All Posts Tagged With: "Circuits"
Bernie Ecclestone Suggests 20-Race Calendar For 2011
Bernie Ecclestone has suggested that next season’s schedule will see the circus decamp in twenty different locations, further adding to the calendar with the much anticipated Indian Grand Prix in New Delhi. When asked if the new race would be replacing any of the current stop-offs on the world championship tour, Ecclestone insisted that all [...]
Ten Things You Need For Going To A Grand Prix
And perhaps surprisingly, it isn’t the names of the ten ladies sitting with Mark Webber there! With the British Grand Prix only just over the horizon, and Goodwood’s Festival Of Speed fast approaching, I thought it would be good to list some of the most essential items you need when venturing out to a circuit. [...]
Are The European Grands Prix Expendable?
Formula One is being pushed into new markets, attracting new fans and visiting ever more diverse and wonderful places. In the not-too-distant future, the circus will be setting up camp in Abu Dhabi, India, Korea, Singapore… all on newly constructed circuits (or street circuit in the case of Singapore) and further challenging the drivers and [...]
F12008: Circuits & Calendar
The teams are set up in the Albert Park pitlane, the cars are ready and the anticipation has hit fever-point. With just one day to go before we see all the cars together in competition, the final preview post for 2008 is here: Circuits and Calendar. The 2008 season will see the Formula One circus [...]
Jacarepagua’s Future In Doubt
Pitpass are reporting this Wednesday morning that the future of South America’s Jacarepagua circuit is in doubt as the city of Rio de Janeiro plans to launch a bid for the 2016 Olympic Games. Built in 1978 on reclaimed marshland very close to the sea, Jacarepagua has hosted rounds of the Formula One world championship [...]
No French Grand Prix In 2008?
This news has since been confirmed as true by the FFSA.
Pitpass have reported that the French Grand Prix may have been dropped from the 2008 Formula One calendar, following reports made in L’Equipe. Apparently, the FIA have stated that the event cannot take place in current conditions and logistical problems are preventing Mangy Cours [...]
F1 2007: Circuits & Calendar
This post is a little late – my apologies for that – I chose to take a couple of days off from blogging before the season began and pre-published this article, but I messed up the dates and it didn’t go up when it was supposed to, my bad. But without any furthur ado, [...]
No Imola For 2007
After the initial shock of having the 2007 Formula One season calendar published way ahead of its typical end-of current-season date, people asked a lot of questions regarding the lack of circuits mentioned in the calendar. It was also noted that the proposed calendar had a four week gap between the third and fourth [...]
