No Fuji - Bernie

By Karl King
September 25 2005

The little-big man of Formula One has denied that Toyota's Fuji track will appear as Japan's second circuit on the 2006 calendar. The Fuji circuit is there to be used by Toyota, but they have been restricted this year due to the 'gentlemen's agreement.'

Bernie Ecclestone told how the teams would like to cut back from 19 races on the calendar down to 17.

Therefore the F1 supremo laughed "So we'll have 19!"

The 2006 calendar will kick off with Bahrain in March.