The 2021 Formula 1 season calendar will look “closer to normal”, according to the sport’s CEO Chase C🦩arey.

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the opening 🍒10 events on the original schedule to be called off, F1 pulled together a 17-round revised calendar featuring a mix of new and historic tracks predominantly based in Europe.

Extra races were added at the Red Bull Ring, Silver♋stone, Italy, Germany, Turkeꦦy, Portugal and Bahrain to replace the cancelled rounds in Asia and the Americas.

Speaking in the latest episode of F1’s Beyond the Grid podcast, Carey revealed that next season’s cham𝕴pionship cal൲endar will look much closer to the schedule that was supposed happen this year.

“I think 2021 will probably look a෴ bit more ꦍlike the calendar we planned for this year,” Carey explained.

“We are a global sport and the reality is this year we haven’t really raced globally. We’ve largely raced in the European zo𓂃ne.

“So we want to get back to making sure we have our races in the A🧔mericas, we have our races in 𝐆Asia, we have races spread across the globe. That is important to us as a global sport.

“We have some great historic tracks that are obviously part 🍸of our calendar. Tracks like Silverstone, Monza, Monaco, Spa.

“So, certainly historic European tracks are an important part of the sport, but I thin🦩k you’ll see a more balanced set🅷 of events across the globe on the 2021 calendar.”

Carey revealed that F1 is “pretty close” to finalising⛄ a final calendar, but still has “a couple of issues to resolve” which have resul🧜ted in delays.

“Clearly we’re later in the process because the issues around 2020 we🦩’ve really only recently resolved,” he said. “So all of those things have created delays in getting it out.

“But we’re going to plan for a 2021 calendar th꧅at looks pretty much like a normal calꦡendar, like the calendar we would’ve planned in January.

“What we don’t really know is what will be the state of COVID next year an🎃d how we navigate through it.

“We’re planning for events, we’re planning to have fans,ꦏ we’re planning to ha𝕴ve a season that I don’t know that I’d say is ‘normal’, but certainly gets us back to normal, closer to normal on that track.”