RACE CALENDAR
The Formula One season
will begin on March 16th with
the Australian Grand Prix
from the Melbourne Grand
Prix Circuit. The Russian
Grand Prix (inaugural race)
and Austrian Grand Prix have
been added to the calendar;
while the Indian Grand
Prix will go on a one-year
hiatus and the Korean Grand
Prix has been scrapped
completely. The Canadian
Grand Prix will be held on
June 8th at the Circuit Gilles
Villeneuve in Montreal.
There’s one last rule
change we haven’t
mentioned and it will only
affect the final race of the
season at the Abu Dhabi
Grand Prix to take place on
November 23rd. The new
rule would award double
points during this race with
the hopes of keeping the
driver’s championship alive
until the end. I personally
believe this is a mistake and
too gimmicky for a sport that
has never relied on those
changes. We will have to
wait and see if that plays a
factor, but for now, we’re just
excited to see what happens
in Australia.
Many driver changes and another Indianapolis
race set the tone for the IndyCar season
The season will consist of 18 races over 15 events and that means the
doubleheaders in Detroit, Houston and Toronto stay for at least one
more year.
The month of May will belong to Indianapolis that will run two
completely different races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The first will be a brand-new 2.343-mile, 14-turn road course called
the Grand Prix of Indianapolis. It takes over for the Grand Prix of
Baltimore and will be run separate from the 98th running of the Indy
500 scheduled later in the month on May 25th.
The length of the schedule was focused on during the off-season
and has been shuffled around for IndyCar to be without large gaps
throughout the year. The series’ schedule was fitted for five months culminating with the Auto
Club Speedway in Fontana on August 30th. Last year, IndyCar ended up dipping into October,
which contributed to a lack of viewership and zapped some of the drama and excitement that
had the driv