July as part of an eight-race European swing.
The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg will host races on July 5 and 12, governing body FIA said in a statement on Tuesday. The next race will be in Hungary on July 19 followed by consecutive races at the British GP at Silverstone on Aug.
2 and 9 after the British government exempted elite sports from an upcoming quarantine on foreign visitors. Further races are scheduled for Spain on Aug.
16 and Belgium on Aug. 30, with Italy completing the European swing on Sept. 6. “Over the past two months Formula One has been working closely with all partners, authorities, the FIA and the 10 teams to create a revised