When and where to watch the Australian GP, IndyCar and more this weekend

10 comments on “When and where to watch the Australian GP, IndyCar and more this weekend”

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   Jere (@jerejj)
   18th March 2024, 19:31

   I still don’t quite understand the race start time because the most recent March Australian GPs (2014-2019) had 16:00 as the start time, with March sunset times within the hour of 19:00, so 3+ hours lead time, which is certainly enough under normal circumstances & especially entirely without neutralizations, even more, so these days as the current Albert Park configuration is the outright third-fastest, not to mention last year’s lengthiness was solely human-induced rather than weather, so a somewhat pointless reactionary move to keep 15:00 as the start time, i.e., unchanged from the last two editions, not that having 4+ hours instead of 3 before sunset hurts, but still one of those rare occasions I’d be happier with an hour later start time, but at least comparatively better than the Miami GP one & ofc, not as bad as in UTC & +1 zone locations.
   Additionally, the only reason the respective start times in Europe are 2h earlier despite the local start time being unchanged is because of clock change impact since the race will occur before both the last March Sunday & first April Sunday simultaneously, so merely a relative impact rather than because of changing the local start time, which would normally be the case for any given GP.
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   Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
   18th March 2024, 20:33

   Heats, like karting?
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   Gabriel (@gabf1)
   18th March 2024, 21:38

   What’s the track at Thermal like? I think I’ll opt for that – more likely to be a competition, cool new format and more sociable time slot than F1!
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      Clay (@clayt)
      18th March 2024, 23:09

      @gabf1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDtmIUxVLo
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         Gabriel (@gabf1)
         19th March 2024, 0:14

         @clayt yeah that doesn’t look like a great track after all!
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   RR
   19th March 2024, 14:09

   4 am start in the UK! That’s a bummer.
   Why not make it 5am, are as quali on the Saturday.
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      RR
      19th March 2024, 14:11

      *same as
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   isthatglock21
   19th March 2024, 14:52

   Time change is awful. 6am was do-able for a early Sunday morning, 4am is just too much imo for a race start. But I guess it works better for the yanks…and that’s all that matters these days. Even though us Brits have long subsidied the sport by vastly overpaying for Sky & are by far still the most lucrative market. Always taken for granted, why do we pay £40-£70 a month for Sky when most of the world gets F1TVPro for like £10 a month with no wider contract? And they get live maps, timings & much more. Yet we’re screwed further when it comes to times
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      Jere (@jerejj)
      22nd March 2024, 5:53

      Nothing to do with the US.
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   Ben
   19th March 2024, 16:49

   First Sunday race of the year and it’s at 4am! No chance. F1 isn’t worth it in the current state.

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