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Asia gets 2 more F1 races next year

rediff.com Sportsdesk | October 16, 2003 03:56 IST
Last Updated: October 16, 2003 04:28 IST


All you Formula One fans, fasten your seat belts, put on your helmets, and get set for an extended season of racing excitement.

There will be as many as 18 Formula One races in 2004, as against 16 this year, the first time that the event will see more than 17 races in a single season since its inception in 1950.

This decision was announced by the FIA, the governing body of the game, after Wednesday's meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris.

Asia has two more races besides the Malaysian and the Japanese Grand Prix, with China and Bahrain being included in the calendar.

The Canadian Grand Prix has also been included provisionally and set for June 13, subject to an agreement with the teams on the absence of tobacco sponsorship. All forms of tobacco advertisements are banned in Canada.

To accommodate the Canadian race, the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola has been moved to April 25 from its proposed June slot, thus once again opening the European season.

The United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis, which was the penultimate race this season, will switch to June 20, forming a North American double-header with the Canadian Grand Prix.

The European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring will switch from April 25 to May 30, just a week after the race in Monaco.

The Belgian Grand Prix returns to the calendar after a gap of one year. Spa will host the race on August 29, ahead of the final European round at Monza in Italy.

The Austrian Grand Prix has, however, been axed.

The season culminates with three fly-away races, the first of which will be the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on September 26.

The season will end with the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo.

Following is the complete F1 calendar for 2004:

DateRaceVenue
Mar 7Australian GPMelbourne
Mar 21Malaysian GPKuala Lumpur
Apr 4Bahrainian GPBahrain
Apr 25San Marino GPImola
May 9Spanish GPBarcelona
May 23Monaco GPMonaco
May 30European GPNurburgring
Jun 13Canadian GPMontreal
Jun 20US GPIndianapolis
Jul 4British GPSilverstone
Jul 11French GPMagny-Cours
Jul 25German GPHockenheim
Aug 15Hungarian GPBudapest
Aug 29Belgian GPSpa-Francorchamps
Sep 12Italian GPMonza
Sep 26Chinese GPShanghai
Oct 10Japanese GPSuzuka
Oct 24Brazilian GPSao Paulo

Formula One: The complete coverage


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