I would say so, but I'm not too sure. the thing that bothers me, is this: -Quote- Timing starts when you first begin the race in Australia and ends on the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi. -End Quote-

but the other thing is the following:

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• You must show your Grand Prix track setup before starting. -End Quote-

And:

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• You must complete all tracks (excluding variant tracks). -End Quote-

This would make me think that the track setup (apart from Australia and Abu Dhabi) may be whatever you want. apart from the 1st and last race I'm certain the order may be whatever you want

I cannot see the OP because i think the account got deleted, but to clarify: the general assumption is that you're running the season's tracks in official calendar order.

Running the tracks in any different order shouldn't make that much of a difference anyway, since they're all raced in discrete segments, and reordering them shouldn't make any run intrinsically longer or shorter.