V8 Supercars gain championship status at Albert Park for 2015

The V8 Supercars are set to gain championship status after late last year when Ten had gotten the rights to the V8s and they are the official broadcaster of F1 in Australia. The V8 officials stepped up after the Napthine Government announced that they had extended the F1 in Melbourne. The V8 officials are anticipating of a longer arrangement but has to wait until the F1 deal has settled on an agreement.

Next years Melbourne Grand Prix March 12-15, is the last year of Ten's F1 deal. 

After eight years of V8 Supercars on 7, the V8s are switching to Fox/Ten deal on a $241m deal for 6 years starting next year.

It has been understood that FOM have already started negotiating with rights holder Ten on a possible extension to their contract, which has been believed that they want a V8-style combined deal with Fox Sports similar to BBC and SKY F1 in the UK. 

But on the other hand Seven and Nine have expressed not much interest at all with Dan Ricciardo emerging as a world title contender. 

Australian Grand Prix Co-operation says that it is a "work in progress" in regards to the formula one TV deal. 

James Warburton will announce the 2015 calendar around Sandown with him working very hard with Ten and Fox over the next 6 years as he wants to make it the best Motorsport in the country