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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. As it is at the moment, the UK weather is fairly unpredictable, so I imagine it can be in other countries too. And with circuits often located in the middle of nowhere and simple necessities costing around about the same as my mortgage once inside the track, you don’t want to be forgetting anything. Continue Reading

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 teams. But the addition of new tracks to the calendar, combined with the insistence of not extending the championship past 20 races, means that some of the current staples will be lost. Is losing these circuits good for Formula One, or is the sport losing its heritage by failing to visit some of the tracks that have made Formula One into what it is today? Continue Reading

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 travel to eighteen races located in seventeen countries and five continents. Approximately 28 tons of equipment (per team) is shipped a massive 100,000 miles to each venue. Here is where the teams and drivers will be travelling to this season… Continue Reading

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 as well as Champ Car and MotoGP events. Ten Grands Prix have been held on the bumpy track, Alain Prost winning five, Nelson Piquet (whom the track was later renamed after) and Carlos Reutemann share two wins each and Nigel Mansell won the final meeting in 1989. It is said that the track will be demolished to make way for the Olympics should the city be successful with their bid. Continue Reading

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 from hosting the race. It was recently mooted that Britain and France could share a slot on the racing calendar, which is something Magny Cours seemed keen on. However, BRDC President (the organisation that still owns Silverstone) Damon Hill said that this solution would be a last resort. Continue Reading

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, here is the Formula One 2007 calendar.

With the 2007 season just starting in Australia, a post dedicated to the circuits the teams will be flying around this year is in order. With seventeen races for 2007, the Formula One season is reduced by one Grand Prix over last year with the omission of San Marino along with the change in Japan and Germany and the re-inclusion of Spa Francorchamps. Continue Reading

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 Grands Prix. And finally, Imola was not included.

The lack of circuits was easily worked out, given that Germany are intending to alternate their one race between both of their major facilities - Hockenheim and Nurburgring. The details were quickly finalised and all questions surrounding this were settled. Nurburgring will host the 2007 meeting, and Hockenheim will take over for 2008. The race will switch between both circuits thereafter.
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