Yay! The FIA today presented the calendar for the 2010 Formula 1 season, and… it’s good!
The first great point is the fact that next year 19 races will be driven (against only 17 in the 2009 season). No races have been dropped, which means two races have been added: the Canadian grand prix is back on the calendar after a year of absence, and South Korea hosts it’s inaugural grand prix in October. It’s good to have the Canadian grand prix back, since it’s the only race on North American turf. Contractual stuff has to be worked out though, so this race is provisional. More interesting though is the grand prix in South Korea, which is officially called Korean grand prix by the FIA. Is this a political move..?
Furthermore, the opening grand prix of the season will be the race in Bahrain. It is for the first time since 2006 that the Australian grand prix isn’t the first one of the season. It is the season finale that I’m really excited about though: the Brazilian grand prix is back where it belongs – at the end of the season. In 2009 the inaugural race in Abu Dhabi is the season finale. Since this race has not yet been driven, one cannot be sure of the excitement levels we’ll get to experience. However, the past races at Interlagos, Brazil, were really great and I’m looking forward to ending the season the right way again (though, obviously, I am not looking forward to the end of the season at all ) .
No big changes have been made in the line up, 2010 shapes up to be your basic Formula 1 championship. And that’s why we love it.
The race calendar as it was published today at the official Formula 1 website:
14 March – Bahrain
28 March – Australia
4 April – Malaysia
18 April – China
9 May – Spain
23 May – Monaco
30 May – Turkey
13 June – Canada
27 June – Europe (Valencia)
11 July – Great Britain
25 July – Germany
1 August – Hungary
29 August – Belgium
12 September – Italy
26 September – Singapore
3 October – Japan
17 October – Korea
31 October – Abu Dhabi
14 November – Brazil
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