VALENCIA will not be hosting the European Formula 1 Grand Prix next year, but México, Russia and Austria will be added as new venues in a season with a total of 21 races.
The regional government of Valencia had already told Bernie Ecclestone that unless he would agree a 'substantial reduction' in the fee required of them for the right to host a sixth F1 Grand Prix on the street circuit, it would not be able to participate in 2014.
Next year's F1 calendar, which starts on March 16 with the Australian Grand Prix and finishes on November 30 with the Brazilian circuit, will see a record 21 races – although the México, Russia and Korea tracks are still under a question mark until the facilities pass the requisite tests.
The Spanish Grand Prix will take place on the Montmeló circuit in Barcelona, and the others are Malaysia, China, Bahrain, Monaco, Canada, Silverstone in the UK, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Singapore, Japan, the USA and Abu Dhabi.
The next race of 2013 will be at the Monza circuit in Italy.
Photograph: Fernando Alonso, hero of the hour at the last Grand Prix in Valencia in 2012 where he won a spectacular race after starting 11th off the grid, at Barcelona's Montmeló Grand Prix this year. Next year, the only Grand Prix in Spain will be at Montmeló
