F1 breakaway schedule leaked

Eurosport - Tue, 23 Jun 11:57:00 2009

A blueprint calendar for the Formula One Teams' Association's new breakaway series in 2010 has been leaked - with no fewer than 10 current or recent grand prix circuits listed amongst the 17 venues.

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FOTA are at loggerheads with FIA president Max Mosley over regulations for the 2010 season, and the appearance of a schedule for the new series undermines Mosley's claim that the teams are merely "posturing" and that a resolution to the dispute is "very, very close."

Current F1 venues Monaco, Silverstone, Monza, Abu Dhabi and Singapore are all on the list of venues, while the recently discarded Imola, Montreal, Indianapolis, Magny-Cours and Suzuka are part of the draft plan.

There is also a mooted return to Jerez, the southern Spanish track that fell out of favour with F1 when the town's mayor appeared on the podium and presented a trophy that should have been given out by a dignitary from Daimler-Benz.

There is also a potential return to Adelaide, the popular home of Australian Grand Prix until 1996, when rival Melbourne took over.

"Not surprisingly Adelaide has been included because it was very, very popular when it had Formula 1," said racing consultant Mike Drewer.

"But it's a bit like trying to work out who might be the members of a cabinet if there was a change in government."

There is no race in Brazil, but Argentina and Mexico are both on the list.

In Europe, meanwhile, there is the addition of the state-of-the-art Portimao track in Portugal, which opened in 2008 and has hosted testing as well as World Superbike races.

Surfers' Paradise - which has hosted Champ Cars, IndyCars and V8s - has been nominated as a reserve venue should any of the others not be up to the grade.

F1 commercial rights-holder Ecclestone has poured cold water on the FOTA plans, claiming dissenting teams do not possess sufficient financial backing to organise their own championship.

Provisional FOTA 2010 schedule:

March 3 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Last hosted F1 in 1998

March21 - Mexico City, Mexico - Last hosted F1 in 1992

April 11 - Jerez, Spain - Last hosted F1 in 1997

April 25 - Portimao, Portugal - Never hosted F1

May 2 - Imola, San Marino - Last hosted F1 in 2006

May23 - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Current F1 host

June 6 - Montreal, Canada - Last hosted F1 in 2008

June 13 - Indianapolis, United States - Last hosted F1 in 2007

July 1 - Silverstone, United Kingdom - Current F1 host

July 25 - Magny-Cours, France - Last hosted F1 in 2008

August 15 - Laustizring, Germany - Never hosted F1

August 29 - Helsinki, Finland - Never hosted F1

September 12 - Monza, Italy - Current F1 host

September 26 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Current F1 host

October 10 - Marina Bay, Singapore - Current F1 host

October 24 - Suzuka, Japan - Last hosted F1 in 2006

November 8 - Adelaide or Surfers' Paradise, Australia - Last hosted F1 in 1995/Never hosted F1

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  1. I hope the dirty sex pervert is reading these blogs. ­ The fans support the FOTA and not his corrupt fia. ­ Just do it's FOTA, breakaway from that joke call­ fia governing body. Mosley is a nasty pig with no­ morals.

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 9:55PM
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    red bull are not made for f1. they make energy­­ drink.
    you drink too many cans and you get the trots.­­ you make the pit stops to the toilet more times than­ mr­ hamiton get the lapped in the race.
    red bull­ should­ eploy mr hamiltons son and mr hamiltons father­ and then­ they could rename themselve " red­ bullsh%t."

    From marnio from peru, on Tue 23 Jun 9:53PM
  3. Just tell us where we can buy the tickets????? Great­ news

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 9:52PM
  4. Israel still dissing people and you still have angst in­ your pants.Have you anything positive to say?

    From Rick Moth, on Tue 23 Jun 9:27PM
  5. I think it could be genuine, but I'm still­ skeptical even if it is a FOTA leak, it may be them­ bluffing in order to get the FIA to give in or to drum­ up support for the new tournament.

    As for people­ saying that there's no Racetrack in Helsinki that­ obviously means it's fake, after all there was no­ racetrack in Singapore or Valencia until last year and­ they ended up happening (yes, I do personally hope­ it's another street circuit, mostly because I love­ Helsinki).

    Also, most people have forgotten that there­ are 2 Finnish F1 drivers, 1 a WDC, and Finland has the­ most Champions per capita of any country in the world,­ not to mention a huge support/fanbase. It's no­ wonder they'd decide to have a Grand Prix in the­ capital. After all, During the years of Schumacher his­ huge support meant that it was worthwhile having two­ races in Germany each year, and a simmilar situation­ with Alonso and the new track in Valencia.

    Either way,­ slightly miffed about Turkey not being on the list.

    From Thomas, on Tue 23 Jun 9:16PM
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    wrinkley OAP jealous sex pervert maxx === aPROMISE­ is just something to be broken for hym ..!

    From pitcrew66, on Tue 23 Jun 9:11PM
  7. I think that the tesm's are set to move too the­ next step. MAX should not take this as threat but as a­ loss of creadabilty and respect for the current way F1­ & FIA rules the sport ! LONG LIVE THE FURRIOR $.

    From RON, on Tue 23 Jun 9:03PM
  8. Looks great, but why are all the races so far apart? I­ like to watch races on back to back weekends... but i­ guess the teams would like more time in between and­ this is going to be their series so i guess it makes­ sense

    From gswagner, on Tue 23 Jun 8:51PM
  9. A question often asked of me is why don't I write­­ some new posts and not just post the same old Potter,­­ Bernard, Marion and Marnio posts? Its a good question­­ and I suppose the answer is that I am a sad old woman­­ who has nothing better to do and not only but these­ posts take me­ days to write because I am so stupid.­ When I post them­ you lot unkindly thumb them down so I­ have to keep re-posting­ them, its all I have left in­ life.

    From Jeanette 'No Mates' Bolan, on Tue 23 Jun 8:46PM
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    this is nothing but pie in the sky dreams they have not­ spoken to most of the tracksd mentioned so most likely­ will not get all of them also so they are listerning to­ the fans are they?
    I see they are still wanting to go­ out to the far east
    September 26 - Abu Dhabi, United­ Arab Emirates - Current F1 host
    and
    October 10 - Marina­ Bay, Singapore - Current F1 host
    Both of which races­ were moaned about like crazy from the teams and also­ the so called fans due to them having no soul or­ atmosphere seams like we see even the fota fans as two­ faced as FOTA.

    From Demo, on Tue 23 Jun 8:25PM
  11. To those wondering about Spa.
    The circuit is owned by­ Bernie. There's a reason.
    I'd like it added­ though.

    From Oliver Tunnah, on Tue 23 Jun 8:25PM
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    Moscow badly wants to have the F1 or even St­ Petersburg. Russia is THE most important market for the­ manufacturers. Also what about Belgium, Holland, and 2­ races in the UK. Why the massive expense of Argentina­ dn Mexico - but at least they are interlinked to keep­ costs down, something F1 has managed to fail on every­ season for years.

    From Rob, on Tue 23 Jun 8:18PM
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    a max a mosley a just like a muppet a gordon brown­ willa run a F1 into the a ground before hea leave a­ like brown a done toa britain mistake after a mistake­ anda lies a after a lies but a still hea will a nota­ GO...

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 8:15PM
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    a max a mosley a just like a muppet a gordon brown­ willa run a F1 into the a ground before hea leave a­ like brown a done toa britain mistake after a mistake­ anda lies a after a lies but a still hea will a nota­ GO...

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 8:15PM
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    a max a mosley a just like a muppet a gordon brown­ willa run a F1 into the a ground before hea leave a­ like brown a done toa britain mistake after a mistake­ anda lies a after a lies but a still hea will a nota­ GO...

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 8:15PM
  16. What about Kyalami and we have what F1 hasn't got,­ all continents.

    From john d, on Tue 23 Jun 8:10PM
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    ZANDVOORT ZANDVOORT

    not 2B overlooked ­ +++++++BRANDS HATCH

    From pitcrew66, on Tue 23 Jun 8:09PM
  18. Thumb Bill K as much as you like but he does have a­ very valid point.

    From John Maynard Keynes, on Tue 23 Jun 8:03PM
  19. Scrap either Finland or Germany and add in Spa/Belgium­ and you'd have a really good mix of races.

    I'm­ much more interested in the FOTA schedule for 2010 than­ what we're currently seeing from FOM right now.

    From GeoffreyM, on Tue 23 Jun 8:02PM
  20. Very good FOTA race schedule - let the new FOTA 2010­ championship begin !!!

    From sabbud, on Tue 23 Jun 7:44PM
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