Australia<\/a> hosted the opening race of the Formula 1<\/a> season this year \u2013 with no new races once again on the calendar.<\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton<\/a> made his debut for Ferrari<\/a> at Albert Park in Melbourne, which last hosted the first race of the season in 2019 after Covid put paid to the 2020 opener. <\/p>\n Australia staged the first race of the season on Sunday 16 March<\/strong> – two weeks later than the 2024 start date.<\/p>\n Bahrain has hosted the first race of the season since 2021, following on from pre-season testing at the same track in Sakhir, but has moved to April due to Ramadan.<\/p>\n Saudi has also moved to April, with China and Japan being shifted forward a month to races two and three respectively. <\/p>\n The 24-race season will finish in Abu Dhabi on 7 December. The 2025 British Grand Prix takes place on 4-6 July at Silverstone.<\/p>\n Pre-season testing will remain in Bahrain, two weeks prior to the first race, with three days of running on 26-28 February. <\/p>\n For the second year running, there will be no new races on the schedule. 2026 is set to be different, though, with Madrid already confirmed<\/a> as the new home of the Spanish Grand Prix, meaning 2025 could be the last year Barcelona hosts an F1<\/a> race. <\/p>\n Other calendar alterations include a triple-header in April between Japan-Bahrain-Saudi, while Spain has moved forward three weeks to the end of May\/start of June.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Australia will host the first race of the 2025 F1 season (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Belgium and Hungary have swapped weekends too, with Budapest now hosting the final race before the customary summer break.<\/p>\n This year sees a four-week gap in autumn but there will be no such space in the calendar next year, with just one 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