20-race F1 calendar for 2015 released by World Motor Sports council
FIA President Jean Todt welcomed members of the World Motor Sport Council ahead of the first race of the new FIA Formula E Championship in Beijing on Saturday 13 September, a historic moment as the world’s first fully-electric racing Championship competing in city-centre circuits worldwide is launched.
The following decisions were taken:
FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar is confirmed as follows:
15 March                   Grand Prix of Australia
29 March                   Grand Prix of Malaysia
5 April                      Grand Prix of Bahrain
19 April                     Grand Prix of China
10 May                     Grand Prix of Spain
24 May                     Grand Prix of Monaco
7 June                      Grand Prix of Canada
21 June                    Grand Prix of Austria
5 July                       Grand Prix of Great Britain
19 July                     Grand Prix of Germany
26 July                     Grand Prix of Hungary
23 August                 Grand Prix of Belgium
6 September             Grand Prix of Italy
20 September           Grand Prix of Singapore
27 September           Grand Prix of Japan
11 October               Grand Prix of Russia (Sochi)
25 October               Grand Prix of USA (Austin)
1 November              Grand Prix of Mexico
15 November            Grand Prix of Brazil
29 November            Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi
FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
The following amendments have been made to the Sporting Regulations, applicable from January 2015:
- In order to give more of an advantage to crews contesting all the stages, a seven-minute penalty, instead of five minutes, will be applied for a missed stage. The 10-minute penalty for missing the last stage of a day remains applicable.
- A WRC Team will be permitted a one-day test for each competition it nominates.
- Current Group N4 cars will be renamed as R4, in order to integrate them into the rally pyramid. This applies to all cars in the category worldwide.
The calendar for the 2015 FIA World Rally Championship is confirmed as follows:
25 January                 Rallye Monte-Carlo *
15 February               Rally Sweden
08 March                   Rally Mexico
19 April                     Rally Argentina
24 May                     Rally Portugal
14 June                    Rally Italy
05 July                     Rally Poland
02 August                Rally Finland
23 August                Rally Germany *
13 September          Rally Australia
04 October              Rally France *
25 October              Rally Spain
15 November           Rally Great Britain
* Subject to Promotion Agreement
