F1 and governing body the FIA have officially announced the series will not travel to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April due to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
The two Middle Eastern races will not be replaced, meaning there is a five-week gap in the calendar between the end-of-March Japan round and the Miami Grand Prix in the first week of May.
Since the US killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 28 February, violence has spread to the entire Gulf region, with Bahrain among several countries targeted by Iran's retaliatory strikes.
