Final weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos was removed from being the primary F1 occasion to have its schedule modified considerably after it had already begun.
After the deliberate grand prix qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was delayed and delayed and delayed because of heavy moist situations till ultimately being postponed by race management, the session was moved to Sunday morning as an alternative.
It was the most recent of a giant handful of race weekends over time that had seen qualifying moved to Sunday, together with the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix, the 2015 United States Grand Prix and the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix. However what made final week’s race distinctive was that, for the primary time in trendy historical past, the beginning time of the grand prix itself was introduced ahead to start out 90 minutes sooner than initially deliberate. This occurred with lower than 24 hours earlier than the race had initially been because of start.
Formulation 1 has traditionally been extraordinarily reluctant to be versatile with race begin instances. The 2014 Japanese Grand Prix started when initially deliberate at 3pm native time, regardless of some drivers together with Felipe Massa expressing their view the beginning time ought to have been moved earlier to assist keep away from probably poor climate. The notorious 2021 Belgian Grand Prix was deserted after solely Security Automotive laps as situations failed to enhance throughout the delay till race management successfully ran out of time to attend any longer.
Though it could make sense to maneuver begin instances earlier to assist enhance the prospects of getting a full grand prix within the books, logistically it’s rather a lot simpler stated than accomplished. Not solely are you asking 1000’s of ticket holders to reach to the circuit prior to they in any other case would have, however many naturally have journey plans primarily based across the unique begin time that is likely to be unimaginable to regulate on the final minute.
There’s additionally the broadcasters, who’ve set their TV schedules across the unique deliberate begin time months upfront. Altering a race begin time so quickly earlier than it was purported to happen just isn’t an insignificant disruption as they’ve to regulate their schedules to suit the race in.
That may additionally makes life troublesome for the tv viewers, too. Even when Sky or F1 TV can simply alter with out issues, followers might not have the power to simply transfer their weekend plans to accomodate an earlier begin time. Particularly if they’ve kids or stay in a time zone the place the beginning time falls at an unfriendly hour.
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So, after the primary last-minute race begin time adjustment in trendy historical past, RaceFans desires to know whether or not final weekend’s change of plans affected your potential to look at what turned out to be one of many extra dramatic and eventful grands prix of the season. Tell us on this week’s ballot after which tell us if you happen to can be open to F1 being extra versatile with begin instances of grands prix to keep away from extreme moist climate sooner or later.
How did the change of begin time for the Brazilian Grand Prix impression your potential to look at?
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- It was very handy for me (33%)
- It was barely extra handy for me (33%)
- It made no distinction for me (17%)
- It was barely inconvenient for me (0%)
- It was very inconvenient for me (17%)
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