Lately, there’s only been one Formula 1 race in the Eastern Time Zone. The bulk of the races are in Europe and there is a growing number of races in Asia and then, of course, there’s Australia.
Other than viewing the programming guide, I’ll head over to the Formula 1 website and click on the “Convert To My Local Time” to get the actual starting time of the races. Confession – I’ll add it to my electronic calendar with a heads-up warning and it works very nicely to make sure that I don’t miss a race live. Of course, there’s replays but that’s really not the same.
Today, I ran into another wonderful time converter. We all know (I hope) that you can use Google to convert times in different time zones for you but it’s much more fun to use something else.
If you’re one of them, check out Time Zen.
As with all time zone converters, the actual place you’re looking for may not be available so you have to be close. In this case, Silverstone isn’t there but Northampton is. Use the Add/Remove buttons to get the places you need! The little slider allows you to adjust the times forward and backwards to get just what you want!
Of course, there is an educational use other than the mechanics of Formula 1 racing which is worthwhile in itself. Suppose you’re doing a real time chat with a classroom from another time zone. Time Zen has you covered!
That’s probably a better rationale for most people but I am watching qualifying from Silverstone as I write this!
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