The 2012 Formula One (F1) season starts soon, so here’s a round up of the teams, drivers and races:
| Red Bull | Sebastian Vettel (SV) | Mark Webber (MW) |
| McLaren | Jenson Button (JB) | Lewis Hamilton (LH) |
| Ferrari | Fernando Alonso (FA) | Felipe Massa (FM) |
| Mercedes | Michael Schumacher (MS) | Nico Rosberg (NR) |
| Lotus [in 2011 this was the Renault team | Kimi Raikkonen (KR) | Romain Grosjean (RG) |
| Force India | Paul di Resta (PRe) | Nico Hulkenberg (NH) |
| Sauber | Sergio Perez (SP) | Kamui Kobayashi (KK) |
| Toro Rosso | Daniel Ricciardo (DR) | Jean-Eric Vergne (JV) |
| Williams | Pastor Maldonado (PM) | Bruno Senna (BS) |
| Caterham [Lotus in 2011] | Heikki Kovalainen (HK) | Vitaly Petrov (VP) |
| HRT (Hispania Racing Team) | Pedro de la Rosa (PRo) | Narain Karthikeyan (NK) |
| Marussia [Virgin F1 in 2011] | Timo Glock (TG) | Charles Pic (CP) |
(I’ve added the abbreviations that I use in my race notes)
BBC TV are not covering all the races live, so I wonder what TSN will do – I hope they find someone who actually understands F1 and not the usual stand-ins who only seem to understand Indy.
| 01 | Australia (Melbourne) | March 16-18 | x (no live BBC coverage) |
| 02 | Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | March 23-25 | x |
| 03 | China (Shanghai) | April 13-15 | y (Live on BBC TV) |
| 04 | Bahrain (Sakhir) | April 20-22 | x |
| 05 | Spain (Catalunya) | May 11-13 | y |
| 06 | Monaco (Monte Carlo) | May 24-27 | y |
| 07 | Canada (Montreal) | June 08-10 | x |
| 08 | Europe (Valencia) | June 22-24 | y |
| 09 | Great Britain (Silverstone) | July 06-08 | y |
| 10 | Germany (Hockenheim) | July 20-22 | x |
| 11 | Hungary (Budapest) | July 27-29 | x |
| 12 | Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps) | August 31 – September 02 | y |
| 13 | Italy (Monza) | September 07-09 | x |
| 14 | Singapore (Singapore) | September 21-23 | y |
| 15 | Japan (Suzuka) | October 05-07 | x |
| 16 | Korea (Yeongam) | October 12-14 | y |
| 17 | India (New Delhi) | October 26-28 | x |
| 18 | Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina) | November 02-04 | y |
| 19 | United States (Austin) | November 16-18 | x |
| 20 | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | November 23-25 | y |
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