Formula 1's 2021 season will consist of 23 stages.

Axar.az reports referring to the International Automobile Federation (FIA).

According to the FIA, the championship will start on March 28 in Bahrain and end on December 12 in Abu Dhabi.

"The duration of Friday practices has been reduced from 90 minutes to one hour, and the start of the race has been shifted to the beginning of the hour," the federation said.

Besides, the FIA ​​has approved the date for the Portuguese Grand Prix and updated the previously published schedule of races, adding the race in Portimao city. The schedule showed the time in GMT +03:00.