Jake | Thursday 22nd October 2009 | Formula 1, MotoGP, Superbikes, Touring Cars

The FIA held a World Motor Sport Council yesterday, and calendars for pretty much all it’s championships came out of it.

It’s interesting to see where the British events stack up. It’s mainly not at Donington Park.

The Formula 1 calendar doesn’t specify venues, so it’s just Great Britain down for 11th July 2010, but the FIA will be working on the assumption that it is Donington Park. We shall see about that.

The standalone Formula Two round moves from Donington Park to Silverstone, which also hosts the new FIA GT1 World Championship. The World Touring Car Championship – with F2 in support – remains at Brands Hatch.

Away from the FIA, we know that A1GP won’t be visiting Britain in its fifth season. Since I last mentioned that sad fact, I’ve found this article from Kent News. In short, Brands Hatch decided against having A1GP back, due to the financial uncertainty of the series, and falling ticket sales for the event.

Brands Hatch does, however, appear on a provisional Superleague Formula calendar released yesterday, which was quickly retracted. Silverstone is the other British circuit on the possibly wrong calendar. Donington Park hosted the two previous British rounds of Superleague Formula.

MotoGP moves to Silverstone next year, so if the Formula 1 falls through for Donington Park, the only international event left there would be the Superbike World Championship.

Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket. In Donington Park’s case, a really expensive basket that hasn’t been built yet.

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