even better is to change the actual f1 gp of europe to­ Portugal in Portimão. why are the spanish with 2­ gp's?

By adding the fabulous circuit of Portimão in Portugal­ i think i would prefer the breakaway series. Having­ they reached an agreement now i could only hope that­ singapure give way, or turkey. Sorry about the people­ ho live there.

im loving the pre race venues break away fota &­ give us fans what we want cheaper race weekends &­ wheel 2 wheel racing fu bernie & max

What makes you so sure lukwafisher?

am kindly asking the FOTA or whoever is responsible for­ making the F1 calender to take the African continent­ for consideration am sure we can do better than our­ counterpart in Europe and Asia

Sunray

Mr Red are you saying that Spa has been dropped from­ this years F1 calendar? If you are then you better let­ everyone know posthaste because its scheduled in as­ Race 12 for the 30th August.

For gegaard, have you ever been to Helsinki? The idea­ of a street race there is absolutely ridiculous, they­ would have to resurface a whole chunk of it or have it­ in a less attractive area.

This whole idea of having a­ race in Helsinki is moronic.

Adelaides track is the best in Australia. It is also­ the most exciting and anticipated weekend when the V8­ supercars when they are on show. And it was one of the­ most popular F1 races of the year until 95, when the­ vics stole it. I hope it does break away.

Where is Spa Francorchamps??????

There is no circuit in Helsinki.

Lars, Pajala, Sweden

I want to see F1 (or whatever they'll call them­ now... F-Zero?) cars racing through the cork-screw at­ Laguna Seca!

Will does that not tell you that the whole thing is a­ hoax?

One interesting fact, what TV channel will the new­ series be shown on? and will we have to pay for it?­ (Sky)?

I find it strange that this is the first place that we­ hear about a Helsinki track. We had a couple of years­ notice on Valencia and Singapore, but this one will­ have to go from nowhere to reality in a year, including­ a Finnish winter.

I don't think so.

so ecclestone reckons FOTA doesnt have enough financial­ backing ?........Mercedes Benz ? Renault ? Toyota ? BMW­ ? and FIAT ( ferrari ) ? well thats pushing 50% of the ­ worlds motor industry (....Just get VAG , Honda &­ peugeot-citroen to back you for good measure ) So how­ much financial backing do they need you silly old fool­ ? Add to that all the circuit owners you and your kinky­ friend have p***ed off . Not to mention that sponsers­ TEND to follow teams and drivers .
Stick to your guns­ FOTA . Spilts in sports have happened before and its­ usually the "splitter " that comes off best

I think it is either Sepang in Malaysia or the street­ circuit of Singapore. Looking at the travel plan, they­ have to choose one. It is stupid to have both at the­ same period of time. It is not cost effective. Fans­ will attend one and won't attend the other. As a­ result, ticket sales will be diluted.

Let's face­ it, Malaysia ticket sales has always been a problem.­ Why is there last minute @#$% of tickets? Because­ sponsors or some organisation buy it and give it to the­ people free! My brother-in-law got the grandstand seat­ free, courtesy of the company he works for.

In a­ Malaysian GP event, 30% of the tickets are sold to the­ residents of Singapore and they have to travel 4 hours­ north.

I remember that Malaysian organiser was unhappy­ about the new Singapore GP. They know it will affect­ their ticket sales badly if the 2 GPs were held at the­ same period. So we end up Malaysia at the beginning of­ the season, and Singapore at the end of the season.­ This created a lot of unneccessary logistical cost. I­ think the FOTA calendar makes more sense in term of­ logistic cost.

So, they have to choose one.