Iliana Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 The 2006 Grid Renault (FRA) 1. Fernando Alonso (Spain) 2. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Tyres: MICHELIN McLaren-Mercedes (GBR) 3. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) 4. Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) Tyres: MICHELIN Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro (ITA) 5. Michael Schumacher (Germany) 6. Felippe Massa (Brasil) Tyres: BRIDGESTONE Panasonic Toyota (JPN) 7. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) 8. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Tyres: BRIDGESTONE Williams-Cosworth (GBR) 9. Mark Webber (Australia) 10. Nico Rosberg (Finland) Tyres: BRIDGESTONE Honda (GBR) 11. Rubens Barrichello (Brasil) 12. Jenson Button (Great Britain) Tyres: MICHELIN Red Bull Racing (GBR) 14. David Coulthard (Great Britain) 15. Christian Klien (Austria) Tyres: MICHELIN B.M.W. (GER) 16. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) 17. Jacques Villeneuve (Canada) Tyres: MICHELIN MindlandF1 (GBR) 18. Tiago Monteiro (Portugal) 19. Christijan Alberts (The Netherlands) Tyres: BRIDGESTONE Red Bull Junior (Torro Rosso) (GBR) 20. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) 21. Scott Speed (USA) Tyres: MICHELIN Super Aguri (JPN) 22. Takuma Sato (Japan) 23. Yuji Ide (Japan) Tyres: BRIDGESTONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 2006 Official FIA Formula 1 World Championship calendar March 12th: Sakhir, Bahrain March 19th: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 02: Melbourne, Australia April 23: San Marino, Italy May 07: Nurburgring, Europe May 14: Barcelona, Spain May 28: Monte Carlo, Monaco June 11: Silverstone, Great Britain June 25: Montreal, Canada July 02: Indianapolis, United States July 16: Magny Cours, France July 30: Hockenheim, Germany August 06: Budapest, Hungary August 27: Istanbul, Turkey September 10: Monza, Italy September 17: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium DROPPED OUT OF 2006 CALENDAR October 01: Suzuka, Japan October 08: Shanghai, China October 22: Sao Paulo, Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korisos Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 so there is a US gp on the schedule, will be interesting to see the turnout, but this schedule is just provisionary if i'm not mistaken what's with sao paulo and the asterix, is it included or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted October 27, 2005 Author Share Posted October 27, 2005 I believe that there'll be very few tickets for Indy comparing to the last grand prix. I think that the Brasilian grand prix is not yet confirmed, that's why the * is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 FIA Rules & Regulations Sporting Regulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 The Grand Prix of Belgium at Spa Francorchamps has been dropped out of the 2006 calendar :tdown: so there are 18 GPs for 2006. The word from Belgium is that the Belgian Grand Prix is off because work at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit cannot be completed in time for the race. Politician Serge Kubla, who is a member of the opposition in the Wallonia regional government, told a radio station in Belgium that the race is off because decisions have taken too long to be implemented and the work needed cannot now be done in the time available. The news, if it is confirmed, will not go down well in the F1 fraternity which is very keen on keeping the race alive, although an extra break from the gruelling calendar will be appreciated. The promotional company running the event went out of business last year with large losses but it seemed that a solution had been fined when the government offered the deal to promote the race to Ecclestone. It also said it would pay $5m in direct financial aid and $2.5m in sponsorship. This should have guaranteed that the promoter would break even but the government also said that the budget for upgrading work would be limited to $16m which meant that changes had to be pared back to the absolute minimum. Now it seems that the timescale involved has torpedoed that deal. The race may have been doomed from the start of negotiations but it is a shame that one of the few remaining tracks with real historical value, which usually produces exciting events, has had to be dropped. When all is said and done the thing that has driven the race into this situation is the ever-increasing cost of the fees which circuits must pay in order to get the races. The profits from that operation go largely to Formula One Management. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has promised that Spa-Francorchamps will return to the Formula 1 calendar in the future after the Belgian authorities withdrew their grand prix from this year's schedule. The Belgian sport authority, the RACB, informed the FIA on Wednesday that upgrades to the pit and paddock facilities - required to meet standards for this year's race – would not be ready in time. Ecclestone claims however that this does mean Spa, regarded by many inside and outside the sport as the best F1 track in the world, is gone for good. "The race has not gone forever, and I'm happy that they've decided to do the re-building work," Ecclestone told The Daily Telegraph. "Spa has not been up to scratch for quite some time, and they need to spend a bit of time and money on improving the paddock facilities and building new grandstands. "If they get their work done on time then there will be no problem at all and the race will be back in 2007, without question." Spa's September 17 date is expected to remain vacant reducing F1's over-crowded calendar to 18 races in 2006. Renovation work on the paddock complex and grandstands is planned for the beginning of September. Spa is one of the most favourite track of all F1 drivers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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