One of the things that I was really looking forward to about my move to Canada among many other things was being able to head up to Montreal each June to take in the Montreal Grand Prix. A few months ago I got the bad news that it had been dropped from F1’s calendar but held out hope that it could still be saved. Unfortunately today news broke that it has officially been lost. All I have to hope now is that it will be back again the following season. Regardless, I still find it an absolute disgrace that the race has been lost.

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. . . Not to mention the fact it was now my home GP and the GP I could potentially attend for years to come.

Yes, Formula 1 will not race in Canada in 2009, in fact it will not race in North America at all next year for the first time in decades. The scene of Lewis Hamilton’s maiden Grand Prix victory in 2007 (which I had the pleasure of attending) will be replaced by NOTHING. Yes you heard it. In fact the Turkish GP will move into it’s place and create a 4 week summer break in the middle of the F1 season. Wait? Am I alone in realising the stupidity of having a summer break in the middle of a summer sport?

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