F1: New Jersey race removed from 2014 calendar

Races in New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea have been dropped from Formula One’s official 2014 calendar, with the season remaining at 19 races instead of a record 22.

All three grands prix had been listed provisionally, with asterisks against them, on a previous calendar but none appeared on the final version after a meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sports Council in Paris.

New Jersey’s Grand Prix of the America had been due for a debut this year but that had to be postponed due to financial issues which continue to plague the race.