F1 officially announced the 2018 season calendar (practice match, qualifying match and competition time). What's the schedule of 2018 season F1? What's the schedule? Let's take a look at it with Xiaobian.
2018 F1 schedule
Compared with the previous calendar, the start time of the 2018 F1 season is all delayed by 10 minutes from the whole point, and the whole weekend of the European and Brazil sub stations is postponed by an extra hour. In addition, in order to avoid the 2018 World Cup football match, the French leg was postponed for two hours over the weekend. The specific time is shown in the figure
This year, F1 has 21 stops in the whole year. As the third race of the year, China race will be held in Shanghai international circuit from April 13 to 15. Another important change in the schedule is the exit of Malaysia and the return of France and Germany. It's also the first time that France has returned from F1 in 2008 and will be held from June 22 to 24 at France's Paul & middot; Richard track.
In addition, F1 officials also announced that the timing of the 2018 season will be changed. In order to better warm up the event, the departure time of Sunday's Grand Prix is no longer the whole time, but 10 minutes later. This year, the departure time of China's Grand Prix will be 2:10 p.m.
There is no new team in the team, ten teams still continue the team of last year. But there has been a 'major' change in the car's shape, adding the 'halo' cockpit protection system 'that the FIA has been brewing for a long time. This new facility, which looks like a 'flip flop', is thought by many to affect the aesthetics of the car. Whether it can show 'strength' and play the role of protecting drivers remains to be further considered in the season.
In terms of drivers, in addition to Hamilton, Raikkonen, Alonso, Vettel and other world champions, the two debutants are Williams' Slotkin and Sauber's Leclair. Slotkin from Russia is the third in two consecutive GP2 seasons in 2015 and 2016. Le Claire, from Monaco, won the GP3 in 2016 and the GP2 in 2017. The two men's excellent appearance and their first foray into F1 are bound to add a lot to the new season.