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F1 stretches to record 20 races
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September 9, 2010, Thursday
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FORMULA One will stretch to a record 20 races next year with India making its grand prix debut in late October although no new teams will be coming in, the sport's governing body said yesterday.
The Indian round, at a circuit being built near New Delhi, is due to be the 18th of the championship on October 30 subject to the facility passing an FIA inspection.
The governing body said in a statement after a meeting of its world motor sport council that the 2011 season will start in Bahrain on March 13 and end in Brazil on November 27 with Abu Dhabi becoming the penultimate race on November 13.
The current season is a record-equalling 19 races, with South Korea the 2010 newcomers.
However, the slim hopes of the starting grid being expanded to a full capacity of 13 teams, assuming all of the existing ones remain, were snuffed out.
The FIA said a number of parties had expressed an interest but "it was considered that none of the candidates met the requirements to be granted an entry into the championship.
"Consequently, the allocation of the 13th team will not be granted."
Many of the expected main contenders had already withdrawn for financial reasons but Spanish-based Epsilon Euzkadi and a joint effort involving Italy's Durango and Canada's former world champion Jacques Villeneuve had remained in the running.
A 20-race calendar has long been a desire of the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone but has met resistance from teams in the past due to the extra burden imposed on mechanics and travelling employees.
(Reuters)
The Indian round, at a circuit being built near New Delhi, is due to be the 18th of the championship on October 30 subject to the facility passing an FIA inspection.
The governing body said in a statement after a meeting of its world motor sport council that the 2011 season will start in Bahrain on March 13 and end in Brazil on November 27 with Abu Dhabi becoming the penultimate race on November 13.
The current season is a record-equalling 19 races, with South Korea the 2010 newcomers.
However, the slim hopes of the starting grid being expanded to a full capacity of 13 teams, assuming all of the existing ones remain, were snuffed out.
The FIA said a number of parties had expressed an interest but "it was considered that none of the candidates met the requirements to be granted an entry into the championship.
"Consequently, the allocation of the 13th team will not be granted."
Many of the expected main contenders had already withdrawn for financial reasons but Spanish-based Epsilon Euzkadi and a joint effort involving Italy's Durango and Canada's former world champion Jacques Villeneuve had remained in the running.
A 20-race calendar has long been a desire of the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone but has met resistance from teams in the past due to the extra burden imposed on mechanics and travelling employees.
(Reuters)
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