2006 season kicks off with Bahrain

March 8, 2006 by
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The Grand Prix of Bahrain is this weekend.

Day Circuit time My local time (EST) Event
Friday 10 March 11:00-12:00 0300-0400 Friday Practice 1
14:00-15:00 0600-0700 Friday Practice 2
Saturday 11 March 11:00-12:00 0300-0400 Saturday Practice
14:00 0600-0700 Qualifying
Sunday 12 March 14:30-16:30 0630-0830 Race

I think I’ll record the practice sessions but I hope to be up (in time for 6am) to watch the new qualifying format and of course the race.

Being the start of the new season, it’ll be the first time we get to see the new V8-powered cars head to head (yes there have been practice sessions around the world but you never know if someone sandbagging until the first race) and the new teams and drivers.

Speaking of which, here’s the team/driver table and the season calendar:

Team Driver#1 Driver#2 Test Driver(s) Engine
Mild Seven Renault Fernando Alonso Giancarlo Fisichella Heikki Kovalainen Renault
McLaren Mercedes Kimi Raikkonen Juan Pablo Montoya Pedro de la Rosa + Gary Paffett McLaren Mercedes
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Michael Schumacher Felipe Massa Luca Badoer + Marc Gene Ferrari
Panasonic Toyota Racing Ralf Schumacher Jarno Trulli Olivier Panis + Ricardo Zonta Toyota
WilliamsF1 Team Mark Webber Nico Rosberg Narain Karthikeyan + Alex Wurz Williams Cosworth
Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team Rubens Barrichello Jenson Button Anthony Davidson Honda
Red Bull Racing David Coulthard Christian Klien Robert Doornbos Ferrari
BMW Sauber F1 Team Nick Heidfeld Jacques Villeneueve Robert Kubica BMW
MF1 Racing (=Midland) Tiago Monteiro Christijan Albers G Mondini + A Sutil + R Rusinov + Markus Winkelhock Toyota
Scuderia Toro Rosso Vitantonio Liuzzi Scott Speed Neel Jani Cosworth
Super Aguri Takuma Sato Yuji Ide Franck Montagny Honda

Race# Date Race Location
01 Mar 12 Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain)
02 Mar 19 Malaysian Grand Prix (Sepang)
03 Apr 2 Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne)
04 Apr 23 San Marino Grand Prix (Imola)
05 May 7 European Grand Prix (Nurburgring, Germany)
06 May 14 Spanish Grand Prix (Barcelona)
07 May 28 Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo)
08 Jun 11 British Grand Prix (Silverstone)
09 Jun 25 Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal)
10 Jul 2 United States Grand Prix (Indianapolis)
11 Jul 16 French Grand Prix (Magny-Cours)
12 Jul 30 German Grand Prix (Hockenheim)
13 Aug 6 Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring)
14 Aug 27 Turkish Grand Prix (Istanbul)
15 Sep 10 Italian Grand Prix (Monza)
16 Oct 1 Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai)
17 Oct 8 Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka)
18 Oct 22 Brazilian Grand Prix (Interlagos)

(The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps was to have been held on Sep 17 but it’s been pulled from the calendar.)

Hey! I just noticed – the F1 category doesn’t show up in the new blog layout that I’m working on – I’ll have to fix that!!

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5 Comments on 2006 season kicks off with Bahrain

  1. Buck on Wed, 8th Mar 2006 1:04 am

    2. Dood!!! It’s 1am. Get some sleep dammit!!!!

  2. paul on Wed, 8th Mar 2006 1:07 am

    3. What’s your excuse? :p

  3. Buck on Wed, 8th Mar 2006 1:35 am

    4. I’m drunk :P

  4. Paul, Kerri and The Boys » Blog Archive » Top 2 Tuesday (2006.10) on Wed, 8th Mar 2006 8:59 am

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  5. Paul, Kerri and The Boys » Blog Archive » Australian Grand Prix schedule on Mon, 27th Mar 2006 10:19 pm

    6. [...] I’m glad this is the last of the antipodean races, or more specifically the middle of the night TV coverage. There’s a three week gap until the San Marino GP [schedule]. [...]

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