Designed by Hermann Tilke - the architect responsible for the Sepang, Shanghai, Istanbul Park and Valencia GP venues - the new Grand Prix Circuit (configured using the inner and outer circuits, and with the addition of the endurance loop for 2010) presents drivers with an exceptional challenge.

The British Grand Prix is to stay at Silverstone for the foreseeable future after the circuit and its owners, the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC), signed a deal to retain the event for the next 17 years. The race had been due to switch to Donington Park from 2010.

Buenos Aires - Argentina
Mexico City - Mexica
Jerez - Spain
Portimao - Portugal
Imola - San Marino
Monte Carlo - Monaco
Montreal - Canada
Indianapolis - USA
Silverstone - Great Britain

Following the huge success of last year's inaugural Singapore Grand Prix, organisers have announced that the layout of the Marina Bay circuit will be improved further ahead of the 2009 event.

As the passion for motorsport grows ever stronger in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai is preparing for the launch of F1-X, the worlds first official Formula One theme park, which is due to open later this year.
The 70-acre park will be home to more than 20 major rides, exhibits and attractions, including three bespoke roller-coasters, all modeled on Formula One machinery.

Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM) have unveiled the Yas Marina Circuit, host to next years inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in a unique art exhibition at the Emirates Palace. The exhibition features a selection of images of the new tracks facilities that have been transformed into pieces of art.

The Fuji International Speedway mixes very slow corners with a long main straight designed to encourage overtaking manoeuvres. The teams therefore need to adopt a compromise in terms of set-up, in order to balance straight-line speed with grip in the low-speed sections. Mechanical grip and an engine with good low-end performance will hence pay dividends and count towards a competitive lap time. Renault explain how they plan to tweak the R28s set-up for the Japanese circuit.

The Circuit de Nevers is a challenging mix of gradient changes, tricky corners and variable grip levels. Here Honda reserve Alexander Wurz talks us round a flying lap of the Magny-Cours track ahead of this weekends French Grand Prix …

Damon Hill believes Silverstone is on course to complete its new paddock in time to satisfy Bernie Ecclestone's demands - and therefore guarantee the British Grand Prix's long-term future.

As his Japanese team prepares for the third race of the 2008 Formula One season, Honda reserve Alexander Wurz finds time to talk us round a flying lap of the Bahrain International Circuit, host of this weekends Grand Prix

This weekends Australian Grand Prix will put an end to four long months of waiting for Formula One fans across the world. For the teams and drivers the joy of getting back to racing again will prove just as exciting, and with Melbourne a firm favourite with most, there couldnt be a better place to kick start the 2008 season...

The Jacarepagua circuit, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, which hosted ten rounds of the Formula One World Championship between 1978 and 1989, faces demolition as Brazil bids for the 2016 Olympic Games.

The track was built in the 1970s on reclaimed marshland, less than a hundred feet from the Atlantic coastline, and with its mountain backdrop was one of the more picturesque circuits on the calendar.

Despite its notoriously bumpy surface, the track, in addition to hosting F1 races, was used as a winter testing venue.

In 1990, a year after hosting its last ever World Championship Grand Prix, Jacarepagua was re-named in honour of three-time World Champion Nelson Piquet. From 1996 to 2000 the circuit hosted a round of the Champ Car series, with Juan Pablo Montoya enjoying success there.
Rio, which if it successful would become the first South American city to host the Olympics, has previously bid for the 2004 and 2012 games, however, on each occasion it failed to make the final shortlist.
Having fallen into the hands of property developers in early 2005, the last year in which it hosted a round of the Motorcycle World Championship, there were always fears for Jacarepagua's future.