Pakistan, April 25 -- The Turkish Grand Prix will return to the Formula 1 calendar in 2027 for the first time in six years.

The event will run on the Istanbul Park circuit until at least 2031.

The track is where Lewis Hamilton clinched his record-equalling seventh world drivers' title in 2020.

Turkey held a grand prix from 2005 to 2011 before dropping off the schedule, alhough it returned for two years in 2020-21 when F1 needed venues to fill the calendar during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The addition of Turkey does not mean that the F1 calendar will expand beyond 24 races.

The event will slot in as contracts for other races expire, or move to a rotational basis.

The Belgian Grand Prix, for example, is starting a new contract where it h...