2008 Calender

waynes · Post 27 Jul 2007, 16:09

Provisional 2008 calendar

March 16 Australia
March 23 Malaysia
April 6 Bahrain
April 27 Spain
May 11 Turkey
May 25 Monaco
June 6 Canada*
June 22 France
July 6 Great Britain
July 20 Germany
August 3 Hungary
August 24 Europe (Valencia)**
September 7 Italy
September 14 Belgium
September 28 Singapore**
October 12 China
October 19 Japan
November 2 Brazil

* pending contractual confirmation
** subject to circuit approval

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40193

where's imola? i thought it was off for a year???

nice to see magny cours on there too

manchild · Post 27 Jul 2007, 16:56

Where did you read Magny Cours?

It will be Paris city race or perhaps Paul Ricard but not Magny Cours.

vyselegend · Post 27 Jul 2007, 17:10

It should be at Magny Cours for two more years!
Read the french GP thread, you missed that during your "off-time".

waynes · Post 27 Jul 2007, 17:40

manchild wrote:Where did you read Magny Cours?

It will be Paris city race or perhaps Paul Ricard but not Magny Cours.

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40169

and yes it only says possibly at magny cours but i really cant see them moving it

should go back to Reims anyway

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reims-Gueux

manchild · Post 27 Jul 2007, 17:47

I apologize

jddh1 · Post 27 Jul 2007, 19:42

It's sad that there's no USGP. Also, I hoped that Suzuka and Fuji would alternate. What's the deal there? Was the deal with Fuji for 4 or 5 straight years? It would be nice if they alternate, just like they do in Germany.

AeroGT3 · Post 27 Jul 2007, 21:11

Too much testing and not enough races. Testing make no money, does nothing for fans, etc. Get rid of it!

manchild · Post 27 Jul 2007, 21:26

AeroGT3 wrote:Too much testing and not enough races. Testing make no money, does nothing for fans, etc. Get rid of it!

Hear, hear!

I'd ban testing when the season kicks off till it ends. That's a way to cut costs without banning technology or killing the sport.

jddh1 · Post 27 Jul 2007, 22:05

AeroGT3 wrote:Too much testing and not enough races. Testing make no money, does nothing for fans, etc. Get rid of it!

Well, you definitely need preseason testing. I think well all agree to that. However, there needs to be some kind of testing during the year, otherwise the one that wins the first race would probably win the championship if you ban testing during the year. I think the perfect solution would be to allow for Friday to be a testing day. Allow for all day use of the track, not just 2-3 hours. In addition to that, have select GPs to allow for Thursday full day testing as well.

Tom · Post 28 Jul 2007, 00:47

The problem with banning mid season testing is that if a car starts the season at the back it will inevitably finish it at the back. This is what saved Honda this year.

waynes · Post 28 Jul 2007, 01:39

Tom wrote:This is what saved Honda this year.

are you living in some backward universe where Honda are winning races?

Tom · Post 28 Jul 2007, 02:08

they're doing better than they were at the start of the year

mx_tifoso · Post 28 Jul 2007, 02:14

Tom wrote:they're doing better than they were at the start of the year

And that's not saying much for Honda is it

Post 28 Jul 2007, 03:08

No US GP i think ill boycott

ill move on to motogp

waynes · Post 28 Jul 2007, 03:14

flynfrog wrote:No US GP i think ill boycott

ill move on to motogp

after watching the piss poor race at laguna seca, i think you'd be better off watching paint dry

F1 > MotoGp