News Details

Azerbaijan F1 event confirmed as twilight race

The inaugural Grand Prix of Europe around the streets of the Azerbaijani capital Baku will kick off at 6pm local time (2pm GMT), confirming that it won't clash with the Le Mans 24 Hours. Having originally been scheduled to take place in July, a change to the 2016 F1 calendar would see it brought forward to June 19th, the same weekend as the Le Mans 24 Hours, an event F1 traditionally attempts to avoid and allowed Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg to compete and win last year. To lessen the impact of the clash, the FIA said the start time of the race would be shifted to ensure it didn't clash, but its 6pm start coincides directly with the 3pm CET conclusion of the endurance classic....
Full Story »
10y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Azerbaijan to be twilight race to avoid Le Mans clash

The new European Grand Prix, which will be held on the streets of...
10y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Azerbaijan set for twilight debut

Sahara Force India The returning European Grand Prix, which will take...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Azerbaijan to be twilight race

The inaugural European GP in Azerbaijan will be a twilight race after a...
10y ago from SkySports.com

Baku denies oil crisis threat to first Azerbaijan...

Organisers of the inaugural Azerbaijan Grand Prix have hit back at...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Paddock optimism for IndyCar’s new independent...

Drivers in the NTT IndyCar Series are largely happy to see the series’...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar grows international broadcast offerings for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced that its already extensive global...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Tottenham vs Arsenal team news LIVE!

No description available...
27m ago from SkySports.com

Tottenham v Arsenal: Premier League – live

Premier League updates from the 4.30pm GMT kick-off<br>⚽ <a...
17m ago from TheGuardian.com

Just win

Just win. That's basically the only thought in my head this morning. After...
7h ago from Arseblog.com

Sources: Man United & Arsenal locked in battle...

Eintracht Frankfurt’s Nathaniel Brown has rapidly transformed from...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.