Thursday, January 29, 2009

Late start for the Malaysian GP

Wednesday 28th January 2009

The start to this season's Malaysian GP has been delayed to 5pm local time, according to the FIA.

There had been talk last year about Malaysia joining Singapore in hosting a night race, however, the Sepang bosses were against the idea due to the cost of setting up the lighting system.

Instead a compromise has been reach whereby the race will start at 5pm local time, which means the grand prix will begin at 9am GMT.

2009 Calendar & Starting Times
All times are local
29/03 Australia 17:00
05/04 Malaysia 17:00
19/04 China 15:00
26/04 Bahrain 15:00
10/05 Spain 14:00
24/05 Monaco 14:00
07/06 Turkey 15:00
21/06 Great Britain 13:00
12/07 Germany 14:00
26/07 Hungary 14:00
23/08 Europe 14:00
30/08 Belgium 14:00
13/09 Italy 14:00
27/09 Singapore 20:00
04/10 Japan 14:00
18/10 Brazil 14:00
01/11 Abu Dhabi 15:00

Source : Planet F1

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