The 2019 Qatar Grand Prix will begin⛎, as planned, at 8pm local time on Sunday evening.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:As severa꧅ওl leading riders explained on Thursday, 'most' wanted the start time moved t🤡o 7pm, the same time as last season, to lower the risk of slippery dew forming on the track surface.

The issue was discussed during Friday evening's Safetജy Commission meeting where 'the riders pushed for 7pm', but it seems it was too late to change, presumably due to TV scheduling.

"Most of the riders preferred 7pm," confirmed reigning world champion 🐈💫Marc Marquez.

"Today was perfect conditions but you never know. Yesterdaꦬy ♛was very, very cold. So, most of the riders prefer 7pm, but they said that 8pm would be the race time.

"Last year was 7pm and they said maybe next year ♐will be 7pm again, but thi♍s year it will be 8pm."

The Repsol Honda rider, fastest on F⭕riday, added: "Yes, we pushed, all the riders pushed for 🧔7pm.

"But they said we rode very fast today and ꦑwith not many crashes. But today was a very nice day, on Sunday we will see…"

Fellow Honda rider Cal Crutchlow warned: "Today was perfe🃏ct at 8 o’clock, but tomorrow could be [like] light rain. As we saw in the Moto2 test last week it was 17 degrees at 8 o’clock. In𓆏 our test there were twelve crashes after 7:30.

"Last week after the test, I was told it couldn’t be moved... 100 percent [I'd want a 7pm s🦩tart]. I’d vote for a quarter to 7 just to make sure. But then I’d probably complain it was too hot for the 🍎front tyre!"

The Englishman added: "Listen, I l🌠ove this [night] race, I love Qatar and the way they do it.  I think it’s a good spectacle. We always have good racing, as you’ve seen from the last couple of years.

"But if the dew on the track is as it can be, there won’t be any finishers. No matter how fast or slow you ride, there wi❀ll be no finishe🐽rs. You’ll see..."

Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso felt the issue should have been addressed earlier (although Jorge Lorenzo made 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:his concꦜerಌns clear after the recent test).

"I think ✤it is almo♉st impossible to change the [time] two days before the race. I think it is very difficult, for many reasons," Dovi said.

"If we really want to change something th🃏en we need to thi✨nk and speak on time. Every day the condition is different and the humidity starts at a different time: now it is perfect and tomorrow it could be very bad.

"It’s tr🅠ue that if you race at 7 then there is less risk."

Prior ♔to last season the Qatar night race started at 9pm.