After an off-season that seemed interminable to us, the Qatar Commercial Bank Grand Prix will occupy 5 of our days, or rather our evenings, starting next Wednesday.
Indeed, as usual, the free and timed tests will be spread over three days instead of two, so that they can all take place once the sun has set, which constitutes the particularity of this first Grand Prix of the 2016 season.
But before that we will witness, Wednesday at 15 p.m., at the press conference which will bring together Jorge Lorenzo, Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Iannone, and Maverick Viñales.
Needless to say, we'll get to the heart of the matter right away...
For the rest, here are the weekend schedules:
Thursday 17 March 2016
14:50-15:20 Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup Free Practice 1
16:00-16:40 Moto3™ Free Practice 1
16:55-17:40 Moto2™ Free Practice 1
17:55-18:40 MotoGP™ Free Practice 1
18:55-19:35 Moto3™ Free Practice 2
19:50-20:35 Moto2™ Free Practice 2
20:50-21:20 Losail Cup Qualifying
Friday March 18 2016
10:50-11:10 Timing Laps
11:20-11:40 Losail Cup Warm Up
11:55-12:25 Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup Free Practice 2 13:35 p.m. Losail Cup Race 1 (15 laps)
14:40-15:10 Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup Qualifying
15:20 / 15:30 Medical Inspection / Track Inspection
16:00-16:45 MotoGP™ Free Practice 2
17:00-17:40 Moto3™ Free Practice 3
17:55-18:40 Moto2™ Free Practice 3
18:55-19:40 MotoGP™ Free Practice 3
20:10 Losail Cup Race 2 (15 laps); Press Conference (immediately following the podium)
Saturday 19 March 2016
13:10-13:30 Timing Laps
14:00 Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup Race 1 (14 laps)
16:00-16:40 Moto3™ Qualifying
16:55-17:40 Moto2™ Qualifying
17:55-18:25 MotoGP™ Free Practice 4
18:35-18:50 MotoGP™ Qualifying 1
19:00-19:15 MotoGP™ Qualifying 2
Sunday 20 March 2016
11:00-11:20 Timing Laps
11:50 Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup Race 2 (14 laps)
15:50-14:10 Moto3™ Warm Up
14:25-14:45 Moto2™ Warm Up
15:00-15:20 MotoGP™ Warm Up
16:00 Moto3™ Race (18 laps); Press Conference (immediately following the podium)
17:20 Moto2™ Race (20 laps); Press Conference (immediately following the podium)
19:00 MotoGP™ Race (22 laps); Press Conference (immediately following the podium)
