Imola gets the call it was waiting for
Imola will not be hosting a Grand Prix in December. Formula 1 told the Italian circuit on Tuesday that it will not be needed, after the deadline to move a season-ending race to Italy passed. The track had been on standby in case the final two rounds could not safely go ahead in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
The fallback plan had a race pencilled in for the first week of December. With that window closed, F1 is heading to the Gulf as scheduled.
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A season already hit by the conflict
This was never a routine decision. F1 cancelled its April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia because of the conflict in the Middle East, and doubt has hung over the last two rounds ever since. The Bahrain race was eventually rescheduled and held in Malaysia in October.
Lusail provided some reassurance. The Qatar circuit staged a MotoGP round from 6 to 8 November, and it passed without incident, even though Yamaha chose to skip it over security concerns.
What is left on the calendar
Las Vegas comes first, from 20 to 22 November. Qatar follows on 27 to 29 November, and Abu Dhabi closes the year from 4 to 6 December. Kimi Antonelli has already wrapped up the drivers’ title in Mexico City, and Mercedes took the constructors’ crown a week later in Brazil.
Stefano Domenicali has said all season that the races would stay where they are unless the situation worsens. The sport’s bosses are understood to be ready to cancel without hesitation if that changes, and no team has suggested it wants to stop.
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