this from grandprix.com

Suzuka told that no race possible in 2007
The Suzuka Circuit has told the Reuters newsagency that it will not be hosting a race in 2007.

"We were informed by the Formula 1 authorities yesterday," Suzuka's public relation's chief Yasuo Sugaya told Reuters. "Obviously we feel it is a great pity. We had been hopeful we could come to an arrangement to have two races but unfortunately it was not to be. It's still possible we can come back next year (2008) so we'll keep trying."

The news means that F1 is left with a very odd start to the year in 2007 with the opening race in Australia on its own on March 18, two weeks later than normal, and then a three-week gap until the Malaysian GP on April 8 which is followed a week later by Bahrain on April 15. There is little logistical logic in this as teams will now have to fly their crews back to Europe between races, rather than leaving them in Australia for three weeks. They will then be involved in a mad rush to get everything from Kuala Lumpur to Bahrain in just a week.

One can only assume that this odd calendar is designed to convince the teams that theer should be 19 races in 2008.

all i can say is, i hope sato and super duper aguri can score their first point asa team at that race.

 

That's the spirit

 

As more and more tracks get built around the world I'm thinking this loosing a great track once in a while is going to become the norm. Going through this year without Spa was not easy for me...

 

Isn't Monza sort of on-the-bubble because of environmentalist wackos protecting its surrounding park?

 

AND

Honda will not offer Suzuka as a color on the 2007 S2000