Canadian Grand Prix dropped from 2009 Formula One calendar

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Canadian Grand Prix dropped from 2009 Formula One calendar


PARIS � The Canadian Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 Formula One calendar.

FIA, the governing body of auto racing, has ratified its schedule for the coming season and left the Montreal race off the list. The inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been added to schedule in November while the Turkish Grand Prix has been slotted in for Montreal's traditional June date.

It's not the first time the Montreal race has fallen off the radar.

In 2003, Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone announced the race had been dropped from the 2004 calendar because of an impending federal ban on tobacco advertising. But the race went ahead.

Canada has had a stop on the Formula One circuit since 1967. Montreal became the race's permanent home in 1978.

The move means there will be no F-1 race in North America next year. The U.S. GP was dropped from the F1 schedule last season. There will be 18 races in 2009.


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FIA issue revised 2009 calendar


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FIA issue revised 2009 calendarOn Tuesday Formula One racing�s governing body, the FIA, released an amended calendar for the 2009 world championship. A provisional schedule was released in June.

The revised calendar sees the date for the Turkish Grand Prix changing from its original August slot to a June date, while the Canadian race has been dropped. In another revision, the Italian and Belgian races have swapped positions, with the Spa event now taking place on August 30, a fortnight before the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on September 13.

The 18-race championship will reach its finale in mid November with the inaugural Abu Dhabi race.

The revised 2009 calendar in full:
29 March Australia
5 April Malaysia
19 April Bahrain
10 May Spain
24 May Monaco
7 June Turkey
21 June Great Britain
28 June France
12 July Germany
26 July Hungary
23 August Europe (Valencia)
30 August Belgium
13 September Italy
27 September Singapore
11 October Japan
18 October China
1 November Brazil
15 November Abu Dhabi
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