The
FIA - the governing body for the F1 World Championship - has released a new draft for the 2007 schedule and once again only 17 races are included, something that means the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola will not take place.
There had been speculation that Imola would be re-instated after news that the circuit would be modernised. However for the moment at least, it has not been listed.
"There was no agreement in place for an 18th race and [as such] there will continue to be 17 races in the 2007 calendar," confirmed a statement from the World Motor Sport Council after a meeting in Barcelona on Wednesday.
It was also announced that the 2007 German Grand Prix will take place at Nurburgring. In 2008, it will switch to Hockenheim. "It will continue to alternate between these two circuits thereafter," added the FIA.
Other than that the calendar is the same as that released by the
FIA at the end of August.
The full 2007 calendar is as follows...
2007 Formula One World Championship Calendar:18 March
Australia Albert Park
08 April
Malaysia Sepang
15 April
Bahrain Bahrain
13 May
Spain Catalunya
27 May
Monaco Monte Carlo
10 June
Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
17 June
United States Indianapolis
01 July
France Magny Cours
08 July
Britain Silverstone
22 July
Germany Nurburgring
05 August
Hungary Hungaroring
26 August
Turkey Istanbul
09 September
Italy Monza
16 September
Belgium Spa
30 September
China Shanghai*
07 October
Japan Fuji*
21 October
Brazil Interlagos
* pending the ASN's confirmation.
