2016 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE

[Big Kev]

2016 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE




Baku


UK Times
Friday 17th June 2016
European Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 14:00-15:30 (UK time: 10:00-11:30)
European Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 18:00-19:30 (UK time: 14:00-15:30)
Saturday 18th June 2016
European Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 15:00-16:00 (UK time: 11:00-12:00)
European Grand Prix Qualifying: 18:00 (UK time: 14:00)
Sunday 19th June 2016
European Grand Prix: 18:00 (UK time: 14:00)


Previous Winners
Valencia
2012 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari
2011 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2010 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2009 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes
2008 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari
Nürburgring
2007 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes
2006 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
2004 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW
2002 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2000 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
1999 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford

Videos
Demo lap


Ted Kravitz preview


Facts From Previous Race

Lewis Hamilton took his fifth victory at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Canada.

It moved him closer to the record of Michael Schumacher, the most successful F1 driver at the Canadian circuit, who won there seven times. Schumacher holds the record for most wins at the same venue three times over, with seven wins in Montreal and Imola, and an outright record of eight at Magny-Cours.

Hamilton’s 45th career win was the 51st for Mercedes, which draws them level with Red Bull.

Hamilton recorded his 53rd career pole position on Saturday. He is no longer able to equal Schumacher’s all-time record of 68 pole positions this year but he could reach Ayrton Senna’s former record of 65 before the end of the season if he takes pole for at least 12 of the remaining 14 races. Similarly, six more wins this year will see Hamilton tie with Alain Prost as the second-most successful grand prix driver in terms of race victories.

Hamilton’s pole position time of 1’12.812 was 0.537 seconds slower than the fastest lap ever seen on this configuration of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. That was the 1’12.275 set by Ralf Schumacher in a Williams-BMW during Q2 in 2004.

Nico Rosberg took his 13th front row in a row, setting a new personal best. He also took the 17th fastest lap of his career equalling Rubens Barrichello.

However both Mercedes drivers lost places on the first lap of the race. This team have been the worst starters of the season so far, with Hamilton and Rosberg making a net loss of 15 positions on the first lap of races so far this year – not to mention their disastrous collision in Spain.

Felipe Massa’s retirement from the race means no driver will be able to score points in every race this year. Daniel Ricciardo sustained his perfect record of out-qualifying his team mate at every race.


Drivers’ Chosen Tyres


Championship Standings

[Duke]

Can't wait to see what this is like.
I noticed the race starts 1hr later here, but not for you Kev?

[Dr. Pain]

The race start is the same time as Le Mans ends.

[Duke]

I actually found out listening to as Radio Le Mans podcast this morning... It's because Baku do not have DST which they dropped this year.
But that doesn't explain why the UK time is unchanged, I thought the Pom's did have DST?

[Dr. Pain]

It's possibly just a typo that Kev didn't correct. They still have DST.

[Big Kev]

The race starts at 2pm UK time. Same with qually.

[Duke]

2pm is the normal race start time for a F1 GP isn't it?
If so I can't workout why it's 1hr later here in AUS... Not that it matters assuming it's still live on FOXTEL here.

[Dr. Pain]

Race start is normally 2pm in central and western Europe Duke (10 pm here), UK is an hour behind them.

[w00dsy]

[Big Kev]

Good luck getting F1 cars through there unscathed!!!

[GT VIRUS]

Dan doesn't have a future as a commentator from that video

[GT VIRUS]

Good luck getting F1 cars through there unscathed!!!

From that video, I think the sector needs to be under permanent yellow like the macau hairpin. You cannot get 2 cars through there at race speeds

[w00dsy]

What a weird unit this bloke is.

[DarrenM]

[Jamo]

That's fucking brilliant!

[Exar Kun]

How old school does that look. So far a thumbs up for me on this track even if it is likely to come down to engine power above most other factors.

[KNAPPO]

Very cool photo.

Escape roads are going to make things interesting with people opting to reverse vs a 3 point turn.

[KNAPPO]

[Dr. Pain]

The race should be good. I'll say a dozen cars finish this one if GP2 was anything to go by!

[Big Kev]

More GP2 carnage in the sprint race this morning.

[nutty]

HAM gets to swap out tires for a used set

[Shaun]

Because of the flatspotted q2 tyres?

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[NeilPearson]

#blessed

[Jamo]

#twat

[Shaun]

#whatthoseguyssaid

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