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[Bort]

MotoGP Estoril, Portugal.

Saturday 30 October
Qualifying: 1250-1500, BBC Red Button/online (1.05-1.50pm for MotoGP I think)


Sunday 31 October
125cc & Moto2: 0950-1205, BBC Red Button/online
MotoGP: 1230-1400, BBC Two/online & BBC HD
MotoGP Extra: 1400-1430, BBC Red Button & BBC HD

[Bort]

MotoGP Qually has been delayed and probably will be cancelled and run tomorrow.



edit,

Cancelled and they are going to go with the Practice times.

[Bort]

2011 Formula 1 calendar
17 weeks
13/03 Bahrain
2 weeks
27/03 Australia
2 weeks
10/04 Malaysia
1 week
17/04 China*
3 weeks
08/05 Turkey
2 weeks
22/05 Spain
1 week
29/05 Monaco
2 weeks
12/06 Canada
2 weeks
26/06 Europe
2 weeks
10/07 Great Britain
2 weeks
24/07 Germany
1 week
31/07 Hungary
4 weeks
28/08 Belgium
2 weeks
11/09 Italy
2 weeks
25/09 Singapore
2 weeks
09/10 Japan
1 week
16/10 Korea
2 weeks
30/10 India*
2 weeks
13/11 Abu Dhabi
2 weeks
27/11 Brazil

*Subject to the homologation of the circuit.

[Malc]

F1 Practice 1 is on today at 12:00 online/red button. In the meantime, here is an amusing caricature of the title hunt:

[Paulos G]

Thirty minutes to qualifying. Nice to see coverage on BBC HD.

[Shez]

That was great, well done Hulkenberg

[NW2013]

Awesome stuff from Hulkenberg. He'll get mugged tomorrow if it's dry though.

[Temple81]

It's ment to be getting nicer out there, so if it's dry the start should be interesting.

[PeteJ]

Well I wasn't expecting this story this morning- Jenson Button ambushed by six men with machine guns after qualifying last night Thankfully he and the rest in the car escaped unharmed.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/07112010/58/button-escapes-armed-attack.html

Can't imagine what must be going through his head during the race now.

[toythatkills]

Can't imagine what must be going through his head during the race now.

"HA! I can outrun them in this!"

[PeteJ]

After qualifying yesterday, I doubt it

[Flabio]

The forecast for today was always for it to be dry, so they were running qualifying yesterday on a dry setup (parc fermé and all that).

Wonder if the Williams was running a higher downforce? You can say it was the drying track that put Hulkenburg nearly a second ahead, but he was already the pole sitter before he did that. Just a random bit of genius I guess.

[Bort]

Finally got round to seeing the last round of the MotoGP yesterday. Some excellent action that season and it will only improve with the shuffle next season.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Sat 13 Nov: Practice 3 1000-1100; Qualifying 1300 (BBC1 12:15pm - 2:15pm)
Sun 14 Nov: Race 1300 (BBC1 12:10pm - 3:30p)

[Bort]

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/6496574/Who-Needs-What-In-Abu-Dhabi

Fernando Alonso
- A victory or second place in UAE will ensure he wins his third World title regardless of what the other contenders do
- If Webber wins, he needs to finish P2
- If Webber finishes P2, he needs to finish at least P5
- If Webber finishes P3, he needs to finish at least P6
- If Webber finishes P4, he needs to finish at least P8
- If Webber finishes P5, he needs to finish at least P9
- If Vettel wins, he needs to finish at least P4
- If Vettel finishes P2, he needs to finish at least P8



Mark Webber
- Webber can't afford to finish lower than fifth if he wants to stand any chance of winning his maiden Championship
- If he wins, Alonso needs to finish no higher than P3
- If he finishes P2, Alonso needs to finish no higher than P6 and Vettel no higher than P2
- If he finishes P3, Alonso needs to finish no higher than P7 and Vettel no higher than P2
- If he finishes P4, Alonso needs to be finish no higher than P9 and Vettel no higher than P2
- If he finishes P5, Alonso needs to finish P10 and Vettel no higher than P3



Sebastian Vettel
- Any position lower than second will see him finish the season empty handed
- If he wins, he needs Alonso to finish P5 or lower
- If he finishes P2, he needs Alonso to finish no higher than P9 and Webber no higher than P5



Lewis Hamilton
- He needs to win to stand any chance of winning a second title
- If he wins, Alonso needs to finish P11 or lower, Webber needs to finish P6 or lower and Vettel needs to finish no higher than P3

Few more what if's in the link above.

[Flabio]

I'm not even going to think about the permutations until after qualifying personally...