The season is nearly upon us. In just a handful of days the teams will all be in Melbourne, Australia, setting up their new cars for the 19, possibly 20 race season which ends in late November.
The opening GP will now take place at the Albert Park Circuit, two weeks later than planned due to the cancellation of the Bahrain GP. If you’re anything like us, the last week has felt like forever.
2011 is set to be one of the most exciting seasons imaginable with the re-introduction of KERS and the new DRS (drag-reduction system) or adjustable rear-wing as it’s more widely known.
We don’t want you to miss a minute of the action, so below we’ve compiled all the times for the Australian race, in both local and UK time.
Note that the clocks go forward an hour on Sunday, so don’t forget to change them else you might be wondering why the race has been delayed an hour!
Local Time (GMT +11)
Thursday 24th March
15:00: FIA press conference
Friday 25th March
12:30 – 14:00 – First free practice
16:30 – 18:00 – Second free practice
16:00 – FIA press conference
Saturday 26th March
14:00 – 15:00 – Third free practice
17:00 – 18:00 – Qualifying
18:00 – FIA post qualifying press conference
Sunday 27th March
17:00 – 19:00 – Australian GP
19:00 – FIA post race press conference
UK Time (GMT/BST)
Thursday 24th March
04:00: FIA press conference
Friday 25th March
01:30 – 03:00 – First free practice
05:30 – 07:00 – Second free practice
17:00 – FIA press conference
Saturday 26th March
03:00 – 04:00 – Third free practice
06:00 – 07:00 – Qualifying
07:00 – FIA post qualifying press conference
Sunday 27th March
07:00 – 09:00 – Australian GP
09:00 – FIA post race press conference
