Changes to Friday and Saturday schedule for Imola

Published on 13 April 2021 by Niels Hendrix

Formula 1 and the FIA are today setting out changes to the Friday and Saturday schedule for the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio Del Made in Italy e Dell’Emila Romagna 2021 out of respect to the funeral service of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh that will take place on Saturday 17th April 2021.

As a mark of respect for the Royal funeral, qualifying will be moved to avoid a clash with the service. This means qualifying will take place between 14:00–15:00 CET. As a result FP3 will move to 11:00–12:00 CET in order to comply with the regulations that state qualifying must be 120 minutes after FP3. 

On Friday FP2 will move to 14:30-15:30 CET and FP1 will move to 11:00-12:00 CET due to the rules requiring those sessions to be separated by at least two and a half hours and FP3 needing to start no less than nineteen hours after the end of FP2. There will be a minute of silence ahead of qualifying as an opportunity for people to show their respects.