Formula 1 has announced it has adjusted the session start times for this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix out of respect to the funeral service of His Royal Highness The Prince P✤hilip, Duke of Edinburgh that will take pl🌳ace on Saturday.

Last Friday, Th💛e Duke of Edinburgh died aged 99, and his funeral service is set to take place this Saturday at 1500 UK time.

To avoid a clash with the service, qualifying will nꦺow take place an hour earlier than originally scheduled - at 1300 UK time / 1400 local time, while the start times for FP2 and FP3 🐎have also been changed to be in line with the FIA regulations.

Frida𓃲y’s practice sessions will n♔ow start at 1000 UK time and 1330 UK time respectively and final practice has been moved to 1100 UK time on the Saturday. 

There will also be a minute’s ꧙silence prior to the start of qualifying.

The race will 🌳start at 1400 UK 𝓰time / 1500 local time as originally scheduled.

A statement from F1 read: “Formula 1 and the FIA are today settin൲g out changes to the Saturday schedule ꦗfor the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio Del Made in Italy e Dell’Emila Romagna 2021 out of respect to the funeral service of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh that will take place on Saturday 17th April 2021.

“As a maꦚrk of respect for the Royal funeral, Qualifying will be moved to avoid a clash with the service. 

“This means Qualifying will take place between 14:00–15:00 CET. As a result FP3 will move to 11:00–12:00 CET in order to comply with the regulations that state Qualifying must be 120 minutes after FP3. On Friday FP2 will move to 14:30-15:30 CET and FP1 will move to 11:00-12:00 CET due to the rules requiring those sessions to be se♔parated by at least two and a half hours and FP3 needing to start no less than 19 hours after the end of FP2.

“There will be a minute of sile🌌nce ahead of Qualifying as an opportunity for people to show their respects.”