FIA: Canadian Grand Prix dropped from 2009 F1 calendar
The FIA World Motor Sport Council met in Paris today and issued the revised schedule for the 2009 Formula One calendar. The WMSC confirmed the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – to be staged on November 15th – but dropped unexpectedly the Canadian Grand Prix. The 2009 F1 Championship will start on March 29th in Australia and will end on November 15th in the United Arab Emirates.
The Canadian Grand Prix organisers didn’t know that the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit in Montreal would have been excluded from next year’s calendar. “The executives of the Grand Prix of Canada have learned via the media of the omission of the Grand Prix of Canada from the F1 Championship 2009 calendar,” the organisers said in a statement. “The organization will issue no comment until having spoken to Formula One Management (FOM) and the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA)”, they added.
5 Nov, 2008 update: the FIA has published the following revised calendar for 2009 season.
2009 FIA Formula One (revised, 5 Nov 2008) Calendar:
- 29 March – Australian Grand Prix
- 5 April - Malaysian Grand Prix
- 19 April – Chinese Grand Prix
- 26 April – Bahrain Grand Prix
- 10 May - Spanish Grand Prix
- 24 May – Monaco Grand Prix
- 7 June – Turkish Grand Prix
- 21 June – British Grand Prix
- 12 July – German Grand Prix
- 26 July – Hungarian Grand Prix
- 23 August – European (Valencia) Grand Prix
- 30 August – Belgian Grand Prix
- 13 September – Italian Grand Prix
- 27 September – Singapore Grand Prix
- 4 October – Japanese Grand Prix
- 18 October – Brazilian Grand Prix
- 1 November – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2009 FIA Formula One Calendar:
29 March – Australian Grand Prix5 April – Malaysian Grand Prix19 April – Bahrain Grand Prix10 May – Spanish Grand Prix24 May – Monaco Grand Prix7 June – Turkish Grand Prix21 June – British Grand Prix28 June – French Grand Prix12 July – German Grand Prix26 July – Hungarian Grand Prix23 August – European (Valencia) Grand Prix30 August – Belgian Grand Prix13 September – Italian Grand Prix27 September – Singapore Grand Prix11 October – Japanese Grand Prix18 October – Chinese Grand Prix1 November – Brazilian Grand Prix15 November – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Hi,
Forth coming Japanese Grand Prix will be a important race to Felipe Massa to show that’ he is still have a chance to win Championship’
U can do it massa.
Wish U all the best massa. Sure u will win.
Why on earth was the Canadian Grand Prix cancelled? This is a very large event for the city of Montreal and being the only event in Canada it keeps F1 veiwers here> Does F1 wish that canadian viewers watch the three Indy-Cart races for their open wheel racing instead? Does this mean that Cart has become a better racing venue for the Canadian. Gilles Villeneuve must be rolling over in his grave. Shame on you F1.