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2008 Formula 1 World Championship Schedule

By Brad Spurgeon, About.com

The FIA released a revised schedule for the 2008 Formula 1 championship in September 2007.

The only changes to the provisional schedule announced in the month of July, were two venue swaps. The first was the of swapping the Belgian Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix dates. The swap places Belgium on Sept. 7 and Italy on Sept. 14.

The other change was the swap of the Chinese and Japanese races. Japan moved to Oct. 12, and China to Oct. 19.

See the revised 2008 schedule in the table below:

2008RevisedF1Schedule

DateRace Track
Mar. 16Australian Grand Prix Melbourne
Mar. 23 Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit
Apr. 6 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit
Apr. 27Spanish Grand Prix Montmelo, Barcelona
May 11 Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul
May 25 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco
Jun. 8 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal*
Jun. 22 French Grand Prix Nevers-Magny-Cours
Jul. 6 British Grand Prix Silverstone
Jul. 20 German Grand Prix Hockenheim
Aug. 3 Hungarian Grand Prix Budapest
Aug. 24 European Grand Prix Valencia, Spain
Sep. 7 Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps
Sep. 14 Italian Grand Prix Monza
Sep. 28 Singapore Grand Prix** Singapore
Oct. 12 Japanese Grand Prix Mt. Fuji
Oct. 19 Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai
Nov. 2 Brazilian Grand PrixSao Paolo

*Provisional. **Subject to circuit approval.

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