FIA Formula One World Championship 2009.: 04/23/09

Thursday, 23 April 2009

Forcasts for the weekend

The 4th race of the Formula 1 2009 Season
The Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir.

With an ambient temperature of 30 degrees celcius on Thursday, followed by 33 degrees on Friday and 34 on Saturday. Race day in Bahrain on Subday will be sunny AND hot. With the chance of a possible sand storm.

10 teams battle their way around the 5.412 km (3.363 mile) The race will run over 57 laps or 308.238 kms (191.539 miles) and will start at 15:00 local time, which is 12:00 GMT.

Go to www.formula1.com to a look at Thursdays
FIA Press Conference - Bahrain
With drivers:
Timo Glock (Toyota)
Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)
Nelson Piquet (Renault)
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

About Formula One.

Formula One, also referred to as Formula 1 and F1, and currently officially known as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must comply. The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grand Prix, held on purpose-built circuits, and to a lesser extent, former public roads and closed city streets. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual World Championships, one for the drivers and one for the constructors, with racing drivers, constructor teams, track officials, organizers and circuits required to be holders of valid Super Licences, the highest class racing licence issued by the FIA

Formula One cars race at high speeds, up to 360 km/h (220 mph) with engines revving up to a formula imposed limit of 18,000 RPM. The cars are capable of pulling in excess of 5 G-Forces in some curves. The performance of the cars is highly dependent on electronics (although traction control and driving aids have been banned since 2007), aerodynamics, suspension and on tyres. The formula has seen many evolutions and changes through the history of the sport.

Europe is Formula One's traditional centre, where all of the teams are based , and where around half the races take place. However, the sport's scope has expanded significantly in recent years and Grands Prix are held all over the world. Events in Europe and the Americas have been dropped in favour of races in Asia and the Middle East - of the eighteen races in 2008, nine were held outside Europe.

Formula One is a massive television event, with an average of about 55 million people worldwide watching the Grand Prix weekend coverage. The formula One Groupis the legal holder of the commercial rights. As the world's most expensive sport, its economic effect is significant, and its financial and political battles are widely covered. Its high profile and popularity makes it an obvious merchandising environment, which leads to very high investments from sponsors, translating into extremely high budgets for the constructor teams. However, mostly since year 2000, due to the always increasing expenditures, several teams, including works teams from car makers and those teams with minimum support from the automotive industry or other F1 teams, have gone bankrupt or been bought out by companies that want to easily establish a racing team within the sport.

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