Updated: Wednesday 21 st September 2022 at 09:00. “Formula 1 is assessing alternative options to replace the slot on the 2023 calendar and will provide an update on this in due course.”į1 confirms 2023 venues, Monaco gets new three-year deal In a statement announcing the cancellation F1 said: 'Formula 1 can confirm, following dialogue with the promoter and relevant authorities, that the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix will not take place due to the ongoing difficulties presented by the COVID-19 situation. If no replacement is found it will leave Formula 1 with a 23-race calendar, still the longest in the history of the sport. No decision has been announced on whether a new race will be brought in to replace the lost round, which currently leaves a four-week gap in the calendar.

The country is still grappling with waves of the virus, and continuing restrictions have meant the race will not take place.

Updated 13:35 2 nd December: For the third year running Formula 1 has had to ammend its calendar due to Covid-19 restrictions, after the series confirmed that the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix, scheduled to take place in April, will no longer take place.

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