The Formula One season will stretch to 19 races next year with Abu Dhabi making its debut as the final Grand Prix in mid-November, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) published the draft calendar, which starts in Australia on March 29 and has one more race than in 2008, after a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in Paris. The season will start and finish later than it has done for 20 years, with the final round on Nov. 15. The troubled French Grand Prix retained its slot with a June 28 date but there was still no return for the US Grand Prix, absent this year after eight successive visits to Indianapolis. Provisional calendar: March 29 - Australia (Melbourne); April 5 - Malaysia (Sepang); April 19 - Bahrain (Manama); May 10 - Spain (Barcelona); May 24 - Monaco; June 7 - Canada (Montreal); June 21 - Britain (Silverstone); June 28 - France (Magny-Cours); July 12 - Germany (Nuerburgring); July 26 - Hungary (Budapest); Aug. 9 - Turkey (Istanbul); Aug. 23 - Europe (Valencia); Sept. 6 - Italy (Monza); Sept. 13 - Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps); Sept. 27 - Singapore; Oct. 11 - Japan (Suzuka); Oct. 18 - China (Shanghai); Nov. 1 - Brazil (Interlagos); Nov. 15
