The Singapore GP, will be hosting for the consecutive time, a night race. Also, a new course in the 2009 takes the form of the first ever, end of season, Abu Dhabi GP.

Since the 1995 season, Grands Prix held at the Nürburgring have been titled something other than the “German Grand Prix” due to a dispute with the Hockenheimring over naming rights. With the issue still in dispute at the end of the 2008 season it was reported that either the Nürburgring or Valencia Street Circuit Grand Prix would change titles. The FIA calendar currently lists the Nürburgring race as the German Grand Prix, and the Valencia race as the European Grand Prix.