2011 Formula 1 calendar

[NaBUru38]

Provisional 2011 FIA Formula 1 World Championship calendar:

March 13 - Bahrain (Sakhir)
March 27 - Australia (Melbourne)
April 10 - Malaysia (Sepang)
April 17 - China (Shanghai)
May 08 - Turkey (Istanbul)
May 22 - Spain (Montmelo)
May 29 - Monaco (Monte Carlo)
June 12 - Canada (Montreal)
June 26 - Europe (Valencia)
July 10 - Great Britain (Silverstone)
July 24 - Germany (Nuerburgring)
July 31 - Hungary (Hungaroring)
August 28 - Belgium (Spa)
September 11 - Italy (Monza)
September 25 - Singapore (Marina Bay)
October 09 - Japan (Suzuka)
October 16 - South Korea (South Jeolla)
October 30 - India (Jaypee)
November 13 - Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)
November 27 - Brazil (Interlagos)

[Cougar]

20 races!? "The 2010 calendar features three back-to-back races, the 2011 season will have four, with the Malaysia/China, Spain/Monaco, Germany/Hungary and Japan/Korea events all taking place on consecutive weekends." ... shiny!

[SennaTheGreat]

spanish gp at montmelo? which track is that?

[NaBUru38]

The Circuit de Catalunya (that's the official name) is located in the village of Montmeló, close to the city of Barcelona.

The Monaco GP clashes with the Indy 500, the GP du Canada clases with the Firestone Twin 275s.

[SennaTheGreat]

cheers NaBUru38

[chunterer]

Great calendar and nice to see it ending at the end of November too...

Surprised the USGP wasn't fast-tracked onto next years list as the teams are very keen. They may changed their mind when they see the Austin venue is in the middle of nowhere, but then that's nothing new in F1.

[stripedcat]

Looks great on paper, in practise I wonder how this is going to work? It is going to place a lot more work on the teams.

A shame that there are so many dull tracks on the calendar. Great that they have kept Canada, Spa, and Suzuka in there.

[ralf fan]

Quality > quantity. Looking at those tracks I still only get excited about a very small portion of them.

[Bononi]

I have to agree, and to be honest, there at least 4 of them that are awful.

[Ralf's Girl]

Originally Posted by ralf fan

Quality > quantity. Looking at those tracks I still only get excited about a very small portion of them.

Same for me. I think I'd rather have 3 or 4 races less and actually look forward to all of them.

[JeremySmith]

Originally Posted by Ralf's Girl

Same for me. I think I'd rather have 3 or 4 races less and actually look forward to all of them.

[Sodemo]

Glad that Brazil is the finale, a shame that Bahrain starts the season.

Even the classic tracks now are being slowly erroded away (more run off, corners reprofiled etc) so the line is blurring between the "new Tilke builds" and the "classic" tracks. Give them another few years and you won't be able to tell them apart, every TV shot will just be a mass expanse of tarmac.

[PabloTeK]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

The Circuit de Catalunya (that's the official name) is located in the village of Montmeló, close to the city of Barcelona.

The Monaco GP clashes with the Indy 500

Well thanks to the world of TV scheduling and time zones, you'll be able to watch the Monaco GP, the Indy 500 then the Coke 600

[NaBUru38]

And that's the weekend after my birthday!

My point is that the Indy 500 is overshadowed by the Monaco GP outside the Untied States. But that comment belongs to the IndyCar forum.

[Rob29]

Originally Posted by Ralf's Girl

Same for me. I think I'd rather have 3 or 4 races less and actually look forward to all of them.

I would like to see more races-was just looking at my records and noticed that in 1962 Jim Clark & Team Lotus did the follwing F1 races;
Jan 2 Cape GP-Killarney
Apr 1 Brussels GP
" 14 Lombank Trophy-Snetterton
" 23 Pau GP
" 28 Aintree 200
May 12 Silverstone-International Trophy
" 20 DutchGP-Zandvoot
Jun 3 Monaco
" 11-Mallory Park -2000 Guineas
" 17-Belgian GP-Spa
Jul 1 Reims GP
" 8 French GP-Rouen
" 15 Solitude GP
" 21 British GP-Aintree
Aug 5 German GP-Nurburgring
Sep1 Gold Cup-Oulton Park
" 16 Italian GP-Monza
Oct 7 US GP-Watkins Glen
Nov4 Mexican GP-Mexico City
Dec 15 Rand GP-Kyalami
" 22 Natal GP-Westmead
" 29 South African GP-East London
22 meetings!

[Ralf's Girl]

They have to be good though. I'd love a 20 race season if it wasn't peppered with dross like Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.

[duke_toaster]

Originally Posted by Ralf's Girl

They have to be good though. I'd love a 20 race season if it wasn't peppered with dross like Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.

That is a good point. Formula One is about Monza, Silverstone and Spa, not a race in an oil rich borderline microstate in the desert with no connection to motorsport history. Apart from producing dull races that do nothing for the teams (bearing in mind how much of the sanctioning fees goes nowhere near the teams and straight in to the pockets of Bernie's handlers at CVC) and fans (at a recent demo in Poland, they could have filled Abu Dhabi two and a half times), these races devalue Formula One. I would say on balance eighteen races is enough, and the focus needs to be on how motorsport in Europe can be less F1-centric.