The FIA released the third provisional schedule for the 2009 Formula 1 championship in November 2008.
The French Grand Prix is off the calendar again, after the organizers said they could not afford to run it.
But the biggest news - aside from some changes like putting the Chinese Grand Prix early in the season, instead of near the end - is that after the success of the Singapore night race in 2008, two more races will be run later in the day, if not at night. These are the races in Australia and in Malaysia. They will both start at 17:00 local time.
The final 2009 schedule will be announced in December.
See the November provisional 2009 schedule in the table below:
2009provisF1sked
| Date | Race | Track |
| Mar. 29 | Australian Grand Prix | Melbourne |
| Apr. 5 | Malaysian Grand Prix | Sepang International Circuit |
| Apr. 18 | Chinese Grand Prix | Shanghai |
| Apr. 26 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Bahrain International Circuit |
| May 10 | Spanish Grand Prix | Montmelo, Barcelona |
| May 24 | Monaco Grand Prix | Monaco |
| Jun. 7 | Turkish Grand Prix | Istanbul |
| Jun. 21 | British Grand Prix | Silverstone |
| Jul. 12 | German Grand Prix | Nurburgring |
| Jul. 26 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Budapest |
| Aug. 23 | European Grand Prix | Valencia, Spain |
| Aug. 30 | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps |
| Sep. 13 | Italian Grand Prix | Monza |
| Sep. 27 | Singapore Grand Prix | Singapore |
| Oct. 4 | Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka |
| Oct. 18 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Sao Paolo |
| Nov. 1 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
