Turkish Grand Prix 2020: What time does the race start, what TV channel is it on and what...

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What is it? The 2020 Turkish Grand Prix, the 14th round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship, which takes place at the Istanbul Park circuit in Turkey, just outside of the Istanbul metro area. It will be the first running of a Grand Prix there since 2011. Fernando Alonso interview: 'The whole environment of F1 is so extreme, you can't find that elsewhere' When is it? Practice takes place on Friday November 13, qualifying on Saturday November 14 and the race itself on Sunday November 15. What time does it start? First practice starts at 8am GMT on Friday, with second practice starting at noon. Third and final practice starts at 9am on Saturday with qualifying beginning at noon. The race will begin at 10.10am GMT on Sunday. What TV channel is it on? Sky Sports F1 have exclusive coverage rights in the UK this year and indeed for the next few. Their qualifying program starts at 11am, with race coverage on Sunday from 8.30am. Channel 4 have highlights for this year. Their qualifying program starts at 4.30pm on Saturday and their race highlights at 4pm on Sunday. You can also keep up to date throughout practice, qualifying and the race right here at Telegraph Sport. Watch the Turkish Romagna Grand Prix through Now TV for £9.99. What do we know about the Intercity Instanbul Park circuit? Circuit length: 5.338km First grand prix: 2005 Laps: 58 Race distance: 309.396km Race lap record: 1.24.770 (Juan Pablo Montoya, 2005) Number of corners: 14 Overtaking chances: Again, a returning track where the current breed of F1 cars has not raced so it's likely to be very different to when we last raced here in 2011. Or at least a little bit. With DRS into turns 12 and 13, which should be the heaviest braking zone on the track is the plum chance. What are the latest odds? Lewis Hamilton 5/11 Valtteri Bottas 7/2 Max Verstappen 5/1 Sergio Perez 66/1 Daniel Ricciardo 66/1 Charles Leclerc 66/1

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