Provisional 2012 calendar - the longest season in history
 

Source: World Motor Sport Council

2012 calendar

The 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar is confirmed as follows:


11/03 BHR Bahrain
18/03 AUS Australia
01/04 MYS Malaysia
08/04 CHN China
22/04 KOR Korea
06/05 TUR Turkey *
20/05 ESP Spain
27/05 MCO Monaco
10/06 CAN Canada
17/06 USA United States
01/07 ESP Valencia, Spain
15/07 GBR Great Britain
29/07 DEU Germany
05/08 HUN Hungary
02/09 BEL Belgium
09/09 ITA Italy
30/09 SGP Singapore
14/10 JPN Japan
28/10 IND India
11/11 ARE Abu Dhabi
25/11 BRA Brazil

* Subject to confirmation


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Get rid of Bahrain as first GP. Won't it be equally long this now Indian GP looks like being Dec 11?

How long before intergalactic races appear on the calendar..... http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag.../roll_eyes.gif

No, this year will have 20 races if Bahrain goes ahead as announced. Next year will have 21 if it runs as published.

A bit much.

20 races is the maximum really that I feel should be in a season. Ross Brawn is right in that it's pushing the boundaries of what the teams can be expected to do, and what their staff are expected to endure. They'll basically have little or no break between now and end of the year. Then they start straight back into it with development of the new car. Too much.

In terms of length I was meaning length between first GP and last GP as opposed to the number of GPs.

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Mines big enough to fill a pram, OK?

Bring it on!!!

love it
21 races looks good to me

I understand Brawn's issues, but in terms of a racing series, F1 has always had room to grow in terms of its schedule length and although he complains, he probably would like the additional revenue and additional opportunities to gain more points. Sadly those who will struggle most ni a longer schedule would be the HRT, Lotus and Virgin teams.

Texas in the summer...could be interesting. Still seems like too many races to me

Way too crowded calendar imo, races are almost becoming a routine.

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@adamcooperf1 #F1 A little research shows average high temp in week of Austin GP is 33C. Although it hit 42C on June 14 1998...

21 races sounds an incredible amount, but looking at the calendar... it doesn't look that insane. From early March to late November feels almost 'normal'.

*whistles* that's a lot of races.

I never thought I'd say this, but......I think that might be a bit much. It's not so much the number of races, but the number of back-to-back races that must be a huge headache for the teams.

Agreed. The season should be from March to October with a race every 2 weeks, this gives about 18 races a year.

Mostly because I although I love F1 I don't want to be inside watching the race every Sunday. I already Sky+ a lot of them as it is.

20 is already too much, 21 is far too much.

looks like Turkey is back on for sure...good. I do like that track

So much for Bernie saying there'd never be more than 20 races. Also, Australia the week after Bahrain? That'll be interesting logistically.

Obviously all this isn't the worst decision of the day, but it's still pretty silly.

Don't worry about the humans involved, Bernie doesn't seem too. Just put on more races and earn more money, if team members collapse after going from Bahrain to Australia in one week, just replace them.

F1 must make rich people richer at all costs.