Formula 1 Drops Mexico From Busy 2014 Calendar Express
go to original December 4, 2013

The BBC Talks to Formula One Racing Driver Sergio Perez in Mexico (GrupoPerezRacing)

The 2014 Formula One calendar has been slashed by three grands prix due to problems surrounding venues in New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea, the FIA has confirmed.

From an initial record-breaking schedule of 22 races when the provisional calendar was aired in late September, there will now be 19 following official confirmation of the programme by the World Motor Sport Council after a meeting in Paris.

... Mexico was due to end a 22-year exile from the calendar, however the redevelopment of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is to take longer than expected.

Sergio Perez, recently axed by McLaren after a year with the team but set to be confirmed as a Force India driver later this month, has confirmed the organisers "ran out of time".

The 23-year-old from Guadalajara said: "In a way I was expecting it, so I'm not that disappointed.

"But I believe 2015 can really happen. We are a lot closer now than we were a couple of months ago, so I have big hopes 2015 will be the time when Mexico happens."

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