F1 will return to Montreal in 2010
World Motor Sport Council confirmed the 2010 calendar. The season will kick off in Bahrain in the middle of the March and end eight months later in Abu Dhabi. The new calendar features 19 races. No races have been dropped, British Grand Prix remains at Silverstone, Canadian Grand Prix returns and Korean GP will debut.
There will be 2 races each month except May that will feature three Grands Prix. There will be 4 pairs of back to back races – Australia/Malaysia, Spain/Monaco, Germany/Hungary, Brazil/Abu Dhabi. There will be 3 weeks break between Chinese and Spanish GPs and 4 weeks break between Hungarian and Belgian GPs.
Most races will start at the 2pm local time with the exceptions of Australia, Abu Dhabi (both will start at 1700 local time), Malaysia (1600 local time), Canada (1200 local time), Singapore (2000 local time) and Japan (1500 local time).
Here is the official 2010 Formula One calendar:
14 Mar – Bahrain
28 Mar – Australia
4 Apr – Malaysia
18 Apr – China
9 May – Spain
16 May – Monaco
30 May – Turkey
13 Jun – Canada
27 Jun – Europe (Valencia)
11 Jul – Great Britain
25 Jul – Germany
1 Aug – Hungary
29 Aug – Belgium
12 Sep – Italy
26 Sep – Singapore
10 Oct – Japan
24 Oct – Korea*
7 Nov – Brazil
14 Nov – Abu Dhabi
*Subject to the homologation of the circuit.
The World Motor Sport Council has also approved the new point scoring system for Formula 1 that will come to effect from 2010 season.
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