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A Formula One race takes place over an entire weekend, with two free practice sessions on Friday, a practice session and a qualifying session on Saturday, and the race on Sunday. There are typically races in other FIA series (such as the GP2 Series) over the weekend to keep crowds entertained.
Free practice sessions
The event usually begins on Friday (except in Monaco where it begins on Thursday) with two free practice sessions, from 10:00 to 11:30 and from 14:00 to 15:30 (except in Singapore where it is 19:00 to 20:30, 21:30 to 23:00), for the drivers to learn the circuit and for the teams to experiment with their cars to figure out the best settings for the particular track. Third drivers for teams that finished outside the top four of the previous seasons World Constructors Championship are allowed to take part in Fridays free practice sessions. Another free practice session will take place on Saturday from 11:00 to 12:00 (19:00 to 20:00 in Singapore).
Qualifying sessions
On Saturday at 14:00 the qualifying session takes place to determine the running order at the beginning of the race. The qualifying hour is split into three sessions of 20, 15 and 10 minutes, with seven-minute breaks in between. During the first session, all 20 cars run laps at any time. The five slowest cars are assigned grid places 16 through 20. Lap times are reset for the second session, which sees the remaining 15 cars on track together. Again, the five slowest of those cars are assigned grid places 11 through 15. The final qualifying session is a shootout among the final ten competitors to determine the final 10 grid places. To add an additional strategic challenge to the race engineers, the top-ten drivers must begin the final 10-minute session with the fuel load on which they plan to start the race. The number of laps run during any session is uncontrolled.
Generally, a driver will leave the pits and drive around the track in order to get to the start/finish read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula+One+racing
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