Late start to 2016 F1 season?

[LifeW12]

What a great race that Baku race is gonna be. So much heritage there.

(The couldn't get 5k to a GT race, the place was a wasteland)

 

[soccerman17]

Baku actually seems pretty nice, just not on the human rights front. The rest of the country though, that seems like a wasteland.

 

[teabagyokel]

Regardless of the wastage of the land (& similar), a key point making Baku an unsuitable host for the European Grand Prix is that it is in Asia.

 

[Bill Boddy]

Ah, but borders can be changed at the whim of Mr Ecclestone teabagyokel.

 

[LifeW12]

Speaking of GT, the race this year was cancelled and replaced by a race at Zandvoort.

 

[Il_leone]

There probably be an European race which will be dropped to make it 20 races a season .. Germany will be back you think but both Spa and Monza are under serious pressure as well you'd think and ihas the Austrian GP got a watertight contract under the continuing rumours Red Bull will quit F1 ?

 

[Bill Boddy]

If Monza is dropped it will most likely be replaced by Imola.

 

[LifeW12]

If Monza is dropped

what a sad day for motor racing if that happened

 

[Bill Boddy]

I would have to find some other excuse for going to Milan.

 

[Titch]

Italian coffee. Fashion week. The food. The Ambiance. Any would do.

 

[Greenlantern101]

His Bernie-ness is thinking of starting the F1 season 2 weeks EARLY. Earlier race, earlier testing = more teams not making it to the first test. Also talking of just a 3 week summer break.

F1 teams braced for pre-season schedule headache

 

[RasputinLives]

Yes. Thats exactly what F1 needs right now. Less teams being able to test and a longer more costly year.

Good job Bernie.

 

[Bill Boddy]

Surely it's too late to change the early races?

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Australian GP moved to March 20th.
Australian GP confirms earlier date for 2016 F1 race

 

[Greenlantern101]

 

[RasputinLives]

Bernie has been especially awkward with the Calendar this year. At one point the British Grand Prix was set to be the same date as Le Mans. Then it got moved to be the same weekend as the Formula E race in London which has meant that Formula E has had to plead its case with Battersea Park and get it moved to the first weekend in July.

He's now moved the Australian Grand Prix back to its traditional date but telling teams it was going to be later has screwed up their plans and means most of them will miss testing. Which will turn Australia into a mess like it was this year.

There must be logic to what he's doing somewhere but I just can't see it.

 

[RasputinLives]

I've just noted that Azerbajan is now the same date as Le Mans.

I don't think Bernie like Hulkenberg racing in both this year then

 

[Incubus]

That would proved seriously embarrassing for Formula One.... 250.000 spectactors jostling for room at Le Mans versus 3 men and their dogs in attendance in Azerbaijan...

 

[soccerman17]

I'd like to see a driver run Le Mans instead of Baku. Le Mans is infinite times more prestigious after all.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Calendar is here:
WMSC confirms revised 2016 F1 calendar

So not that much different from this year. No consideration given to reducing the travelling by having more back-to-back races either. Three week summer break.