The World Motor Sport Council has approved a new points system for the expanded 13-team Formula One championship next season.

Race winners will earn 25 points instead of 10 and the top 10 finishers will all receive points instead of only eight.

The change, which was proposed by the F1 Commission and ratified by FIA on Friday, is to accommodate the three extra teams on the grid.

Second-place drivers will earn 20 points, then it will go 15, 10, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2 and 1.

This year, it went 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.

Also, the season will end in Abu Dhabi on November 14 after FIA switched the Yas Marina race with the Brazilian Grand Prix, which has been moved to November 7.

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Robert Kubica’s breakthrough victory at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday is consoling Poles after their football team lost 0-2 to Germany in their opening Euro 2008 match in Austria.

“Kubica’s vanquished Germany,” read a bright red front-page headline on the Super Express tabloid daily, adding “A Pole’s gigantic success! Robert won in Montreal and proved he’s the world’s best race driver.”

The Polska daily’s front page echoes the sentiment with “Kubica’s great triumph - the first victory of a Pole in Formula 1 to dry the tears after the defeat of our footballers against Germany.”

Photos of the victorious Kubica instead of Poland’s defeated squad cover the front pages of several newspapers.

“He’ll be the world champion! It’s certain. Will it happen this season?” Polska asks.

“His battle with Ferrari and McLaren will sweeten everything for us. Even the Poles’ defeat,” Polska says.

The top-selling liberal Gazeta Wyborcza recalls how Kubica’s victory came on a race track where he emerged unscathed from a spectacular crash last year.

“Only great sportsmen are capable of making this kind of a comeback,” Gazeta Wyborcza wrote.

“Robert feels comfortable in the world (of Formula 1) - like a serious contender not a playboy,” Robert’s father Artur told the Dziennik daily.

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Lewis Hamilton ruined my race, says Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen says his chances of winning the Canadian Grand Prix were ruined by Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton, who was also branded “stupid” by Raikkonen, was handed a 10-place grid penalty for shunting the world champion out of the Montreal race yesterday.
The punishment means that Hamilton will start the next race in Magny-Cours in 10th place on the grid regardless of how he performs in qualifying - a significant penalty in his chase for the world title.

The incident happened at the exit from the pit lane after the first round of stops and took both drivers out of the race.

Raikkonen said: “My race was ruined by Hamilton’s mistake.

“Obviously, anyone can make mistakes - as I did two weeks ago in Monaco [when Raikkonen shunted Force India's Adrian Sutil out of the race].

“It’s one thing to make a mistake at 200 miles per hour but another to hit a car stopped at a red light.”

He added: “If I go 300 kph, lose control and hit somebody it is natural. But if there is a pit-lane speed limit and two cars stopped and you hit them, it is stupid. I saw a red light and chose to stop, someone else saw a red light and chose not to.

“I am not angry - because that doesn’t achieve anything and does not change my result! I am unhappy, because I had a great chance of winning.”

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An Indian Billionaire Turns the Key in Formula One says NYT.

The arrival of the newest and tallest motor homes in the Formula One paddock is an overt statement of intent by the sport’s youngest team, Force India.

As the series arrives in Asia for the Turkish Grand Prix outside Istanbul on Sunday, Force India provides a glimpse into the sport’s future. It is a case study in how to save and revitalize a team, especially in light of last week’s collapse of the financially struggling Super Aguri team from Japan.

Force India’s hospitality suite is airy, easy to move around in and full of smiling team members and visitors.
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TURKEY | Istanbul
09,10,11 May 2008
LAUNCH LIVE TIMING
FRI Practice 1 10:00
FRI Practice 2 14:00
SAT Practice 11:00
SAT Qualifying 14:00
SUN Race 15:00

TURKEY | Istanbul09,10,11 May 2008
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FRI Practice 1 12:30
FRI Practice 2 16:30
SAT Practice 13:30
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The struggling Super Aguri team withdrew from the Formula One world championship on Tuesday.

The team had been battling to survive since last season when promised sponsorship failed to emerge and backers Honda made clear they were not prepared to support them long-term.

“Regretfully I must inform you that the team will be ceasing its racing activities as of today,” team founder Aguri Suzuki said in a statement ahead of Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix
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2008 Formula One Series Schedule

| Date|                                 | Event |
| 3/16| Australian Grand Prix Melbourne| Australia Grid |
| 3/23| Malaysian Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur| Malaysia Grid |
| 4/6 | Bahrain Grand Prix Sakhir, | Bahrain Grid |
| 4/27| Spanish Grand Prix Barcelona | Spain Grid |
| 5/11| Grand Prix of Turkey Istanbul | Turkey Grid |
| 5/25| Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo | Monaco Grid |
| 6/8 | Canadian Grand Prix Montreal | Canada Grid |
| 6/22| French Grand Prix Magny Cours| France Grid |
| 7/6| British Grand Prix Silverstone| England Grid |
| 7/20| German Grand Prix Hockenheim | Germany Grid |
| 8/3| Hungarian Grand Prix Budapest | Hungary Grid |
| 8/24| European Grand Prix Valencia | Spain Grid |
| 9/7 | Belgium Grand Prix Spa | Belgium Grid |
| 9/14| Italian Grand Prix Monza | Italy Grid |
| 9/28| Singapore Grand Prix Singapore | Republic of Singapore Grid |
| 10/12| Japanese Grand Prix Oyama | Japan Grid |
| 10/19| Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai | China Grid |
| 11/2 | Brazilian Grand Prix Sao Paulo | Brazil Grid |

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