All races live on Sky Sports F1; Malaysia GP starts at 8am on Sunday
Monday 3 October 2016 09:07, UK
The Formula 1 2016 season is poised to reach overdrive next month with four races crammed into just five weekends.
A quirk of the calendar means that October will stage all four, with the first, the Malaysia GP, on Sunday October 1 and the last, the Mexican, on October 30.
F1 also squeezed four races into July when the Austrian, British, Hungarian and German GPs took place.
All four events were won by Hamilton as the Englishman became the first driver in F1 history to win four races in a single calendar month in the same year.
October's schedule will be even more taxing for fans and teams alike, however, as the sport leaves behind a European time zone for two sets of races requiring substantial but contrasting body-clock adjustments.
While Malaysia and Japan will demand some very early starts for F1's European-based fans, the sport's trip across the Atlantic will result in a number of late nights.
Compare, contrast and prepare yourselves: the Malaysia GP will start at 8am, the Japanese at 6am, the US at 8pm and the Mexican at 7pm.
