2005 Formula One schedule, results

March 6 — Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne. (Giancarlo Fisichella)
March 20 — Malaysian Grand Prix, Kuala Lumpur (Fernando Alonso)
April 3 — Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir (Fernando Alonso)
April 24 — San Marino Grand Prix, Imola (Fernando Alonso)
May 8 — Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona (Kimi Raikkonen)
May 22 — Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo (Kimi Raikkonen)
May 29 — European Grand Prix, Nuerburgring, Germany (Fernando Alonso)
June 12 — Grand Prix du Canada, Montreal (Kimi Raikkonen)
June 19 — U.S. Grand Prix, Indianapolis (Michael Schumacher)
July 3 — French Grand Prix, Magny Cours, France (Fernando Alonso)
July 10 — British Grand Prix, Silverstone (Juan Pablo Montoya)
July 24 — German Grand Prix, Hockenheim (Fernando Alonso)
July 31 — Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest (Kimi Raikkonen)
Aug. 21 — Turkish Grand Prix, Istanbul (Kimi Raikkonen)
Sept. 4 — Italian Grand Prix, Monza (Juan Pablo Montoya)
Sept. 11 — Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps (Kimi Raikkonen)
Sept. 25 — Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo (Juan Pablo Montoya)
Oct. 9 — Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka (Kimi Raikkonen)
Oct. 16 — Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai (Fernando Alonso)

Formula One statistics ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix

MANAMA - Formula One statistics for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix:

Renault's Fernando Alonso, 24, is the youngest champion in the history of Formula One. He is also the youngest driver to have started on pole position and to have won a race (at 22 years and 27 days).
Only seven drivers have won back-to-back titles since the championship started in 1950.
The last was Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, now chasing his eighth championship. No other driver has won more than five.
Formula One has three title-winners on the starting grid -- Alonso, Schumacher and Canadian Jacques Villeneuve (1997). The last time that happened was in 2001, before Finland's Mika Hakkinen retired.
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RACE WINNERS
Ten of the 22 drivers are race winners (Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Michael and Ralf Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli, Rubens Barrichello, David Coulthard, Villeneuve).
Schumacher has a record 84 wins. The next most successful active driver is Briton David Coulthard (Red Bull) with 13.
Briton Jenson Button has gone 100 races without a win.
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POLE POSITION
Schumacher needs one more pole position to equal Brazilian Ayrton Senna's record of 65.
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ROOKIES
Three drivers have yet to start a grand prix -- Nico Rosberg (Williams), Scott Speed (U.S.) and Yuji Ide (Super Aguri). So far, 53 drivers have scored on their race debut. The last was Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi with Red Bull in 2005.
Only two drivers, Italians Giuseppe Farina (1950) and Giancarlo Baghetti (1961), have won on their debuts.
Rosberg will be the first son of a champion (father Keke won the title with Williams in 1982) to race since Briton Damon Hill (son of Graham) retired in 1999.
Super Aguri are the first all-new team since Toyota made their debut in 2002.
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OLDEST/YOUNGEST
Schumacher, 37, is the oldest driver on the grid. Rosberg, 20, is the youngest.
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SEASON OPENER
Bahrain will be the 13th circuit to have staged the first race of a season.
The others are Silverstone (Britain), Bremgarten (Switzerland), Buenos Aires, Monaco, Zandvoort (Netherlands), East London and Kyalami (South Africa), Interlagos and Jacarapagua (Brazil), Long Beach and Phoenix (U.S.) and Melbourne.
In the two races in Bahrain to date, each time the winner has gone on to be champion.
In total, 27 world champions have won the first race of their championship season.

Complete schedule Formula One 2006

12 March - Grand Prix of Bahrain-Bahrain, Sakhir

19 March -Grand Prix of Malaysia-Sepang , Malaysia

02 April -Grand Prix of Australia-Australia, Melbourne

23 April -Grand Prix of San Marino -Imola, Italy

07 May -Grand Prix of Europe-Nurburg, Germany

14 May -Grand Prix of Spanish -Barcelona, Spain

28 May -Grand Prix of Monaco -Monte Carlo, Monaco

11 June -Grand Prix of British -Silverstone, England

25 June -Grand Prix of Canadian -Montreal, Canada

02 July -Grand Prix of USA -Speedway, IN

16 July-French Grand Prix-Magny, France

30 July -Grand Prix of Germany -Hockenheim, Germany

06 August-Grand Prix of Hungarian -Budapest, Hungary

27 August -Grand Prix of Turkey-Istanbul, Turkey

10 September -Grand Prix of Italian -Monza, Italy

17 September -Grand Prix of Belgian -Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium

01 October -Japanese Grand Prix-Suzuka, Japan

08 October -Grand Prix of China -Shanghai, China

22 October -Grand Prix of Brazilian -Interlagos, Brazil

Super Aguri predicts tough start. Tue, 21 Feb 2006

Japan's new Formula 1 team Super Aguri on Monday forecast a fairly tough start for their first season, while Honda Racing F1 Team showed confidence in getting off to a flying start.
"Since we launched the team in a short period, assorted problems are rising and there are many things that should be solved," team boss and former Japanese F1 driver Aguri Suzuki told a joint news conference with Honda Racing F1 Team.
"I'm afraid that we would be in a fairly tough position at the beginning," said Suzuki, who started in 88 Grand Prix and was the first Asian to stand on the Formula 1 podium in Suzuka in 1990 when he finished third.
"My objective this year is to make our team competitive as a Formula 1 team," he added.
Signing BAR-Honda reject Takuma Sato and newcomer Yuji Ide, Super Aguri have formed the first all-Japanese driver line-up in the history of the premier motorsport circuit.
Powered by Honda engines and based in Langley in Oxfordshire, England, the team will join the 2006 F1 championship with the first race set for March 12 in Bahrain.
Honda expecting strong start
At the news conference, Honda Racing Team chief executive officer Nick Fry said his team would be among the top four or five teams expecting a strong start this season.
"Testing so far this year has gone extremely well. The engine performance is good and the chassis performance has been very strong," Fry said. "We will be going to the first race, Bahrain, in a strong position."
Fry said that defending champion Renault would be one of the toughest rivals this season.
"The strongest at the moment along with us are the Renault team again, who won last year," he said.
"Ferrari shouldn't be discounted. They are in a strong position," he said, adding that Williams are also among the top competitors performing strongly in pre-season testing.

F1 headed for Africa?Mon, 20 Feb 2006

Although hopes of mounting a South African Grand Prix are fading, FIA president Max Mosley is suggesting the Formula 1 circus could wind up in another part of Africa.
With the mooted event for Cape Town apparently hamstrung by government funding issues, Mosley mentioned Morocco as a possible venue on the only continent (other than Antarctica) currently not represented on the F1 calendar.
“There is a certain amount of interest in North Africa at the moment,” the FIA chief stated, “but as far as I know nothing concrete.”
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone is responsible for organising new races.
The country has hosted an F1 race once before, with Stirling Moss winning the 1958 event on the 7.6km Casablanca circuit.

Driver line-ups for the 2006 Formula 1 season:

Renault
Fernando Alonso (SPA)
Giancarlo Fishichella (ITA)

Ferrari
Michael Schumacher (GER)
Felipe Massa (BRA)

Honda Racing
Jenson Button (GBR)
Rubens Barrichello (BRA)

Williams
Mark Webber (AUS)
Nico Rosberg (AUT)

McLaren
Kimi Raikkonen (FIN)
Juan Pablo Montoya (COL)

BMW Sauber
Nick Heidfeld (GER)
Jacques Villeneuve (CAN)

Red Bull Racing
David Coulthard (GBR)
Christian Klien (AUT)

Toyota
Jarno Trulli (ITA)
Ralf Schumacher (GER)

Midland F1
Christijan Albers
Tiago Monteiro

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Scott Speed

Super Aguri F1
Takuma Sato
Yuji Ide