2010 F1 Calendar Published

 2010 F1 Calendar Published
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Korea and Canada are featured

Korea and Canada are featured on the first officially published formula one calendar for the 2010 season.

At Monday's meeting in Paris of the World Motor Sport Council, the 26-member body approved 19 race dates for next season, beginning with a season opener in Bahrain rather than Melbourne as per usual.

Canada, missing from the 2009 schedule following a commercial dispute with Bernie Ecclestone, is listed for 13 June next year, alongside an asterisk.

In a FIA statement, it is explained that the Montreal return is "subject to the completion of contract negotiations with Formula One Management".

As in 2009, there is a three-weekend summer break in August, and in October South Korea is scheduled to host its inaugural grand prix.

Brazil, not Abu Dhabi as will be the case this November, will conclude the 2010 season.

Also on Monday, the Council agreed that engine performance may be equalised for the 2010 season but only by "reducing the performance of the more powerful engines", and only if "the teams wish".

"No engine upgrades will be allowed," the FIA statement confirmed.

 

Formula One 2010 calendar:

Mar 14 - Bahrain (Sakhir)
Mar 28 - Australia (Melbourne, starting at 1700 local time)
Apr 4 - Malaysia (Sepang, starting at 1600 local time)
Apr 18 - China (Shanghai)
May 9 - Spain (Barcelona)
May 23 - Monaco (Monte Carlo)
May 30 - Turkey (Istanbul)
Jun 13 - Canada (Montreal, provisional)
Jun 27 - Europe (Valencia)
Jul 11 - Great Britain (Donington Park)
Jul 25 - Germany (Hockenheim)
Aug 1 - Hungary (Budapest)
Aug 29 - Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)
Sep 12 - Italy (Monza)
Sep 26 - Singapore (starting at 2000 local time)
Oct 3 - Japan (Suzuka)
Oct 17 - South Korea (Yongam)
Oct 31 - Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina, starting at 1700 local time)
Nov 14 - Brazil (Interlagos)

 

Source: GMM

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 Keita Keita
Aww, shame! Poor Ferrari need the Mercs to limit their power so they can keep up. *shakes head* Oh, please, just bring back the days when teams were allowed to really RACE instead of all this "equalising" bullshit. F1 is getting worse than A1. F1 never used to be about a level playin field and more about engineering and driver excellence. I'm all for cutting costs but why should that stifle the sport of it? But oh well. Nice calendar anyway. Good to see the return of Canada and the inclusion of a new country (Korea) on the calendar.
September 21, 2009 4:22 pm
 genie genie
Given the performance of Ferrari over the last few races, I'd say its more for Renault and Toyota's benefit, not Ferrari.
September 22, 2009 9:54 am
 sj0808 sj0808
Nice to see new countries for F1. but still no U.S. GP?? :(
September 21, 2009 5:32 pm
 Max_Speed Max_Speed
What would you expect after the Indianapolis flop? I know there are F1 fans in the US, but there are more Nascar and Indy fans.... so no reason yet for F1 to return. At least there's Montreal now, which is still better than nothing.
September 22, 2009 12:11 am
 astroturf777 astroturf777
now's where the problem starts... cosworth will enter with a new engine that cannot be changed after they 'guess' it will be fast.
September 21, 2009 11:17 pm
 Orochimaru Orochimaru
Argentina & Mexico should be included for the 2011 season. There are millions of F1 fans in Latin America.
September 21, 2009 11:42 pm
Including the Middle East there are 7 races in Asia...never thought I'd see this in my life time. There are only 2 in North & South America...wow!
September 22, 2009 3:05 pm