• azn03@lemm.ee
    8·
    9 months ago

    Whoa 12 AM PST, so 3 AM EST qualifiers. I guess I’ll be watching that on replay lol.

    • Dave@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      I knew it would be late, but I didn’t realize they’d bend over that hard to accommodate European market.

      I guess us n USA need to remember we are still the minority in this sport 🤪

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        9 months ago

        It’s funny because most start times feel they’ve been shuffled around to accommodate US viewers, many start around 8a-11a EST. But on home turf, 3am it is!

        • grumpyoldgit@lemmy.world
          4·
          9 months ago

          I think FOM have got themselves in a difficult position because they wanted a night race for the spectacle (so much more important than the racing). But doing it on the western side of America makes it tricky time-wise for their biggest audience. The ultra-late racing is probably a compromise that’ll please no one.

  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    Very confusing to see everything a day early until I realised what they’ve done to deal with time zones! Race is 8am UTC, i.e. Sunday morning.

  • Ejh3k@lemmy.worldEnglish
    94·
    9 months ago

    Definitely not even going to attempt to watch this live, and I’m just a time zone earlier. Ridiculous of them to have a race so late. People were complaining about the heat affecting drivers in Qatar, just straight up being tired is gonna have an effect here.