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A RECORD-breaking 23 round FIA Formula 1 Championship calendar has been announced including a new track and some returning classic venues for the new era of F1. For the second year running the Bahrain International Circuit will play host to the season opener, with the grand prix taking place on March 20. The championship will last for exactly eight months, concluding at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 20. After Bahrain the championship will visit the Saudi Arabian Street Circuit in Jeddah before returning to Australian after a two-year absence from the calendar (see other story). Notably, Imola returns for a third straight year, replacing China before the championship heads over to America for the first of two races where F1 will make its maiden visit to the Miami Street Circuit. “We are very pleased with the interest in Formula 1 from places that want to host races and the growth of the sport and believe we have a fantastic calendar for 2022 with destinations like Miami joining famous and historic venues,” says Stefano Domenicali “We are excited to announce the 2022 calendar as we prepare to enter a new era for the sport with brand new regulations and cars for next year that are designed to create closer racing. Other returning tracks include the iconic Suzuka Circuit and Circuit de Giles Villeneuve in Montreal. “The impressive 2022 FIA Formula One Championship calendar is the result of the great work made by Formula 1, led by Stefano Domenicali and his team, in strong synergy with the FIA,”said FIA President Jean Todt. “Over the past two years, F1 has shown remarkable resilience. This is clearly demonstrated by the continued growth of the sport despite the important challenges of the pandemic. “The 23 Grands Prix in 2022 will be an exciting showcase for the all-new cars and I am looking forward to it.” Formula 1 organisers are pleased to see some fans return this year and are looking forward to making another step in 2022. “The 2022 season follows an unprecedented two years for Formula 1 in which the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in revised calendar of 17 races in 2020 and 22 races in 2021. Provisional 2022 Formula 1 calendar Date Grand Prix 20 March Bahrain 27 March Saudi Arabia 10 April Australia 24 April Emilia Romagna 8 May Miami 22 May Spain 29 May Monaco 12 June Azerbaijan 19 June Canada 3 July United Kingdom 10 July Austria 24 July France 31 July Hungary 28 August Belgium 4 September Netherlands 11 September Italy 25 September Russia 2 October Singapore 9 October Japan 23 October USA 30 October Mexico 13 November Brazil 20 November Abu Dhabi *subject to contract **subject to FIA circuit homologation
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Cindric: Scotty gets a B+ By Paul Gover THE TWO most important people in Scott McLaughlin’s first year of IndyCar racing, Tim Cindric and ScottyMac himself, rate him the same for season 2021. McLaughlin is already looking for a Top 10 finish next year, while Cindric – president of Team Penske and the man who has overall control of both its IndyCar and NASCAR programs (pictured, right) – is happy with his newest signing. He rates the Supercars graduate’s rookie year strongly and gives him almost the same grading as McLaughlin . “I would say it would be a B or B+. I think he had a good year. He met our expectation,” Cindric says. “As a whole, it was probably a B+ for me,” says McLaughlin. Speaking exclusively to Auto Action, Cindric picks up the positives from the youngster’s first year stateside. “You don’t have to push him. Sometimes you have to pull him back. Nobody is harder on him than himself. “He showed pace. But he learned really what it takes to run up the front. It’s all the details. It’s not just the speed.” McLaughlin admits there were ups and downs as he adjusted to everything IndyCar, and confesses that his early runner-up spot on the high-speed Texas Motor Speedway in his first oval race might have come too early. “I probably got a little complacent in some ways. I expected it to happen sooner, and I was putting a lot of pressure on myself,” he says. “Once I sorted out my attitude and a few things, it got a lot better. “I’m in America. I’m racing. It’s what I always wanted to do. I feel like I’m in my prime.” McLaughlin says he could feel momentum building through the back end of the season, once he admitted he was only a rookie with a lot to learn. “I started enjoying myself. The last 6-7 races the results got better,” he says. “As a team, as a driver, I felt we were really punching and going good. The momentum was really there.” Cindric reports the same sorts of things as he talks about McLaughlin’s season. “Early in the year there are lots of opportunities, because
Motorsport Images everybody is just getting started. But once they hit their feet it, as the year goes along, it gets more and more competitive. The little details matter more. There is not so much low-hanging fruit,” he says. “We assured him we had the patience. I’m not sure Penske has ever had a rookie before. It didn’t fit our normal program.“ For Cindric, the expectation for season 2022, as Team Penske contracts to a three-car outfit after adding an extra car for McLaughlin this year, is clear. “I think it’s obviously to evolve his craft in an Indycar. Scott’s biggest hurdle to overcome is what it takes to do the knockout qualifying. The tyre and everything,” he says. “Had he been able to get out of the first knockout session, and even the second one, I think you would have seen him finish in the Top 10 in points (this year). “For him, the ultimate in my eyes anyway is to be an Indy 500 winner. That’s what the world recognises.” It has also been confirmed that McLaughlin will not be making the trip back to Aus to race at the Bathurst 1000.
THE 2022 AUSSIE GP WILL HAPPEN INTERNATIONAL SPECULATION over the future of the Australian Grand Prix has died down after it was announced that the Australian Grand Prix is on the provisional Formula 1 calendar for 2022. Ahead of the announcement that the Australian Grand Prix would return as the third round next year, there was increasing international Motorsport Images speculation that should the event not take place, Melbourne would lose its a successful race at Albert Park in place on the calendar permanently. 2022,” a government spokesperson The speculation was built upon due said in a statement. to a slow vaccination rate and tight Following this, the Australian Grand international border closures which Prix was placed in the draft calendar currently force international travellers to as the third round of the Formula 1 conduct 14 days hotel quarantine. season after Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, However, with the confirmation of set to be run from April 7-10. the Australian Grand Prix and the “It is extremely pleasing to have the increased vaccine levels nationwide, Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix date the speculation has been extinguished. for 2022 locked in,” said the Victorian Both the Victorian government and Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Australian Grand Prix Corporation Events, Martin Pakula. rallied to support and throw their “I want to thank Paul Little, Andrew confidence behind the event. Westacott and the whole team at the “We’re committed to the Australian SGPC for their hard work in helping to Grand Prix and with vaccination rates deliver the great outcome for Victoria.” rising daily, we look forward to hosting Australian Grand Prix Cooperation
(AGPC) CEO Andrew Westacott was pleased to announce the date after it had been called off during the last two years. “The Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix will make its long-awaited return to Albert Park in 2022,” confirmed Westacott. The last GPs down under have been cancelled, with the first canned on the Friday of the event as teams prepared to take to the track after two McLaren mechanics tested positive for COVID-19. Australia has a contract to hold the race until 2025 and the Victorian Government remains committed to hosting the historic race in its capital. It is expected to get easier with quarantine for international arrivals expected to be loosened in coming weeks. The Australian Open Grand Slam is set to take place three months prior to the 2022 Grand Prix in Melbourne, which means that Victorian health authorities will already be well rehearsed in the art of running an international sporting event in 2022. Dan McCarthy
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SVG: happy to be back, but ... Runaways series leader Shane van Gisbergen is busting to get back to racing in the Repco Supercars Championship. Sydney Motorsport Park? Not so much … By Paul Gover SHANE VAN Gisbergen knows the Sydney circuit has not been kind to him and the Red Bull Ampol Racing team and is less than happy about mixedcompound racing and only using one track when there are three different circuit layouts. “I’m ready to go racing. It’s been a long break. Should be a fun finish to the year,” van Gisbergen tells Auto Action. “I’m raring to go in a couple of weeks. It should be good.” But he is less excited when the talk turns to details on the resumption of racing.
“I think it’s an awesome thing that we’re doing, racing and all, but it’s a track that has at least three layouts so there are plenty of formats we could have done a little different,” he says. “The opportunity is there. It would be a bit more interesting. “I read mixed tyres and I lost interest pretty quick. I think it’s stupid,” he says. “I think it’s not too much of a lottery, like last year. I think there should still be some genuine racing, but I don’t like when they mix things up, and don’t give you enough tyres, and stuff. “You want to see the best cars winning, and feel like you’re a deserved winner. Well, I do, anyway. What about the twin 250-kilometre races that will end the SMP sweep? “No, because you have hard tyres and one set of super-softs, so everyone is going to do the same thing and put the super-softs on at the end. Cruise around for the first 200, or 180 kays.” Van Gisbergen has looking nearly unbeatable for much of the 2021 campaign, even when he had a broken shoulder, but is not getting over-confindent ahead of SMP. “I think that style of track suits other teams and cars. The Mustang is
good there, obviously, and BJR - and Nick Percat obviously are good. And sometimes Erebus are good, as well, on that style of track,” he says. “It’s not particuarly our strong point.” He is not expecting a massive re-shuffle of the pecking order after the long Covid-enforced break, but says The Bulls could struggle “It’s very close, but due to the style of track, not bcause anyone is getting better. “I don’t focus on anyone. But it seems to be on any particular weekend there are five guys who are consistently there, and another five who might randomly turn up.” Van Gisbergen says he has had a quiet time through the break, apart from a couple of tests at Queensland Raceway with The Bulls and long laps of durability running with the Triple Eight TA2 test car, which is doing engine work for the upcoming Gen3 Camaro. “Keeping to myslef. Nothing much, really, Just cruising along,” he says. “We’ve had a few test days. It’s not like racing, but you get laps.” The last of those days was the traditional pre-Bathurst hit-out, but there was no chance for co-driver laps with his winning partner from last year stuck in Victoria.
“That’s one negative of doing our test at QR. Garth doesn’t get laps, because he’s stuck in Melbourne. “We only get three days a year now. (So) you always have stuff becuase you don’t hve enough time to do it on race weekends. “You always have a big list of things to get through. Set-ups. Just trying stuff.” When talk turns to the championship race, SvG reverts to his usual line. “I think I’m only 140 points ahead, and Bathurst is 300. There is no point thinking about it,” he says. But van Gisbergen is looking beyond lockdown, and beyond the championship, with hopes of returning to the Battle of Jack’s Ridge Rallysprint. “That’s in February now. It’s great. But I don’t hold out high hopes.” And there is also the chance for GT3 racing overseas, starting with the Daytona 24-Hour race where he has starred in the past. “There are a few opportunities. I’d like to do Daytona again. I’ve got opportunities to do that. “I’d love to do it again with Lexus, because I like teaming up with Steve Hallam. But I can’t commit. I can’t go and look yet.”
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PORSCHE CARS Australia (PCA) has announced that Troy Bundy will depart after four and a half years as Head of Motorsport. Bundy will leave the role in December, after the completion of the 2021 motorsport season and will announce his new role in the near future. Since joining PCA in 2017, the experienced sporting figure has contributed to the operation of both Porsche Carrera Cup Australia and Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia. The future appears to be bright for Carrera Cup, after the confirmation of 30 new 911 GT3 Cup cars (Type 992) already sold ahead of the 2022 Carrera Cup Australia season. PCA’s Sales and Motorsport Director Toni Andreevski was grateful for Bundy’s contributions to Porsche motorsport during his tenure. “On behalf of the entire team at Porsche Cars Australia, I would like to sincerely thank Troy for his contribution to the successful development of the Porsche motorsport business in Australia,” Andreevski said. “Motorsport in is Porsche’s DNA, and Troy worked tirelessly on behalf of competitors, teams and our many partners to ensure both one-make Porsche racing categories in Australia thrived. “Whilst we are sad to see him leave us, we wish him every success in the new endeavours that lay ahead.” Bundy was proud of their achievements and equally looking forward to the future in his yet unconfirmed new position. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time working on the Porsche Motorsport programme in Australia, and I am really proud of what my team and I have been able to achieve during this time,” Bundy said. “While I am moving on to my next project, the Porsche motorsport programme in 2022 has never looked stronger and I am confident the team will continue to deliver the best support categories within Australia.” Previously Bundy has had two stints working in Supercars as both a sponsorship manager and general manager of sales. Auto Action believes that Bundy has scored a job with Porsche in North America. Josh Nevett
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FALLOUT FROM DTM FARCE CONTINUES Josh Nevett DEUTSCHE TOURENWAGEN Masters boss Gerhard Berger has labelled the controversial Norisring season finale disappointing, admitting the farcical finish had tarnished the reputation of the category. The drama ensued in the final race of the season, in which championship leader Liam Lawson was collided with recklessly by Kelvin van der Linde, ruling the Kiwi out of the race running with heavy damage. Red Bull AF Corse driver Lawson required a top-six finish to ensure the title but could only look on from the sidelines as Mercedes ordered multiple drivers to stand aside to allow Maximillian Gotz to secure the championship with a race victory. It was an improbable result for the German, who had only won one race for the season before sweeping the final weekend. Across the three final races of the DTM season, van der Linde caused collisions with Lawson in each race. Speaking on the events in Nuremberg, Berger was downcast. “Honestly, I slept really badly the last few nights,” Berger said. “I’ve been a motorsport fan through
and through for 40 years and my sportsman’s heart can’t cope with such artificial changes of position. “Both topics, the Mercedes team order and van der Linde’s manoeuvre, have not only triggered discussions, but have done damage to the DTM. “I can assure all DTM fans that we will use all of our options to improve the 2022 regulations so that fair competition will be the priority.” Lawson would have been the youngest DTM champion in history at 19 years of age, instead presenting for his post-race interview aggrieved and ruing what could have been. “Exact same as yesterday, I really thought the guy (van der Linde) would learn after what he did yesterday,” Lawson said. “It’s really just disappointing for the whole team – they really deserve this they’ve worked so hard this year. “Every weekend they’ve given the absolute maximum, so I really wanted to repay them this weekend with the title. “We had it right there as well, pole position again today, car was really good, had another good start, but sometimes you just can’t prevent the same idiots from doing the same thing.”
Copping harsh criticism from all corners of the sport, van der Linde issued his public statement a few days on. “Liam and I spoke last night, we spoke about everything that happened and I apologised for the actions that cost him the championship,” van der Linde wrote on his personal social media accounts. “I also apologised for how I handled the media directly after the race… I didn’t handle it well and I’m not proud of that. “Us drivers are forced to make high stake decisions within a split second of time. “Those are not always the right ones, and they often have serious consequences. “I will be back here next year. And I will do many things better.” There were four drivers in contention for season honours heading into the final battle, Marco Wittman vying with Lawson, Gotz and van der Linde. After all was said and done, it was van der Linde who completed the season podium with Wittman finishing fourth.
WRC SILLY SEASON WELL UNDERWAY THE FIA WORLD Rally Championship seats are being quickly taken, with half secured in the last fortnight. Toyota’s factory Gazoo Racing team confirmed the entirety of its 2022 driver line-up, while M-Sport Ford confirmed its first and Hyundai its final two. The big news is the confirmation that seven-time WRC title winner Sebastien Ogier will take a step back from full-time driving in 2022. The reigning champion is looking forward to finishing his full-time career on a high by winning the 2021 title in Monza. “I’m looking forward to having more time with my family after this year, but at the same time I’m very happy to remain with Toyota Racing Racing and having the chance to compete in some rallies next year,” Ogier said. “I’m very thankful to the team for giving me this opportunity to keep doing on a partial basis what I love to do. “The schedule of events is not clear yet, but I will do my best to help the team in the manufacturers’ championship and to develop the car.”
The Frenchman will share the driving duties with Finnish youngster Esapekka Lappi who returns to the team for the first time since the end of 2018. Lappi won Rally Finland in 2017, just his fourth rally with the team, however 2018 did not go to plan and he left to join Citroen. While Ogier and Lappi perform part-time duties, Welsch front-runner Elfyn Evans and emaerging star Kalle Rovanpera have both been re-signed for 2022. Irishman Craig Breen makes the move from his role as a part-time Hyundai factory driver to the leader of the M-Sport Ford team on a two-year deal. “I have been working towards achieving a full-time seat in the World Rally Championship since I was a little boy, so this was an opportunity I just couldn’t turn down,” enthused the 31-year-old. “It has been a long
road for us in the World Rally Championship with many twists and turns but we have now been given a golden ticket to drive for the most prestigious marque in motorsport and fight for the World Rally Championship.” Hyundai had already confirmed it had retained the services of Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak, however the two part-time drivers had not been named. In the lead up to his home rally Spaniard Dani Sordo was retained, while second-generation racer Oliver Solberg (son of 2003 WRC winner Petter) was announced as Breen’s replacement. Dan McCarthy
Grosjean still unsure By Paul Gover FORMULA ONE refugee Romain Grosjean is taking things slowly, but still very fast, as he builds to his first attempt at the Indianapolis 500. Grosjean was badly scarred, not only on his burned hands, by the fiery F1 crash that ended his grand prix career and made only one oval-track start in his first year as an IndyCar racer. He has admitted talking to his family about the dangers on ovals, as well as assessing the risk for himself. “As a racing driver, we always decided how much risk we want to take, and it’s up to us to draw the line,” says Grosjean. “I think you can’t try to do something that’s not possible. On a road course I feel like sometimes you can try doing some magic. On an oval, I don’t think that’s something you want to try. “I think you need to respect ovals a lot. It doesn’t feel fast when everything goes well, but if you start losing the rear-end... you know the wall is there.” Grosjean finished 14th at Worldwide Technology Raceway at Madison in Illinois and now, with the the biggest prize in motorsports in his sights as well as a full-scale assault on the IndyCar title, he is being forced to reconsider his original reticence about ovals. “Some parts are really fun. Some parts
are really boring. It’s about managing yourself a lot, on what the car can do,” Grosjean said after his first oval race. “I really enjoyed that. I had a lot of confidence. I think we learned a lot. Right now I want my head to stop spinning.” Things stepped-up dramatically at his Rookie Orientation at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he ran alongside Jimmie Johnson in his first drive with the Andretti Autosport team that has signed the Frenchman for next year and the next stage in his IndyCar career. “The emotions of ovals for me are very new even though I made a race (at Madison). I just feel like it’s not something that is particularly comfortable. “It’s not like road courses or a street course where I know what to do and I know how to progress. Where here I have to learn everything. Grosjean says the speed came easily, even though he was learning everything from the track and car to a new team. “It’s funny. I wasn’t fast, but the lap was still 200 mph, which is fast, but it doesn’t feel like it. “It doesn’t feel like it’s that fast. It feels smooth, and it flows. “You can imagine during the race how can I plan the move, how can I get the momentum going. Qualifying, yes, for
sure it must be ... pretty something.” His first session, in the stepped program that’s compulsory for every Indy 500 rookie, was trouble-free. “It honestly didn’t feel too bad on the first lap with the experience from (World Wide Technology Raceway), where the car is lively because of the radius of the corner and you brake in Turn 1.” But as the speed rose, he knew the potential consequences of a mistake. “Again, the question, always ask the question, how fast is it?” he says. “It doesn’t feel fast because you go in a straight line in a track that’s designed for it, then you go in the corner. Yes, you know it’s fast. “Whilst everything is under control and the car feels good, it just feels like it’s normal. If things go wrong, they go wrong very, very fast. “You’re still doing 200-something miles an hour. The cars are getting safer and safer. You try to respect the wall, stay well from that zone.” Grosjean says his move to the Andretti squad for 2022, where he is replacing Ryan Hunter-Reay in DHL colours, is going well. “Since the (F1) crash, I’ve seen life differently. I’m grateful for the opportunity I have. “Every day I remind myself how lucky I am to be alive, how lucky that I came in IndyCar and realised that it’s a place where I can be super happy. “So obviously being in a team like Andretti, having Michael (Andretti) coming in the morning, having all the engineers and the database, all of that together, it’s just a great thing to live. I realise every day that I live something quite special. When it’s a bad day or when you know things are not right, I’m like, ‘Hey, you can be grateful of what you’re having at the minute’ and I need to enjoy that.”
‘GROSJEAN GLOVES’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES
Josh Nevett MOTORSPORT AUSTRALIA will continue to follow the progress of prototype ‘Grosjean gloves’, after a successful test at the Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix. Five drivers were permitted to use prototype FIA gloves that aim for better heat transmission protection during practice at Istanbul Park, developed after Romain Grosjean suffered serious burns in a crash last year. When asked if the new technology would be implemented into Australian motorsport, Director of Motorsport & Commercial Operations Michael Smith said that the governing body was monitoring all safety developments.
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“We’re always monitoring the latest motorsport developments in safety equipment, trends and regulations across the globe to make our sport the safest it can be,” Smith told Auto Action. “Motorsport Australia and the FIA work closely on many safety initiatives and we will certainly be interested in any new innovations and the testing of any new apparel. “At this time, there are no plans to change the race apparel regulations.” Grosjean escaped from his burning car during last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix, when the Haas machine burst into flames after a high-speed impact with a safety barrier. The Frenchman sustained significant burns to both hands and since then the FIA has taken up research into more effective heat resistant gloves. Daniel Ricciardo, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz and Sebastian Vettel were the drivers who tested prototype gloves in Turkey, trialling Sparco, OMP, Puma and Alpinestars products respectively. “I used them, and I knew that I was going to use them but after, the fact that I didn’t know I had used them… what I’m trying to say is that is a good
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thing,” Ricciardo said. “I didn’t notice the difference. I’m also not very fussy with my kit and stuff, so I’m not that particular. “It’s a nice addition without any downside really.” FIA regulations now allow non-homologated equipment to be used for research purposes. An FIA statement explained the purpose and aims of glove developments. “The prototype gloves are designed to deliver increased heat transmission protection in relation to the currently homologated gloves,” the FIA explained. “This corresponds to an increase in the time which the glove can be exposed to direct heat from flames before which temperature on the skin reaches a level of significant concern. “The specific changes in glove specification required to achieve this increased protection must be balanced with the levels of comfort and dexterity required to operate the car safely and for extended periods. “It is considered that any effects of the specification changes on comfort or dexterity can only be evaluated effectively during track testing.”
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NZ’s WRC RALLY THE WORLD Rally Championship will return to New Zealand next year following the release of the 13 round calendar for 2022. After securing a spot on the 2020 schedule prior to the pandemic forcing a number of changes, Rally New Zealand will finally make its long-awaited return to the WRC after a 10-year absence. The first WRC hybrid-era calendar was released following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council overnight. With 2022 to see events return to New Zealand and Japan as the championship returns to a more global presence following two seasons run almost exclusively on Europe. “Next year will be a momentous and thrilling one for the FIA World Rally Championship as we welcome the new hybrid era Rally1 cars, part of a portfolio of regulations to drive the series towards a greener and more sustainable future,” said Jona Siebel, WRC Promoter Managing Director. “Next year also marks the WRC’s 50th season and we have a calendar to match. We’re delighted to welcome back New Zealand, a rally which first appeared in 1977.” “Its gravel roads are a drivers’ delight and although our plans to return in 2020 were unfortunately derailed by Covid-19, it’s fantastic we can now push through with those.” “The pandemic sadly brought the globe to its knees but as the world recovers so, too, does the WRC.” “We previously outlined our strategy for an equal spread of rallies between Europe and long-haul destinations and the 2022 calendar is a significant step towards that goal.” The season will get underway, as is tradition in January, with the Rallye MonteCarlo in the French Alps. WRC competition will then see the new Rally1 hybrid cars tested on snow, tarmac and gravel roads across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific with Japan to host the final round in November. One event is still currently listed as TBC. The tarmac event in August is likely to be run in Northern Ireland, however a number of options do remain in contention. Rhys Vandersyde WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 SCHEDULE DATE EVENT SURFACE 23 January Monte-Carlo Mixed 27 February Sweden Snow 24 April Croatia** Tarmac 22 May Portugal Gravel 5 June Italy Gravel 26 June Kenya Gravel 17 July Estonia Gravel 7 August Finland Gravel 21 August TBC Tarmac 11 September Greece Gravel New Zealand* Gravel 2 October 23 October Spain Tarmac 13 November Japan Tarmac *subject to Event Promotion Agreement **subject to ASN Agreement
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