Date:08/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/08/stories/2008100856532000.htm

Sport - Racing : Motor

FIA drops Canadian GP

PARIS: The Canadian Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 calendar, leaving North America without a Formula One race.

Governing body FIA ratified its calendar for the coming season on Tuesday and left the Canadian GP off the list for the first time since 1987. The inaugural Abu Dhabi GP replaces the Canadian race. The Canadian GP had been held at the Montreal track annually since 1978. The U.S. GP was dropped from the F1 schedule last season.

There will be 18 races in 2009. — AP