race weekend schedule

[Inigo Montoya]

FIA has released the weekend schedule, one small change is that there is only one Saturday practice session:

Friday (*)
11:00 - 12:00 Practice Session 1
14:00 - 15:00 Practice Session 2

Saturday
11:00 - 12:00 Practice Session 3 (**)
14:00 Qualifying Session (***)

Sunday
14:00 Race (****)


Note to Editors:

(*) Friday Practice sessions at Monaco will take place on Thursday.

(**) Except for Great Britain (9:30), Canada (10:00) and United States (10:00)

(***) Except for Great Britain (12:30), Canada (13:00) and United States (13:00)

(****) Except for Bahrain (14:30), Malaysia (15:00), Great Britain (12:00), Canada (13:00), United States (13:00) and Turkey (15:00)

[liuboy]

Thank you for posting it here~~~
While I would like to know why the time differs in some countries

[Knowlesy]

So there's even less trackside action then......

[brands]

It states on the bottom of the FIA release "All indicated times are local times."


So the GB race starts at 12 ?????????? surely a mistake....or is there a bloody football match on that afternoon

[safc_fan89]

Won't it be British Summer Time? Meaning the race is at 1pm BST, but 12:00 GMT?

How long is the quali session meant to last? And does the inclusion of Super Aguri mean that after the first 20 mins, 16 drivers will be left, and after the second 20 mins, 10 drivers will be left? If not, could someone please explain how it will work?

[cos]

Quali will work like this:

art one: All 22 cars may run laps at any time during the first 15 minutes of the hour. At the end of the first 15 minutes, the six slowest cars drop out and fill the final six grid places.

Part two: After a five-minute break, the times will be reset and the 16 remaining cars then will then run in a second 15-minute session - again they may complete as many laps as they want at any time during that period. At the end of the 15 minutes, the six slowest cars drop out and fill places 11 to 16 on the grid.

Part three: After another five-minute break, the times are reset and the final 20-minute session will feature a shootout between the remaining 10 cars to decide pole position and the starting order for the top 10 grid places. Again, these cars may run as many laps as they wish.

[Marbot]

And here's the official season schedule.http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press...030206-01.html

Six back-to-backs.

[Dutton]

Spa is still listed there. Does this mean much?

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by Dutton

Spa is still listed there. Does this mean much?

The FIA have always maintained that the race was on.

[Dutton]

Hrrrm, so it doesn't then.

Bummer.

[safc_fan89]

Originally Posted by cos

Quali will work like this:

It's not actually as complex as I thought it was. Thanks

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by Inigo Montoya

Saturday

14:00 Qualifying Session (***)



(***) Except for Great Britain (12:30),

It's gonna be tight, qualifying 12.30 - 1.30 pm then rush back to the campsite, get the TV on, crack open yet another and sit down to watch Englands first World Cup match at 2pm.

[Skam85]

Excellent I won't have to get up early for the practice sessions in Melbourne

[kmsport]

Cheers for that info Inigo

[Inigo Montoya]

Originally Posted by Mr V

It's gonna be tight, qualifying 12.30 - 1.30 pm then rush back to the campsite, get the TV on, crack open yet another and sit down to watch Englands first World Cup match at 2pm.

That's my plan too... errr.. without the campsite...

[safc_fan89]

It's a bit unfortunate that qualifying coincides with an England World Cup match. Still, me being at home on that day, I can't complain

[Dixie Flatline]

Half an hour less practice time on the Saturday. Hmm. I'm still dithering over whether to buy grandstand tickets for the Australian Grand Prix and this is going to make it even harder to convince me that it's worth buying. Although I suppose it's made up for by the different qualifying scenario on the Saturday afternoon.

[pforrester]

I never thought I'd hear myself type this, but I think I'm actually glad I didn't buy tickets for Silverstone. One practice session on Saturday?! Does nobody listen?! The two sessions were almost the highlight of the weekend, watching everyone build up to qualifying.

To the FIA I say: pah!