F1 2020: Extra Bahrain race to use alternate track


Опубликованно 01.09.2020 07:00

F1 2020: Extra Bahrain race to use alternate track

Four more grands prix have been added to the disrupted 2020 Formula 1   calendar, taking the season total to 17 races. The new events include a pair of races at Sakhir   in Bahrain, with one taking place on an all-new 'high-speed' track layout.

The Bahrain Grand Prix will take place on 29 November on the   Bahrain International Circuit's usual 3.3-mile grand prix layout. But F1 bosses have now confirmed the Sakhir Grand Prix on 6 December will take place on the venue's 2.2-mile outer track.

The new circuit features just 10 corners and three long straights, which should make for a substantially different race from   the far twistier international loop. Notably, the circuit will be the second shortest used by F1, which means the race will run for 87 laps. F1 bosses are predicting qualifying lap times of around 55sec, with race lap times of around 60sec.

Before the Bahrain double-header, the   sport will return to Istanbul Park in Turkey – a challenging, fast circuit popular with fans and drivers –   for the first time since 2011, when it dropped off the calendar after seven years due to   financial reasons.

The season will then finish at the Yas Marina track in Abu Dhabi, as is now traditional, but on the much later date of 13 December.

This is the latest and almost certainly final   batch of races to be added to the calendar, after the N?rburgring, Imola and Portim?o were included last month.

F1 has confirmed that it won't be able to visit the Shanghai International Circuit for the Chinese Grand   Prix, despite   attempts to organise   this in recent months. It was also rumoured in recent weeks that Jerez in Spain could be added to the calendar, but it appears that this won't be the case.

The 2020 F1 season now looks to be finalised with   17 races, down from the 22 planned before the pandemic   but enough to fulfil F1's contractual obligations for the championship to be valid.


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