News Details

Australian GP confirms earlier date for 2016 F1 race

The 2016 Formula 1 season will kick off on March 17, after the Australian Grand Prix confirmed a date change for its race. The Melbourne event was originally scheduled for April 3, but F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone was looking at moving it to an earlier date. Australian GP bosses had already said they had no problems with moving the race as long as it did not clash with Easter weekend. On Wednesday, organisers confirmed the event will now take place on 17-20 March. The move is expected to be ratified by the FIA's World Motor Sport Council, which met today in Paris.
Full Story »
10y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Australian GP moved forwards two weeks

Sauber F1 Team Organisers of the Australian Grand Prix have confirmed...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Melbourne happy with earlier date for F1 2016 season...

Melbourne happy with earlier date for F1 2016 season opener Posted On 29...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Organisers to tighten security after track breach

Singapore Grand Prix organisers said Wednesday they would tighten...
10y ago from SuperSport.com

Australian GP ready to accept earlier date

Australian Grand Prix organisers have said they are happy to accept an...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...

Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Lancia wins again after 33-year absence

No description available...
16h ago from Motorsport.com

Thierry Neuville crashes out of Croatia lead in final...

A dramatic WRC Rally Croatia kept the biggest shock for the Wolf Power...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“Most entitled bunch I’ve ever seen” - Rio...

Rio Ferdinand has slammed Arsenal fans for booing after their defeat...
24m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Tactics, tension and talk: How does Arteta stop...

The Premier League title race has brought up many iconic images down the...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Michael Owen explains advantage Arsenal have over Man...

Pep Guardiola’s ruthless side dispatched Chelsea 3-0, slicing Arsenal's...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal fan announces he’s taking legal action...

An Arsenal fan from Uganda has announced that he is taking legal action...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.