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Azerbaijan confirmed as twilight race

The first European Grand Prix around the Azerbaijan capital Baku has been confirmed as a twilight race with a 6pm local start time. The timings for 2016's 21-race calendar have been released with both qualifying and the race on 18-19 June being listed with a start time of 6pm local, which is 2pm BST. Scheduling of Azerbaijan's F1 debut provoked arguments when announced due to race day clash with the 24 Hours of Le Mans.  The FIA had tried to find a solution to avoid a direct clash between the two popular forms of motorsport in a bid to avoid a clash. The start of the Le Mans is 3pm French time on Saturday, around the same time the Baku qualifying begins, with a race start time set for...
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