A draft version of next year's 21-race schedule was distributed to promoters earlier this year, and the FIA's version is unchanged.

In a statement issued on Friday night, it confirmed some interesting shuffling of the order and a later start than normal.

The Malaysian Grand Prix, which often formed a double-header with Australia at the start of the year, will now move to September to go back-to-back with Singapore.

It means China will take the second slot behind the season-opening Australian GP on April 3, with the Russian GP at Sochi also moving forward to May.

The new race in Baku has been given a July 17 date.

The full calendar is as below…