JULY 5, 2006

A1 announces calendar

A1 Grand Prix has announced its calendar for the coming series that will start in October 2006 and will run through until April 2007. There are 13 events, only three of which will be in Europe. The series kicks off in Holland on October 1 and then goes to Brno, in the Czech Republic, a week later before heading east to China (November 5), Malaysia (November 26) and the UAE (December 16). In the New Year there will be a race in New Zealand (January 21), followed by Australia (February 4) and South Africa (February 25). There will be a race somewhere in the Americas in early March followed by an event in Mexico on March 25, Indonesia on April 8 and a second race in China on April 15. The season finale will be at Brands Hatch on April 29.