Paris  - Motorsport's ruling body the FIA decided Wednesday, as expected, at its meeting in Paris to move the Monaco Grand Prix forward a week in the provisional 2010 Formula One calendar.

The Monaco GP will now take place on May 16 with the season ending on November 14 with the Brazil GP in Sao Paulo. The final 2010 calendar will be confirmed at a FIA meeting in December.

Provisional 2010 calendar:

Date GP March 14 Bahrain March 28 Australia April 4 Malaysia April 18 China May 9 Spain May 16 Monaco May 30 Turkey June 13 Canada June
27 Britain July 25 Germany August 1 Hungary August 29 Belgium September 12 Italy September 26 Singapore October 3 Japan October 17 Korea October 31 Abu Dhabi November 14 Brazil. (dpa)