All signs point to the Austrian Grand Prix being the 2020 season opener for Formula One. But, the rest of the schedule is starting to take shape as well. Word is, the series will start on July 5 at the Red Bull Ring, then race again a week later (July 12) on the same track. From there, they’d move to England and run back-to-back races at Silverstone.

The circuit confirmed on Friday that they have received the green light from the country to host two races at the track — albeit without fans. Those races are tentatively set for July 26 and August 2.

Also, the Belgian Grand Prix got the approval to race at Spa on Aug. 30, again without race fans either. The country has a ban of all mass gathering until Aug. 31, so the event for 2020 was in question. Now, they are back on the schedule too.

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So, what about the rest?

A few weeks ago, F1 CEO Chase Carey said that they are expecting to run 15-18 races in 2020 and would do so geographically. They’d start in Europe for July-August, then move to Asia in September-October. From there, it would be to the Americas for October-November then wrap up in December in the Middle East.

We know three of the 22 initially scheduled races (Monaco, France and Australia) have been cancelled. We know seven more are seeking new dates (Bahrain, Vietnam, China, Netherlands, Spain, Azerbaijan and Canada). With two added races in Austria and England at the start and a goal of 15-18 rounds, some of those on the “postponed” list are going to move to the “canceled” one.

So where do we sit from there?

The European races left to schedule are — Hungary, Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Azerbaijan. They have three weeks in August left which means at least two of these races will be gone. Word is the Italian Grand Prix could in fact keep its Labor Day weekend date in September and Azerbaijan could move to the end of the month since its in closer proximity to Russia and run them back-to-back. That leaves Aug. 9, Aug. 16 and Aug. 23 open for Hungary, Spain and the Netherlands. The Dutch are more laxed on their laws amid the COVID-19 sanctions and Spain is appearing to come out of their caves too. The problem is, I can’t see them racing all three weekends though as they’d race nine straight weeks if so. One of those races may get dropped off.

Then it’s to Asia which should see Russia kick things off in late September. From there, you have Japan, China, Singapore and Vietnam to make up. China was the starter of the coronavirus, so do they remain on the schedule? Japan can be made up after Russia with Vietnam maybe after. Singapore is a street circuit and would be tough to reschedule. I can see China and Singapore being left off and joining one of the European races.

That means we’re down to 12 races with 3-6 more to schedule. We know December will consist of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi in that order, so that gets us to 14 races with late October and all of November left to fill.

The races left would be United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Canada is part street race too and Montreal is pretty cold in those months. I can see them being left off. Mexico and Brazil are warmer climates and can run back-to-back. That puts us at 16 races with a potential 17th is the US Grand Prix stays.

COTA would need fans in order to make it work since their sanctioning fee is around $25 million. October could be enough time to host a race with fans in Texas, but if they can’t do so, then racing in the United States for F1 in 2020 could prove to be difficult.