Canadian Grand Prix dropped from revised F1 calendar

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Canadian Grand Prix dropped from revised F1 calendar

October 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

FIA shake-up of Formula One season continues

Formula One’s big revamp continued today after another of the championship’s classic circuits bit the dust. The 2009 calendar has no space for a Canadian Grand Prix, which means no North American races at all next season. Canada has hosted a grand prix for all but two years since 1961. The 2009 race would have been the 30th at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Canada’s June slot has been handed to the Turkish Grand Prix, originally planned for August, to allow the teams to have a summer break. The calendar remains otherwise unchanged. McLaren conspiracy theorists will note that it is a very good Lewis Hamilton circuit which has been dropped (albeit it ended in tears this season). Are you sad to see the Canadian Grand Prix go?

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Posted: October 7th, 2008 by Rob Parker

4 responses so far

1 jelena // Oct 7, 2008 at 12:59 pm

yeh….the keep all the ferrari-tracks

losers !

i hate fia.
2 Michael // Oct 7, 2008 at 1:03 pm

Poor decision. This season’s Canadian GP was great with my man Kubica getting the win and there’s always the excitement of normally great drivers crashing into the Wall of Champions.

Turkish Grand Prix has been boring - the polesitter has always won and Massa has won from pole for three years running!
3 Peter Howlett // Oct 7, 2008 at 4:25 pm

I have followed F1 for a vast number of years and it is getting increasingly monotonous due to Ecclestones perversion to turn the sport into a media circus. Removing the Canadian GP removes yet another race track from the calender, whilst the new tracks brought on offer no excitement at all. Singapore for example was a novelty with the lights but other than Filippe Massa attempting to tame a giant snake it was worse than watching Valencia, Monaco and Hungary
4 Bryant // Oct 8, 2008 at 1:09 am

This is ridiculous. I understand NASCAR is king here in the States, but as a racing fan in North America, I love F1 and this along with Brazil are the only races I don’t have to wake up at 5 in the morning to watch. Which is really the only reason most people I know here don’t watch it.

If they really want to be world wide they need to maintain a race over here. I hope the rumors of them going back to Mexico end up panning out or they return to Canada soon.