Once again, Australia will have the honor to do the grand opening of the 2009 Formula Grand Prix.

This year, it will be less one race compared to last year. Last year, there were 18 circuits but this year there are only 17 circuits.

Two circuits will not be able to host this year Formula Grand Prix. They are:
1. CANADA – Formula 1 Grand Prix Du Canada
2. FRANCE – Formula 1 Grand Prix De France

But there will be one new circuit this year. Abu Dhabi is the latest addition circuit to the Formula 1 Grand Prix. The Formula 1 Ethad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be held at the end of the season as usual for new circuit on 1 November 2009.

This year the time table is (country in bracket is 2008 time table):
1. Australia – 29/03/2009 (Australia)
2. Malaysia – 05/04/2009 (Malaysia)
3. China – 19/04/2009 (Bahrain)
4. Bahrain – 26/04/2009 (Spain)
5. Spain – 10/05/2009 (Turkey)
6. Monaco – 24/05/2009 (Monaco)
7. Turkey – 07/06/2009 (Canada)
8. Great Britain – 21/06/2009 (France)
9. Germany – 12/07/2009 (Great Britain)
10. Hungary – 26/07/2009 (Germany)
11. Europe – 23/08/2009 (Hungary)
12. Belgium – 30/08/2009 (Europe)
13. Italy – 13/09/2009 (Belgium)
14. Singapore – 27/09/2009 (Italy)
15. Japan – 04/10/2009 (Singapore)
16. Brazil – 18/10/2009 (Japan)
17. Abu Dhabi – 01/11/2009 (China)

Last year time table with the wining driver, team and circuit’s laps are:
1. Australia – 16/03/2008 – Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes – 58
2. Malaysia – 23/03/2008 – Kimi Räikkönen – Ferrari – 56
3. Bahrain – 06/04/2008 – Felipe Massa – Ferrari – 57
4. Spain – 27/04/2008 – Kimi Räikkönen – Ferrari – 66
5. Turkey – 11/05/2008 – Felipe Massa – Ferrari – 58
6. Monaco 25/05/2008 – Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes – 76
7. Canada – 08/06/2008 – Robert Kubica – BMW Sauber – 70
8. France – 22/06/2008 – Felipe Massa – Ferrari – 70
9. Great Britain – 06/07/2008 – Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes – 60
10. Germany – 20/07/2008 – Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes – 67
11. Hungary – 03/08/2008 – Heikki Kovalainen – McLaren-Mercedes – 70
12. Europe – 24/08/2008 – Felipe Massa – Ferrari – 57
13. Belgium – 07/09/2008 – Felipe Massa – Ferrari – 44
14. Italy – 14/09/2008 – Sebastian Vettel – STR-Ferrari – 53
15. Singapore – 28/09/2008 – Fernando Alonso – Renault – 61
16. Japan – 12/10/2008 – Fernando Alonso – Renault – 67
17. China – 19/10/2008 – Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes – 56
18. Brazil – 02/11/2008 – Felipe Massa – Ferrari – 71

Last year, 2008, the constructor championship is won by Ferrari. The full result is below:
1 Ferrari 172
2 McLaren-Mercedes 151
3 BMW Sauber 135
4 Renault 80
5 Toyota 56
6 STR-Ferrari 39
7 Red Bull-Renault 29
8 Williams-Toyota 26
9 Honda 14
10 Force India-Ferrari 0
11 Super Aguri-Honda 0

And the 2008 world champion is Lewis Hamilton from McLaren-Mercedes team. Below is the full result for last year drivers championship (with points collected)

1. Lewis Hamilton – British – McLaren-Mercedes – 98
2 Felipe Massa – Brazilian – Ferrari – 97
3 Kimi Räikkönen – Finnish – Ferrari – 75
4 Robert Kubica – Polish – BMW Sauber – 75
5 Fernando Alonso – Spanish – Renault – 61
6 Nick Heidfeld – German – BMW Sauber – 60
7 Heikki Kovalainen – Finnish – McLaren-Mercedes – 53
8 Sebastian Vettel – German – STR-Ferrari – 35
9 Jarno Trulli – Italian – Toyota – 31
10 Timo Glock – German – Toyota – 25
11 Mark Webber – Australian – Red Bull-Renault – 21
12 Nelsinho Piquet – Brazilian – Renault – 19
13 Nico Rosberg – German – Williams-Toyota – 17
14 Rubens Barrichello – Brazilian – Honda – 11
15 Kazuki Nakajima – Japanese – Williams-Toyota – 9
16 David Coulthard – British – Red Bull-Renault – 8
17 Sebastien Bourdais – French – STR-Ferrari – 4
18 Jenson Button – British – Honda – 3
19 Giancarlo Fisichella – Italian – Force India-Ferrari – 0
20 Adrian Sutil – German – Force India-Ferrari – 0
21 Takuma Sato – Japanese – Super Aguri-Honda – 0
22 Anthony Davidson – British – Super Aguri-Honda – 0

I hope my favorite team, McLaren-Mercedes, will win this year constructor championship. And I also hope Toyota will improve their position and wins some of the podium.