New speedy season

After a long wait for about 4 months, the new FIA formula one World Championship is finally here. After an exciting last season that we saw last year which won by Ferrari for the constructor champion and Lewis Hamilton for the driver champion, we now hoping for a brand new season which is expected to be more competitive following a new rule and changes introduced. Before that, here are the calender of this year:

1) ING Australian Grand Prix, 27-29 March
2) Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix, 3-5 April
3) Chinese Grand Prix, 17-19 April
4) Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, 24-26 April

5) Gran Premio de Espana Telefonica Barcelona, 8-10 May

6) Grand Prix de Monaco, 21-24 May
7) ING Turkish Grand Prix, 5-7 June
8) Santander British Grand Prix, 19-21 June
9) German Grand Prix, 10-12 July
10) ING Magyar Nagydij, 24-26 July
11) Telefonica Grand Prix of Europe, 21-23 August
12) ING Belgian Grand Prix, 28-30 August
13) Grand Premio Santander D'Italia, 11-13 September
14) Singtel Singapore Grand Prix, 25-27 September
15) Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix, 2-4 October
16) Grande Premio do Brasil, 16-18 October
17) Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 30-1 November

The economic crisis last year had made some impact in the formula 1. The most affected was the Honda team which has to announce to withdraw from formula 1. However, their team principal, Ross Brawn had bought it over and renamed it Brawn GP for this year season. Besides that, Super Aguri F1 Team had also withdrew from the Formula 1 world and this make a total team compete this year to only 10 teams.

This year season we will expect more competitive fight between the drivers and teams for driver and constructor championship. For the driver championship, Hamilton is again the favourite to win this year but we cannot forget Massa who came so close last season to win the championship but luck had denied it. They are also Kimi, champion of 2007, Alonso and others who will fight for it.

In the team event, McLaren and Ferrari again are the favourite to win the championship but the great performance from Brawn GP in pre-season test make them come as blackhorse in this year. We can also expect good fight from Renault, Sauber and Williams. So, for all the new line-ups in 2009, let's hope for another great season of formula 1. Are you ready!