Bahrain Grand Prix 2016 Preview: Start Time, TV Info, Weather, Schedule, Odds

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Published: March 31, 2016

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With one round down and 20 to go, Formula One heads to the Middle East for its first night race of the year. The 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix will be the third to be held under floodlights, with the race starting minutes after sunset.

The sport arrives in Bahrain on the back of one of the most exciting season-opening races in recent years. Nico Rosberg's victory in Australia gave him the world championship lead for the first time since 2014, and he'll be hoping to secure his first-ever victory at Sakhir on Sunday.

Rosberg's team-mate Lewis Hamilton, second in Melbourne, is seeking his third Bahrain victory, as is Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. But the most successful driver in the Gulf state, Fernando Alonso, has been ruled out of the race weekend by doctors following his crash in Australia, as reported by the official Formula One website. McLaren reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne will make his grand prix debut in the Spaniard's absence. 

The new tyre allocation rules—giving the teams a choice of three compounds at each race weekend instead of two—proved a runaway success at the Australian Grand Prix.

Unfortunately, the elimination qualifying format—another new-for-2016 regulation—was a dismal, monumental and excruciating failure. But despite all the teams wanting to see the back of it, we'll have to endure it again on Saturday.

It would appear the "drivers' union," the GPDA, was right to call the sport's decision-making process "ill-structured and obsolete."

Read on for a full preview of the race weekend including TV times, current championship standings, a circuit map and guide, tyre and DRS information, weather forecast, odds and session times.

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