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Ecclestone confirms 19 races for 2013 season

6 February, 2013 Bernie Ecclestone Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that the 2013 F1 world championship calendar will feature 19 rounds, as opposed to the original schedule, which until New Jersey's demise, was set to have twenty grands prix. F1 chief executive, Ecclestone opened up the twentieth slot to a potential new European venue, but he said on Tuesday that he could not now fill it 'at this late stage'. 'I'm disappointed it [the 20th race] didn't happen,' he said in Dubai on Tuesday, where he announced the airline Emirates as a major new F1 sponsor. 'You can't suddenly slot it in.' However, the 82-year-old Briton was quoted by the Gulf News as saying 20 is the ideal number for...
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