The FIA ​​shortened the maximum F1 race time to THREE HOURS

Race Formula 1 - except Monaka - run at a distance over 305 kilometers and usually last an hour and a half, and the time limit is two hours. However, in the event of a race interruption, time stops.

After the race was stopped Canadian GP leta 2011 a time of four hours was set for the race to be completed. In the updated sports rules for the 2021 season, which was announced on Thursday, is now in Article 5.3.b reads: “If a race is interrupted, the length of the interruption is added to this racing period up to a maximum of three hours of racing." The longest racesince the rule was introduced, it has been GP of Brazil leta 2016, which was interrupted twice due to heavy rain. That's when he won Lewis Hamilton, and the race lasted three hours in one minute.

Hamilton he also won the longest race of the season, namely GP Bahrain, after a long break due to a serious accident Romain Grosejan at the very beginning. Hamilton the race time was 2 hours, 59 minutes and 47 seconds, so only 13 seconds less than the new three-hour limit, which will take effect next year.