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Leaked F1 schedule shows 20 races- 3 Aug 2010 00:00:00

An unofficial calendar containing 20 races for the F1 2011 season was leaked to the paddock during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend.



The schedule features a record 20 races, beginning in Bahrain on 13th March and ending in Abu Dhabi on 13th November.



The extra race on the calendar is the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, that was drafted in for 9th October.



Korea's second race is scheduled to take place in late April, instead of October as in the 2010 season, and will be held a week after the Chinese Grand Prix.



Australia on the 27th March and the Malaysian Grand Prix are also scheduled back-to-back, as are Germany and Hungary in late July and Belgium-Valencia in late August.



This means the year's four-week summer break in August has been reduced to three weeks in 2011.

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