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Melbourne admits loss of season open date likely

June 18th, 2013 (F1plus).- Melbourne has all but confirmed news it has lost its status as the opening race on the formula one calendar. It emerged recently that F1's hugely controversial Bahrain grand prix is provisionally scheduled to kick off an unprecedentedly-long 21-race schedule in 2014. Bahrain's race will be in early March, which is a couple of weeks earlier than Australia usually hosts the season opener, in the third week of the month. The Sunday Herald Sun newspaper reports that Bahrain next year will be held on March 2, followed by Melbourne two weeks later. But Andrew Westacott, boss of the Australian grand prix corporation, said Melbourne is happy with the mid-March slot, due...
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