[Duseshoug]

There's only twenty Grands Prix in 2012. The nineteen races of 2011 plus Austin and Bahrain make twenty-one, but Istanbul has been removed from the calendar, so that makes twenty races. Formula 1 cannot have more than twenty races without the consent of the teams, and the teams think twenty is the maximum possible. That number is set by the Concorde Agreement, which is up for renewal next year. If any more races are to be added, the maximum number will be renegotiated then. With New Jersey and Russia coming in, plus interest from Mexico, Argentina and South Africa, there's probably going to have to be some expansion of the calendar, since there are more races joining the calendar than there are with contracts that are soon to expire.