Lewis Hamilton says hes relishing thedifferent challenge of shooting on Western GP qualifying and the race on the same day, as Formula 1 frees for a superb Sunday at Suzuka.
Saturdays track action has been cancelled because of Typhoon Hagibis and, weather permitting, qualifying will currently happen at 2am UK time (10am neighborhood ) on Sunday, four weeks prior to the scheduled start into the race.
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Drivers will therefore have to switch their mentality from an intense qualifying shootout in front of a race about one of F1 unforgiving and demanding paths.
I am definitely down for this, said Hamilton, who holds a commanding 73-point lead to his quest to get a momentous sixth world championship.
It is cool when it is another format in certain ways.
Its a different mentality you enter , and you will find two different mindsets, two different rhythms.
Usually you have some time after qualifying to then calm down and chill then dip it up to the following day. But in case you must do it on exactly the same day, its another challenge and I enjoy this.
Race and japanese GP qualifying are exclusive and both very live on Sky Sports F1, although there will also be programmes – such as an #AskCrofty using Damon Hill along with the Paddock Walkabout – between the sessions.
Sunday represents when Hamilton qualified on the front row behind former Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, the race and qualifying has conducted on the same day since the United States GP at 2015.
Though there are intense winds and heavy rain in the area, Suzuka – thus far – seems to have prevented the brunt of the super typhoon and also there are no incidents .
The storm is predicted to pass through with the present weather forecast predicting a dry, sunny Sunday.
The present timetable is subject to change, and when qualifying cant take place the grid will be dictated by the results in Fridays Practice 2.
Valtteri Bottas will begin on pole before Hamilton, if that is the case.
October 13, sunday
1.30am: Japanese GP Qualifying build-up (simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event)
2am: JAPANESE GP QUALIFYING (simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event)
3.30m: Paddock Walkabout (simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event)
4.10m: #Ask Crofty: Damon Hill Particular
4.30am: Western GP Pit Lane Live (simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event)
5.30am: Japanese GP About The Grid (simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event)
6.10m: THE JAPANESE GRAND PRIX LIVE! (simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event)
8am: Western GP Paddock Live (simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event)
9am: Japanese GP Laptop (simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event)
9.30am: Japanese GP replay (simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event)
12pm: Western GP highlights
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