Components One has altered the timings of this weekend’s apply and qualifying classes on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix out of respect to the funeral service of Prince Philip, which can happen within the U.Okay. on Saturday afternoon.

A minute of silence will even be held forward of Saturday’s qualifying session at Imola in reminiscence of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

The qualifying session will now happen an hour earlier at 2 p.m. CET, with last apply on Saturday morning additionally transferring one hour earlier to an 11 a.m. CET slot.

Friday’s apply classes have been moved half-hour earlier, with first apply set to start out at 11 a.m. CET and second apply at 2.30 p.m. CET, to be able to adjust to FIA rules relating to the timing of the classes over the weekend.

The timing of Sunday’s race stays unaltered.

“As a mark of respect for the royal funeral, qualifying might be moved to keep away from a conflict with the service,” an FIA assertion mentioned. “This implies qualifying will happen between 14:00-15:00 CET. In consequence FP3 will transfer to 11:00-12:00 CET to be able to adjust to the rules that state Qualifying have to be 120 minutes after FP3.

“On Friday FP2 will transfer to 14:30-15:30 CET and FP1 will transfer to 11:00-12:00 CET as a result of guidelines requiring these classes to be separated by at the least two and a half hours and FP3 needing to start out a minimum of nineteen hours after the tip of FP2.”

The funeral of Prince Philip will happen at 3 p.m. BST on Saturday within the U.Okay., which might be 4 p.m. in Italy, that means qualifying ought to end an hour earlier than the funeral, assuming there are not any crimson flag stoppages.

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is the second race of the 2021 Components One season and can happen three weeks on from Lewis Hamilton’s victory on the first race in Bahrain.

Up to date session occasions transformed to ET for U.S.-based readers will be discovered under.

Emilia Romagna GP (ET)

Observe 1 – Friday, April 16 – 5 a.m. ET
Observe 2 – Friday, April 16 – 8.30 a.m. ET

Observe 3 – Saturday, April 17 – 5 a.m. ET
Qualifying – Saturday, April 17 – 8 a.m. ET

Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Sunday, April 18 – 9 a.m. ET