Calendar:

Round 1 - 14th March - Bahrain, Sakhir
Round 2 - 28th March - Australia, Melbourne
Round 3 - 4th April - Malaysia, Sepang
Round 4 - 18th April - China, Shanghai
Round 5 - 9th May - Spain, Barcelona
Round 6 - 16th May - Monaco, Monte-Carlo
Round 7 - 30th May - Turkey, Istanbul
Round 8 - 13th June - Canada, Montreal (back to the calendar)
Round 9 - 27th June - Europe, Valencia
Round 10 - 11th July - Great Britain, Silverstone
Round 11 - 25th July - Germany, Hockenheim
Round 12 - 1st August - Hungary, Hungaroring
Round 13 - 29th August - Belgium, Spa Francorchamps
Round 14 - 12th September - Italy, Monza
Round 15 - 26th September - Singapore, Singapore
Round 16 - 10th October - Japan, Suzuka
Round 17 - 24th October - South Korea, Yeongam (new circuit)
Round 18 - 7th November - Brazil, Interlagos
Round 19 - 14th November - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

Teams and Drivers:

McLaren-Mercedes
1. Jenson Button, 30 y.o., current world champion, ex-Brawn.
2. Lewis Hamilton, 25 y.o., former world champion.

Mercedes *
3. Michael Schumacher, 41 y.o., former 7x world champion, back from retirement.
4. Nico Rosberg, 24 y.o., ex-Williams.

Red Bull-Renault
5. Sebastian Vettel, 22 y.o.
6. Mark Webber, 33 y.o.

Ferrari
7. Felipe Massa, 28 y.o.
8. Fernando Alonso, 28 y.o., former double world champion.

Williams-Cosworth
9. Rubens Barrichello, 37 y.o., ex-Brawn.
10. Nico Hulkenberg, 22 y.o., rookie driver ex-GP2 Series.

Renault
11. Robert Kubica, 25 y.o., ex-BMW Sauber.
12. Vitaly Petrov, 25 y.o., rookie driver ex-GP2 Series.

Force India-Mercedes
14. Adrian Sutil, 27 y.o.
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi, 28 y.o.

Toro Rosso-Ferrari
16. Sebastien Buemi, 21 y.o.
17. Jaime Alguersuari, 19 y.o.

Lotus-Cosworth (new team)
18. Jarno Trulli, 35 y.o., ex-Toyota.
19. Heikki Kovalainen, 28 y.o., ex-McLaren.

Campos-Cosworth (new team) **
20. TBA
21. Bruno Senna, 26 y.o., rookie driver ex-Le Mans Series.

USF1-Cosworth (new team) **
22. José María López, 26 y.o., rookie driver ex-Turismo Carretera series.
23. TBA

Virgin-Cosworth (new team)
24. Timo Glock, 27 y.o., ex-Toyota.
25. Lucas di Grassi, 25 y.o., rookie driver ex-GP2 Series.

BMW Sauber-Ferrari ***
26. Pedro de la Rosa, 38 y.o., ex-McLaren test driver.
27. Kamui Kobayashi, 23 y.o., ex-Toyota.

* The Brawn team, winner of last year's championship, was purchased and re-branded by Mercedes.
** There remains large doubts over whether Campos and USF1 will appear in the races.
*** BMW has no involvement with the Sauber team anymore but the team will retain its name for now.

Cars:

McLaren MP4-25


Mercedes W01


Red Bull RB6


Ferrari F10


Williams FW32


Renault R30


Force India VJM03


Toro Rosso STR5


Lotus


Virgin VR-01


BMW Sauber C29


Regulation changes:

* Refuelling during the race will now be banned.

* The points system has been changed. The winner of the race will get 25 points, the second placed 18, then 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, extending points scorers all the way up to 10th place. Previous points system was 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

* The cars will no longer be forced to qualify with race fuel in the final part of qualifying.

* The top 10 quickest qualifiers will be forced to start the race with the same tyres they used in qualifying.

* The front tyres will be narrower.

* Wheel covers have been banned.

* Each car will now have 11 sets of tyres per weekend (previously 14).

* KERS is not directly banned by the regulations, but all the teams have agreed not to use it anymore.

* Drivers that stand-in for other drivers mid-season will now get 1 day of testing prior to their first race.

An interesting site about F1 and other motorsport:

* My blog.

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Last edited by noikeee on Feb-10-2010 at 22:37