2013 Formula 1 calendar revealed

tifosi12 · Dec 6, 2012

Bad for Goodwood, however that event is falling victim to its own popularity. Less F1 involvement and less visitors will be somewhat beneficial to it.

I'm glad I did Goodwood when it was less popular.

4re Nut · Dec 9, 2012

FWIW, http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20657102

Formula 1's governing body the FIA has shuffled next year's schedule to open a slot for an extra race on 21 July.

It had been expected that this would be filled by a return of the Turkish race, but it is not clear it could be funded.

Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko told an Austrian newspaper: "We have made the FIA aware that the Red Bull Ring has a fully updated Formula 1 licence."

Red Bull, whose F1 team has won the drivers' and constructors' titles for the past three years, owns and has redeveloped the track that hosted the Austrian Grand Prix in various guises from 1970-87 and 1997-2003.

There are, however, a number of potential problems with the Red Bull Ring hosting a grand prix.

These include the shortage of hotel accommodation in the mountainous Styrian region, an agreement between Red Bull and the regional government to host no event with a crowd of more than 40,000, and the lack of facilities and organisation to run an event of such magnitude.

But Marko told Salzburger Nachrichten none of these was insurmountable.

On the race fee, he said: "There is the province of Styria, the Republic of Austria." And in response to the suggestion that few European governments could justify funding a grand prix in the current times of austerity, he said: "Let's wait and see."

He said objections over the limited accommodation were "nonsense", adding: "It managed in the 1970s and 1980s." He pointed out that the city of Graz, 50 miles away from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, had more than enough hotel rooms.

And he said that the media centre, which struggled to cope with the capacity required by a German Touring Car race this year, could be extended, and an organisation to run the event imported.

A final decision would rest between F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone and Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz, who is on holiday in Fiji until Christmas.

The two men are friends and it is conceivable they could come to an agreement if the Austrian did want to host a grand prix at the Red Bull Ring.

Meanwhile, it remains unclear whether Turkish authorities will be able to fund the return of a race in the country.

On Thursday the country's sports minister said the government would not contribute towards the fee for the race - a day after the chairman of the Turkish motorsport federation said state money would be needed to revive the race.

The 2013 calendar initially ran to only 19 races - one fewer than in 2012 - after the mooted New Jersey Grand Prix had to be postponed because the track overlooking Manhattan was not going to be ready in time.

But on Wednesday, the FIA moved the German Grand Prix to 7 July, a week after the British race, and opened up its previous slot of 21 July for what it referred to as another "European" race.
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DF1 · Dec 9, 2012

Joe Saward reported this earlier this week. Red Bull and Austria. Nice to be in Fiji now for Mr Red Bull. Windy, snowing and -2C here where I am in Germany.

Fast_ian · Dec 9, 2012

Interesting - I guess if anyone can pull it off it would be Dieter. Especially if the Pygmy wants it to happen.

It's been over 20 years since I was there for a few F3 races. It really is in the middle of nowhere - You think Magny Cours is nowhere, this place makes that look like a metropolis! [Or it did back then at least.]

Nice track in some great countryside though.

Cheers,
Ian

tifosi12 · Dec 9, 2012

I'd love to see a return of the Austrian GP.

F1 needs more European and less Asian races.

JOHNCJ8989 · Dec 15, 2012

Hoping the NJ GP is a go. Not so sure my Sister is as hopeful as I intend on occupying her Lower Manhattan Apt that weekend-)

texasmr2 · Dec 26, 2012

tifosi12 said: ↑

I'd love to see a return of the Austrian GP.
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I was watching the rerun of the FIA GT1 race this past weekend which was listed as the Spielberg race when in reality it is the Red Bull Ring. While watching it I was thinking to myself how familiar it looked and that there should be a F1 race there, a circumcised version of the track alot of us remember and hold dearly but still fantastic imo.

I am adding, in hope that it will eventually happen, this race to my 'Bucket List'!

4re Nut · Jan 5, 2013

FWIW, http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/8381027/Turkey-or-nothing-Bernie-confirms

A decision about whether to add a 20th race to the 2013 schedule will be made next week, with Istanbul the favourite to take the place of the postponed race in New Jersey, if a replacement is chosen at all.

The FIA World Motor Sport Council published a revised fixture list during December 2012 that accommodates a 20th race on July 21, a slot between a rescheduled German Grand Prix and Hungarian Grand Prix.

The FIA also confirmed that this race was reserved for a European host, with in Turkey, France and Austria mooted as possible venues.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone played down the chances of returning to the Red Bull track in Austria's Spielberg mountains, and with François Hollande's recently elected national government's decision to cut public funding in France, Magny-Cours seems an unlikely venue as well.

"At the moment, I'm thinking more about Turkey and a return to Istanbul," Ecclestone earlier.

The proposed Turkish Grand Prix is not without its problems, however.

During December Turkish minister of sport followed the direction of his French counterpart and confirmed that no public funding would be made available to help revive the race that normally took place just outside the country's biggest city.

"Just now, I am thinking we might have only 19 Grands Prix this year," Ecclestone added.

"That would not be a big problem for Formula One. Probably we will be able to reach a decision next week."
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