People are realising why the Bahrain Grand Prix is on a Saturday not a Sunday
Formula 1 followers are solely simply realising why the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix is happening on Saturday reasonably than on Sunday.
F1 races are historically held on Sunday, with Friday and Saturday reserved for observe and qualification respectively. But in recent times, modifications to the construction have been required.
You might have seen that the primary stops on the 2024 calendar are Bahrain and Saudi Arabia – two international locations with majority Muslim populations. This isn’t any coincidence. For a begin, it would be too rattling sizzling for a Gulf nation to stage a summer season Grand Prix – temperatures rise to 40 levels within the day for goodness’ sake. But there’s one more reason for the curious scheduling.
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The holy month of Ramadan, a key spiritual vacation within the Muslim calendar, is ready to start on March 10 – a Sunday. People celebrating Ramadan are anticipated to quick for a whole month between dawn and sundown and take part in every day prayer.
To make sure the race does not conflict with locals observing the vacation, F1 organisers moved the Saudi Arabian GP, which was initially pencilled in for March 10, to Saturday, March 9.
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However, doing so led to problems as Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) rules require a seven-day hole between every Grands Prix. As a consequence, the occasion in Bahrain was introduced ahead a day.
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia aren’t the one F1 races which can be happening on a Saturday this yr. The Las Vegas Grand Prix is being held on November 23, which falls on a Saturday as a result of worldwide time variations.
Explaining the transfer, Las Vegas GP CEO Renee Wilm mentioned: “We have found a solution so that European fans can watch the race with a cup of coffee at six or seven in the morning, just like it happens in the U.S. during the European races.”
