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This may interest some of you, the 2009 Formula One Calender has been released... The additions sees the Turkish Grand Prix changing from its original August slot to a June date, The Italian and Belgian races have swapped positions, with the Spa event now taking place on August 30, a fortnight before the Italian Grand Prix on September 13.

 

The major addition to the 2009 Calendar see's the Canadian GP dropped, hardly suprising seeing as they were laying tarmac at Turn 1 whilst the cars were lining up on the grid! The 18-race championship will reach its finale in mid November at the new Abu Dhabi Track, named "Yas Island" which is still under construction.

 

2009 FIA Formula One World Championship:

29 March Australia

5 April Malaysia

19 April Bahrain

10 May Spain

24 May Monaco

7 June Turkey

21 June Great Britain

28 June France

12 July Germany

26 July Hungary

23 August Europe (Valencia)

30 August Belgium

13 September Italy

27 September Singapore

11 October Japan

18 October China

1 November Brazil

15 November Abu Dhabi

 

About the Abu Dhabi Circuit - "Yas Island"

 

No. of laps: 56 (estimated)

Circuit Length: 309 km (estimated)

Lap Time: 1min 38sec (estimated)

No. of corners: 20

Top Speed: 320 km/h (estimated)

Average Speed: 200 km/h (estimated)

 

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Press release video for the Track.

 

The aim was to build the ultimate track and it should be stunning, but seeing how long its taking Donington to "revise" there track it will be interesting to see if they can build a whole circuit out in such a short time...

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Watched the quali this afternoon,well,Harrison distracted me so i saw nowt but cant wait for the race tomorrow,im gogin to sleep now so i can watch it live. Put a bet on lewis aswell. Was tempted to put a bet on Massa as the odds were great, 3/1 compared to lewis's 4/6. But lewis seems to win when he gets pole regularly.

 

As for abu dhabi,of course it will be finished. Theyve made hunks of land in the shapes of palm trees and the earth in a very short space of time. A few miles of tarmac and some grandstands is fcuk all to them

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Hamilton showed what a poor sportsman he is today. The pressure has clear got to him as well.

 

He's a great driver, without a doubt, but the messiah, he is not. Get a grip and open your eyes, you English fcuks, haha :)

 

He'll be word champion at least 4 times in his career. One of the best EVER, but if he wins it this year then it's very fortunate, because the Ferrari is the best car.

 

It's a shame Schumacher isn't still about. I keep praying that he'll come out of retirement and show these useless B*stards(the entire field(excluding the BMW drivers and Hamilton)) how it's done.

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Fantastic first lap!! But a bad result for me and m bet. Nice to see all the other drivers getting points though. I like it when Lewis goes for broke and makes it work but today was just too crazy. Its the reason why first corners are mostly quite tame, cos people dont want that to happen every race.
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