The 2014 calendar is set to be expanded to 21 races with a provisional start date of March 2nd in Bahrain, Sky Sports F1 has learnt.Although the schedule for next year has yet to be ratified, an elongated calendar is expected to be ratified with high-profile new grands prix in Russia and New Jersey poised to be added to the roster. With this year's calendar trimmed to 19 following the exit of Valencia, a 21-date schedule would make 2014 the busiest season in F1 history. The situation is further complicated - and congested - by the desire of the teams to bring forward the dates of the three, four-day pre-season tests in order to give their new, radically-different power units an early debut...
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