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F1 confirms later race starts for weekend schedule

Published on 01 Feb 2018 16:16
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By: Fergal Walsh

Formula 1 has confirmed that European races will start one hour later than previous years, as it believes a TV audience is reachable later in the afternoon, especially during the summer months. The races will also start 10 minutes past the hour.

It was recently rumoured that Liberty Media was eying a change in start times, which was met with divisive opinions. There have been a number of minor alterations, to ensure there is no clash with major sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup.

Free practice and qualifying sessions have also been moved forward by one hour. Below, you can see a table indicating all of the changes.

Grand Prix	Friday		Saturday		Sunday
	FP1	FP2	FP3	Qualifying	Race
Australia	12:00-13:30	16:00-17:30	14:00-15:00	17:00-18:00	16:10
Bahrain	14:00-15:30	18:00-19:30	15:00-16-00	18:00-19:00	18:10
China	10:00-11:30	14:00-15:30	11:00-12:00	14:00-15:00	14:10
Azerbaijan	13:00-14:30	17:00-18:30	14:00-15:00	17:00-18:00	16:10
Spain	11:00-12:30	15:00-16:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	15:10
Monaco*	11:00-12:30	15:00-16:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	15:10
Canada	10:00-11:30	14:00-15:30	11:00-12:00	14:00-15:00	14:10
France	12:00-13:30	16:00-17:30	13:00-14:00	16:00-17:00	16:10
Austria	11:00-12:30	15:00-16:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	15:10
Great Britain	10:00-11:30	14:00-15:30	11:00-12:00	14:00-15:00	14:10
Germany	11:00-12:30	15:00-16:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	15:10
Hungary	11:00-12:30	15:00-16:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	15:10
Belgium	11:00-12:30	15:00-16:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	15:10
Italy	11:00-12:30	15:00-16:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	15:10
Singapore	16:30-18:00	20:30-22:00	18:00-19:00	21:00-22:00	20:10
Russia	11:00-12:30	15:00-16:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	14:10
Japan	10:00-11:30	14:00-15:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	14:10
United States	10:00-11:30	14:00-15:30	13:00-14:00	16:00-17:00	13:10
Mexico	10:00-11:30	14:00-15:30	10:00-11:00	13:00-14:00	13:10
Brazil	11:00-12:30	15:00-16:30	12:00-13:00	15:00-16:00	15:10
Abu Dhabi	13:00-14:30	17:00-18:30	14:00-15:00	17:00-18:00	17:10

*Free practice held on Thursday

Kevin

Posts: 5,341

What the fuck!! 10 past the hour? What for?? I am done with Liberty Media already.

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Feb 1 2018 - 17:37

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ajpennypacker

Posts: 2,475
Omg what are we gonna do now? Everything is lost!
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- Feb 1 2018 - 17:11
Kevin

Posts: 5,341
What the fuck!! 10 past the hour? What for?? I am done with Liberty Media already.
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- Feb 1 2018 - 17:37
- JCF1
  
  Posts: 27
  "We're not just doing this for money. We're doing it for a sh'tload of money!"
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  Feb 1 2018 - 18:18
xoya

Posts: 583
Don't care. I watch 90% of the races on DVR replay anyways.
I still think it's retarded though.
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- Feb 1 2018 - 18:07
peter_c_ross

Posts: 2
That's not great news here in Australia where we previously got races at 10:00 pm from Europe which was kind of ok............
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- Feb 2 2018 - 07:09