Plans for a Grand Prix in New York have been dropped from the provisional calendar for the 2014 Formula One season, revealed to reporters on Thursday, but Mexico does return.
New Jersey had hoped to stage a race around a 3.2-mile street circuit with views of the New York City skyline, but instead Mexico can look forward to hosting a first Grand Prix since 1992 at the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.
A race in South Korea also features in the 21-race calendar.
A first draft of the 2014 provisional calendar has been distributed to teams ahead of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, but must be approved at a meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council due to take place in Croatia on September 26 to 28.
If it is approved and all the races take place, the teams will face their longest season in the history of the sport.
In addition to the return of Mexico, where big and enthusiastic crowds have always greeted F1, the calendar includes an event in Russia at the winter Olympic venue Sochi.