Overview
- F1 is weighing how to reinsert one of the canceled Middle East rounds after Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were scrubbed in April, with Qatar and Abu Dhabi also under watch.
- Liberty Media said it is budgeting for a 22-race season but sees a chance to move one event to the back end of the year if conditions allow.
- Multiple reports point to Bahrain as the likelier comeback, with the first weekend of October between Azerbaijan and Singapore cited as a possible slot that would create a triple-header.
- Teams have raised welfare and freight concerns about proposals such as pushing Abu Dhabi back a week or adding a second Las Vegas race that would compress the run-in.
- The FIA has already shifted its ADUO windows — extra power-unit upgrade periods — to match the new race count, reflecting knock-on effects from the cancellations.