2010 calendar published

The FIA has unveiled its official calendar for the 2010 Formula One season.

South Korea added, Canada remains provisional

The FIA has unveiled its official calendar for the 2010 Formula One season. The calendar comprises 19 races for the first time since 2005, although the return of the Canadian Grand Prix, scheduled for June 13th, remains provisional subject to the completion of contract negotiations with Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management. Should a deal fail to be agreed, the Turkish Grand Prix will be moved to June 6th from its present slot of May 30th. There is one new addition to the calendar, with South Korea pencilled in for October 17th just days after the country's state government and opposition passed the 'F1 Act' in support of the construction and management of the circuit in Yongam, South Jeolla province. The season will start in Bahrain on March 14, and will finish in mid-November in Brazil, changing places with Abu Dhabi which now becomes the penultimate event on October 31. Formula One 2010 calendar: Mar 14 - Bahrain (Sakhir)
Mar 28 - Australia (Melbourne, starting at 1700 local time)
Apr 4 - Malaysia (Sepang, starting at 1600 local time)
Apr 18 - China (Shanghai)
May 9 - Spain (Barcelona)
May 23 - Monaco (Monte Carlo)
May 30 - Turkey (Istanbul)
Jun 13 - Canada (Montreal, provisional)
Jun 27 - Europe (Valencia)
Jul 11 - Great Britain (Donington Park)
Jul 25 - Germany (Hockenheim)
Aug 1 - Hungary (Budapest)
Aug 29 - Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)
Sep 12 - Italy (Monza)
Sep 26 - Singapore (starting at 2000 local time)
Oct 3 - Japan (Suzuka)
Oct 17 - South Korea (Yongam)
Oct 31 - Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina, starting at 1700 local time)
Nov 14 - Brazil (Interlagos)