User:Pch187/2018 Formula One season

The 2018 Formula One season will be the 69th Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula One world championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. This season saw the return of the French Grand Prix, the world's oldest Grand Prix, after a ten year absence.

Calendar Changes

 * The French Grand Prix will return after an absence of 10 years, last taking place in 2008 . It is the world's oldest Grand Prix, having first taken place in 1906. The last race in 2008 was at Magny-Cours in the centre of France, but this race will be held at Circuit Paul Ricard near Marseilles, which has hosted the event 14 times in the past, last of which took place in 1990.
 * The Malaysian Grand Prix announced that the 2018 race would be the last to take place in Malaysia due to a lack of fans turning up at the Sepang circuit. Only 45,000 fans out of the capacity 120,000 turned up for the 2016 race.