Melbourne 2020 F1 opener set for March 15

[July 06, 2019]    LONDON (Reuters) - Melbourne will host the Australian Grand Prix for the 25th time in 2020 with the season-opener for Formula One's 70th season scheduled for March 15, the sport announced on Saturday.

The start of the race REUTERS/Brandon Malone

"There can be no better place to start the 2020 season," Formula One chairman Chase Carey said in a statement. Rolex will continue as the race's title sponsor for the eighth year.

The rest of the calendar was yet to be published.

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Sudipto Ganguly)

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