At its meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia, the FIA's World Motor Sport Council confirmed that a new Concorde Agreement with the Formula One Group is operative, Pirelli is to remain the sport's sole tyre supplier and the provisional 2014 calendar.

As confirmed earlier today the framework for the implementation of the 2013 Concorde Agreement has now come into force. This provides the FIA with significantly improved financial means to pursue its regulatory missions and to reflect the enhanced role undertaken by the FIA in motor sport.

The parties have agreed a strong and stable sporting governance framework which includes the Formula One Group, the FIA and the participating teams. The agreement lays down solid foundations for the further development of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

Having congratulated the FIA President, Jean Todt, for the successful conclusion to the negotiations, the WMSC members also accepted his proposal to create a new task force, after the FIA Presidential Election, charged with proposing the allocation of the additional financial resources for the FIA and its membership.

One of the noteworthy aspects of the new 2013 Concorde Agreement is the new tender procedure for appointing single suppliers in the tyre and fuel categories, for the FIA F1 World Championship.

In this new process, the FIA will be confirmed as the body in charge of conducting the tender process. The Commercial Rights Holder will be entitled to run the commercial negotiations with potential suppliers, with a view to the selected single supplier being officially appointed by the WMSC.

In order to cover the transition period and considering the contracts already settled by FOM and the Teams with Pirelli, the WMSC confirmed that Pirelli may continue to supply tyres to competitors in Formula One, subject to the requisite technical and safety standards of the FIA being met.

While confirmation of Pirelli as the sport's sole tyre supplier, at least for 2014, was a mere formality, talk of a single fuel supplier is sure to raise eyebrows along the pitlane with teams enjoying individual, highly lucrative, partnerships with their own suppliers, Ferrari with Shell, Mercedes with Petronas, Red Bull and Lotus with Total and Williams with PDVSA being prime examples.

The 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar is confirmed as follows:

Date	Race	Circuit
16-Mar	Australia	Melbourne
30-Mar	Malaysia	Sepang
06-Apr	Bahrain	Sakhir
20-Apr	China	Shanghai International Circuit
27-Apr	Korea*	Yeongam
11-May	Spain	Barcelona
25-May	Monaco	Monaco
01-Jun	America*	New Jersey
08-Jun	Canada	Montreal
22-Jun	Austria	Red Bull Ring
06-Jul	Britain	Silverstone
20-Jul	Germany	Hockenheim
27-Jul	Hungary	Hungaroring
24-Aug	Belgium	Spa Francorchamps
07-Sep	Italy	Monza
21-Sep	Singapore	Marina Bay
05-Oct	Russia	Sochi
12-Oct	Japan	Suzuka
26-Oct	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina
09-Nov	United States	Austin
16-Nov	Mexico*	Mexico City
30-Nov	Brazil	Interlagos

* Subject to the circuit approval

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1. Posted by The Rumble Strip, 29/09/2013 17:09

"The release of the 2014 calendar wets the appetite for what, as it stands, will be the longest season on record.

Whilst fans appreciate as many races as possible, there has to be a fine balance between that and the point of saturation, which does seem pretty close.

Added to the logistics for teams, including a unique triple header creating a major headache, one has to suspect and believe that further changes to the calendar, such as the removal of at least one of the provisional races, will doubtless happen before a definitive final version is published.
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2. Posted by JackTheCat, 29/09/2013 7:22

"Once again we have the usual contradiction in F1. Testing is no longer allowed primarily due to cost saving reasons and therefore a so called intention to somewhat level the 'playing field' so how does having 22 races help with saving costs? It's too many and will not add anything to the championsip.

Or has the calendar been released knowing we will lose at least 2 of those races due to them being unable to fund the event or the venue not being ready etc.?"

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3. Posted by Kkiirmki, 29/09/2013 6:23

"I'm all for more races however if it involves Vettel (no matter how impressive he is) sailing off in to the distance to easily win by more than 30 seconds every race then maybe it will be too many. Good to see the double North American leg is back, provided New Jersey goes ahead. The U.S. is certainly back from the wilderness and hopefully the New Jersey race turns out to be just as good as Austin. "

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4. Posted by gasconboy, 28/09/2013 7:30

"WOW---- indeed, but surely the season is becoming too long, and how many really good races are the in a year and nearly always on the old classic circuits to sustain interest!! Perhaps we should have some films of the logistics of moving the " circus""

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5. Posted by kraut, 27/09/2013 15:17

"WOW ... 5 races in the first 6 weeks of the season. You better have a good car right from the get-go. To move the whole caravan from Sepang to Bahrain in a few days is tough enough but from Monaco to New Jersey within 2/3 days and then right away to Montreal ... that will be quite a challenge. All the crazy rush and still a 4 week break ?"

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