News Details

Bianchi crash means earlier races for 2015 hosts

Five hosts on this year's 20-race F1 calendar will see their respective grands prix start earlier than usual in 2015. After Jules Bianchi's horror crash at Suzuka in fading light late last season, the FIA vowed to look into ensuring races are no longer started too close to dusk. The trend outside of Europe in recent years has been for later race starts, to create better television viewing times for the sport's bulk European audience. But it emerged last week that Melbourne, whose season opener at Albert Park usually starts at 5pm, had received a request to reverse the scheduled start time by several hours. It also emerged that Malaysia and Russia would similarly have earlier race start...
Full Story »
9y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Five 2015 Grands Prix listed start earlier than 2014

Five hosts on this year's 20-race F1 calendar will see their respective...
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Bianchi crash leads to earlier races for 2015

Five hosts on this year's 20-race Formula 1 calendar will see their...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

2015 hosts rule out F1 night races

Two F1 hosts have ruled out switching to a night race format for 2015....
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

2015 hosts rule out F1 night races

Two F1 hosts have ruled out switching to a night race format for 2015....
9y ago from GrandPrix.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP's ‘best option' is to race elsewhere for...

Current championship leader Jorge Martin has stated MotoGP's 'best...

MotoGP title rivals ask organisers not to host season...

t;li>Márquez, Martín and Bagnaia ask for change in venue‘Ethically...
5h ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Ganassi finalizes IndyCar lineup, confirms Kyffin...

Chip Ganassi Racing announced its full 2025 IndyCar line-up on Wednesday,...

McLaren Racing set for investment from Abu Dhabi-based...

McLaren Group's automotive sector is set for new investment from an...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Didier Auriol entering Rally Japan, first WRC start...

1994 World Rally Champion Didier Auriol will run the 2024 season finale in...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Chris Wood, Bukayo Saka, Bryan Mbeumo head up Premier...

The Premier League releases its eight-man shortlist for October's Player...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal handed major Martin Odegaard injury boost as...

Arsenal are reportedly hopeful that captain Martin Odegaard will be back...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

'That's the reality…' – Collymore gives...

Arsenal and Liverpool shared the points in a pulsating Premier League game...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1 team announce 2025 driver lineup CHANGE

A Formula 1 team have announced a change to their... Read More »
10h ago from GPFans.com

Aston Martin announce NEW multi-year contract ahead of...

Aston Martin Formula 1 team have announced a... Read More »
32m ago from GPFans.com

F1 News Today: Vettel Brazil RETURN confirmed as team...

Four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel has... Read More »
11h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.