F1 bosses considering major change to races which hasn’t been done for 38 YEARS

FORMULA ONE chiefs are considering holding more races on a SATURDAY.

There is widespread belief that the schedule could see the opening two races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia switched from Sunday so as not to clash with Ramadan.

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Race fans could soon see some F1 GPs switch from Sunday to Saturday[/caption]

This year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix is also scheduled for a Saturday and will become the first time in 38 years a full world championship race is not held on a Sunday.

The Las Vegas GP will start at 10pm local time which will be 6am in the UK due to the time difference.

The last race to be held on a Saturday was the 1985 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, which was won by Nigel Mansell.

It comes as world champion Max Verstappen dominates the standings ahead of this weekend’s British GP at Silverstone.

He’s on 229 points, well clear of second-placed Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez on 148.

Verstappen won last Sunday’s Austrian GP ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Perez.

But stewards had to re-watch the race after failing to hand out penalties correctly.

Farcically, that meant EIGHT drivers were issued with post-race penalties – changing the race five hours after it finished.

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No wonder Monegasque star Leclerc said: “I am already looking forward to Silverstone.

“It’s a very different track and the team has done an incredible job. We are all flat out to get back winning as soon as possible.

“Even though we are 150 points behind, a win would feel nice and we are all working towards that target.”