Grand PrixExternal linksWebsiteChannel 4 F1, commonly abbreviated to C4F1, is a British television programme dedicated to the coverage of Formula One motor racing and has been aired by the British broadcaster Channel 4 since 2016. Prior to 2019, half of the season's practice, qualifying sessions and races were shown live, with all other events covered in an extended qualifying and race highlights format. Sky Sports F1 will carry live build up in UHD with the 'Sports Recap' function available throughout the race, which is due to start at 1pm. The live race will then see Sky Sports' coverage aired across Sky channels and Channel 4, including the Sky commentary team and expert analysis.
Under the terms of the deal, Channel 4 will broadcast Sky's production of the live race coverage with its presenting team of Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, Martin Brundle, Nat Pinkham, David Croft, Karun Chandhok, Simon Lazenby and Ted Kravitz. Channel 4's team of Steve Jones, David Coulthard, Mark Webber and Lee McKenzie will provide build up to the race for 15 minutes from midday before handing over to Sky for their pre-race coverage and Sky's live coverage of the race itself. Sky has the rights to show all the races live, while Channel 4 is normally limited to a highlights package, though does broadcast the British Grand Prix live. However, as revealed exclusively by The Times yesterday and confirmed by Sky this morning, a deal has been reached in which the satellite broadcaster will share the rights to Sunday's race.
Very soon however, the BBC discovered that F1 had become expensive; very expensive and not just for the competitors. In another cost saving move, Auntie Beeb has been sharing the broadcast rights with Sky since 2012. The price of this cost saving was to drop the number of live races down to 10 with the balance of the season being highlights events, whilst Sky went overboard with its coverage of all events live, with multiple extra features as well. This disgusting situation is in addition to the also quite unbelievable spectre of Steve Jones telling us during every single C4 F1 highlights program that we could have watched the race live on Sky Sports F1 instead. The most recent Formula E season saw live TV audiences become the majority of the series' viewing audience for the first time, with 62% of viewers watching races live on TV compared to watching online, on-demand or highlights.
Sky Sports F1 will show every aspect of the build up, including practice and qualifying as both drivers aim to gain a crucial advantage before the chequered flag. Additionally, every Sky TV customer will be able to watch everything from qualifying on Saturday to the race on Sunday, with the broadcast shared across Sky Sports and Sky Showcase. All the action from this iconic head-to-head will also be available to NOW members with either a NOW Entertainment or NOW Sports membership. After three years with the BBC Formula E's UK free-to-air home will now be with Channel 4. The broadcaster, who showed live coverage of both of the London races last summer will split their season 8 E-Prix coverage between Channel 4 and their on-demand service, All4, or the Channel 4 Sport YouTube channel.
Adding to the intrigue is that Hamilton and rival Max Verstappen head into the final race of the season equal on points. Additionally, every Sky TV customer will be able to watch everything from qualifying on December 11th to the race on December 12th, with the broadcast shared across Sky Sports and Sky Showcase. All the action from this iconic head-to head will also be available to NOW members with either a NOW Entertainment or NOW Sports membership. Sky Sports F1 will show every aspect of the build-up, including practice and qualifying as both drivers aim to gain a crucial advantage before the chequered flag. Before I used to have to hunt it out after seeing on a site such as this that there was a race on and would only catch the occasional race. It didn't feel as though it was treated as a 'proper' racing formula, but this broadcasting deal may well see the start of Formula E gaining further traction in the UK.
Especially to casual motorsport fans who maybe don't have access to the Premium services to watch F1. Coverage of races will be split across Channel 4's network, with the majority of races shown live on Channel 4 or All4 and others broadcast live on the Channel 4 Sport YouTube channel. All qualifying sessions for each E-Prix will be shown live on Channel 4 Sport's YouTube channel, with race highlights packages also shown on Channel 4 and All4. Beginning 2019, Sky Sports hold exclusive rights to all races excluding the British Grand Prix. In September 2018, it was announced that Channel 4 had agreed to a sub-licensing agreement with Sky, under which it broadcasts free-to-air highlights of all races, and live coverage of the British Grand Prix. As part of the arrangement, Sky will have rights to carry full series of Channel 4 dramas on-demand, while Channel 4 also acquired free-to-air rights to the Sky drama Tin Star.
Under the current contract subscription service Sky Sports broadcasts all sessions exclusively live, typically on its dedicated channel Sky Sports F1, with FTA Channel 4 showing qualifying and race highlights later in the day. So three and a half years on and things have gone from bad to worse with C4 and the availability of their race highlights program post race. This culminated in a race that had finished before 2pm UK time yesterday and was broadcast between 6pm and 8pm still not being available after midnight the following day. Channel 4 has confirmed that it will continue to show race highlights of the 2019 Formula 1 season, as well as a live broadcast of the British Grand Prix. The station's current contract for showing live races expires at the end of the 2018 season.
Channel 4 will continue to broadcast free-to-air highlights of every qualifying session and race throughout the 2021 Formula 1 season, plus live coverage of the British Grand Prix weekend on July. Sky has announced a partnership with Channel 4 that will see Sky Sports' live coverage of the thrilling Formula 1 season finale shared with the whole country right before Christmas, on what could be an historic occasion for Sir Lewis Hamilton. Channel 4 will broadcast the Formula One season finale live on Sunday after reaching a deal with Sky to share the television rights. The previous deal, which ran from 2012 through 2018, and which Channel 4 took over from the BBC in 2016, enabled the terrestrial broadcaster to show half of the events live – including the season finale. Hamilton and title rival Max Verstappen enter the final race of the season tied on points, making it a winner-takes-all finale at the Yas Marina Circuit. The two drivers have enjoyed the closest title fight between rivals teams since 2012, and it marks the first final race decider since 2016.
Sky's race day coverage of this weekend's Abu Dhabi grand prix will also simulcast on Channel 4, as mentioned above. All Sky customers will have access to qualifying on Saturday and the race via Sky Showcase. However, Sky Sports F1 will be the only place where you can watch every session, including free practice, as well as the Formula 2 finale. Channel 4 has free-to-air Formula 1 qualifying and race highlights which usually start airing a few hours after the chequered flag has been waved. It also has live free-to-air coverage of the British grand prix every year, and is home of the all-women's W Series.
If you're happy to pay a subscription fee so you can watch entire races live, then Sky is the only option in the UK. While Liberty operates an online streaming service – F1 TV Pro – you can't watch it in the UK because of Sky's exclusive deal. This season's Premiership Rugby final is to be shown live on terrestrial television for the first time in the history of the competition as part of a new deal with ITV that will also see the return of the free-to-air weekly highlights programme. Through careful planning, intelligent use of technology and deep experience of major motorsport events, Gravity Media has delivered a powerful portable solution that punches well above the mark whilst reducing equipment weight to a minimum. The 2020 package allowed all teams to work efficiently, effectively and safely, delivering a quality output that kept Formula One available for British fans to watch on free-to-air television for another year.
The tv channel will also show race highlights, while qualifying, in the new group then knockout format, will be shown live on the YouTube channel. The Formula E broadcast team will remain the same as always with Nicki Shields and Vernon Kay hosting, while Dario Franchitti will double as the team's expert analyst and continue commentary duties alongside Jack Nicholls. FORMULA One returns with an early morning start time for the first race of the new F1 season. Here's how you can live stream the action online, including all the race highlights on Channel 4.
Lewis Hamilton stands on the brink of history – victory in Abu Dhabi would clinch an eighth world title and confirm him as the greatest F1 driver ever. This unique final race will go lights out with the two leading drivers on equal points, the Yas Marina track providing a 'winner takes all' close to an epic season. Sky has announced a partnership with Channel 4 that will see Sky Sports' live coverage of the Formula 1 season finale shared with the whole of the UK and Ireland. Hamilton stands on the brink of history as a victory in Abu Dhabi would clinch an eighth world title and confirm him as the greatest F1 driver ever.
Channel 4 and Sky Sports have agreed a rights deal that will see live coverage of the Formula 1 season finale shown free-to-air in the UK, on what could be a historic occasion for Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton. Channel 4 have signed a multi-year deal to become the exclusive broadcaster for Formula E in the UK with live coverage of all races. Channel 4, who normally only have rights for a highlights show in the evening after a race, have struck a deal for live coverage in Abu Dhabi, with the race starting at 1pm UK time on Sunday afternoon. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are locked on 369.5 points at the top of the drivers' standings heading to Sunday's race at the Yas Marina Circuit.
Now their winner-takes-all battle will be shown live on Channel 4, as well as on Sky Sports, who host all F1 races through their subscription services, having reportedly paid over £1bn for a five-year deal back in 2019. For the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, programmes for races 1-3 were presented from The Silverstone Experience as F1 limited the number of broadcasters on site. Clarkson, who works primarily for F1 TV served as Channel 4's paddock reporter, when they were unable to access the paddock. During coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix, it was confirmed that they would have access to the paddock for at least the British and 70th Anniversary weekends. Despite the fact that so many sporting events were cancelled in the past twelve months, along with spectators being barred from being able to see their favourite teams live, there is still reason to be optimistic for sports fans. Hamilton stands on the brink of history - victory in Abu Dhabi would clinch an eighth world title and confirm him as the greatest F1 driver ever.
This unique final race will go lights out with the two leading drivers on equal points, the Yas Marina track providing a 'winner takes all' close to an epic season. "We've chosen to gift the race to the whole country at Christmas through our partnership with Channel 4, so everyone can be part of a huge national moment as Lewis Hamilton goes for a historic eighth world championship title. Going into the final grand prix of the year at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina circuit, Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton are tied on 369.5 points each. The last time where the two leading Formula 1 drivers in the championship went into the final race tied on points was in 1974. The Silverstone weekend was Channel 4's only live action of the season, the broadcaster sharing live coverage with Sky Sports.
You used to be able watch races live on RTL Germany but Sky Germany now has exclusive rights to show live races in Germany as well. Whereas I wasn't asked for a user name and password to watch the Sochi Qualifying highlights program from Saturday on the same YouView box. Race weekends were transmitted as highlights shows on Channel 4; qualifying on Saturday and race highlights on Sunday – apart from the British Grand Prix, which was live.
The Gravity Media team provided onsite technical facilities to deliver the content via fibre circuits to studios in London for inclusion in the highlights show. Sky Sports F1 will carry live build-up on Sunday from 11.30am in UHD with the 'Sports Recap' function available throughout the race, which is due to start at 1pm. Sky has announced a partnership with Channel 4 that will allow the terrestrial broadcaster to screen Sunday's race live – it already has the right to screen highlights of the race – Sky Sports will also show Saturday's qualifying.
Under the terms of the agreement, Channel 4 will broadcast Sky's production of the live race coverage with its presenting team of Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, Martin Brundle, Nat Pinkham, David Croft, Karun Chandhok, Simon Lazenby and Ted Kravitz. Skysports.com/f1 – has all the latest news, interviews, features and video content, including previews and race highlights. Starting with the upcoming 2022 season of the all-electric racing series beginning in Saudi Arabia next weekend, Channel 4 will take over all live coverage of the championship across the UK. Under the terms of the deal, Channel 4 will broadcast Sky's production of the live race coverage with its presenting team of Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, Martin Brundle, Nat Pinkham, David Croft, Karun Chandhok, Simon Lazenby and Ted Kravitz. Coverage of the 2020 and 2021 seasons is sponsored by Bristol Street Motors and Macklin Motors.
It was announced at the Turkish Grand Prix that Edwards would step down following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, his replacement was announced a week later as Alex Jacques who joins from F1's official television channel, including for F2, F3 and Esports. Also it was later announced that 'pen interviews' would be taken from F1TV with Lawrence Barretto joining the team as paddock reporter. The new commercial deal penned between Sky Sports and Channel 4 has allowed British fans of the Formula One to tune in via free-to-air television on certain occasions.
This new deal means that highlights of all Formula 1 races and live coverage of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix will continue to be shown on Channel 4. Sky Sports F1 will carry live build up on Sunday from 11.30am in UHD with the 'Sports Recap' function available throughout the race, which is due to start at 1pm. The live race will then see Sky Sports' coverage aired across Sky channels and Channel 4, including the Sky commentary team and expert analysis. You can expect to see a couple of Formula 2 drivers from Red Bull's long-running academy programme in action, including Juri Vips and Liam Lawson . McLaren will welcome IndyCar star Pato O'Ward, after he fulfilled a bet with team boss Zak Brown by winning his first race in the series earlier this year (he's spent some time in the simulator and been for a seat fitting already).
The figures bring together those that watched Channel 4's highlights package and those who watched the races live on Sky, excluding pre- and post-race analysis for the latter. Sky's schedules show that the broadcaster will simulcast their race day offering across Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event, but not via Sky Showcase, as they did last month for coverage of the US Grand Prix qualifying session. Have you not considered that any delay in uploading the race to catch up is most possibly part of the contract they had to agree with Sky to maintain a free to air highlights package. The same contract that results in the "unbelievable spectre" of Steve Jones having to advise viewers during the qualifying show that the race is live exclusively on Sky - because it is as that's who own the rights. I think they should have a word with Netflix for the highlights package, as they are the first people in years to make F1 interesting and exciting.
Like Ro and Motorsport-fan I'd be interested to see how many are using the sky package and watching the races live." I use the series link to record the F1 highlights on channel 4 in HD and then fast forward through the nonsense before the actual race. Mostly, I already know the result and if there were any major incidents before hand. When F1 was free to view, I'd set an alarm and watch the early races from around the world. In an age when series like Game of Thrones are broadcast simultaneously globally, and others are released as box sets so that fans can binge, the days when fans tune into a highlights show hours after an event were already numbered.
Currently, the pay-TV network's deal with Formula One – which is worth as much as UK£1 billion (US$1.31 billion) according to GP Today – means Sky Sports has exclusive UK rights to all of the series' races, apart from the British Grand Prix, until 2024. "We are excited that Sky will make the grand prix on Sunday available to Channel 4 viewers so everyone can tune in live for the thrilling finale to this epic season," he said. After the podium ceremony, Channel 4's presentation team will return to give its instant reaction to the race before a full Channel 4 highlights programme, produced by independent production company Whisper, airs at 5.30pm. Channel 4's team of Steve Jones, David Coulthard, Mark Webber and Lee McKenzie will provide build-up to the race for 15 minutes from midday before handing over to Sky for their pre-race coverage and Sky's live coverage of the race itself.
As well as being shown on Channel 4, the race will be available via a live simulcast on All4 - Channel 4's on-demand channel. Viewers will be able to watch Channel 4's highlights programme on demand after it airs on Sunday evening. On 21 December 2015, the BBC announced that it would end its deal with Formula One three years early due to budget cuts and would transfer the remaining three years to Channel 4.
Channel 4 would be showing ten selected races live without advertisements and every race were to be shown as highlights. Channel 4 was the first free-to-air station that ran without commercial breaks during its ten live races. The race was originally due to be shown on Sky Sports, who hold exclusive rights to live F1 races with Channel 4 broadcasting only the British GP live alongside a highlights show for each weekend.
What Time Is The F1 Qualifying Highlights On Channel 4 A straight shootout between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will decide the destination of the 2021 drivers' championship. That growing archive includes past grands prix and highlights packages, season reviews going back to the 1970s, plus documentaries about drivers, teams and the sport's tech. In the event of one of these relatively unlikely outcomes leading to a tie on points, the driver who has claimed the most wins of the season would take the title. This season, Max has won nine grands prix while Lewis has won eight, which would therefore make Max the drivers' champion if they were tied on points.
In the event two drivers had the same number of points and grand prix victories, the countback continues through the highest number of second places, highest number of third places and so on. What does all this mean for the championship after a close, dramatic and often controversial season? Will Max win his first ever drivers' title, or will Lewis add an eighth to his record-equalling haul? All will be revealed this weekend – and here's how to keep in tune with the action. Sky have seemingly reacted to Channel 4's qualifying conundrum by opting to simulcast their live coverage on their new Sky Showcase channel, enabling more viewers to watch qualifying across Sky, Virgin Media and BT TV. Unlike BBC iPlayer, you can't join a live broadcast and you may have to wait hours for the race highlights to appear in the app.
That was certainly the case last year, with the programme appearing over four hours after broadcast on some occasions. In case you didn't know, F1 TV Pro is the official streaming service of Forumla 1 but you can't get it in the UK because of Sky's exclusive deal for live races. The other way to watch for free - especially if you want to watch races live - is to use a VPN and stream them from broadcasters in other countries that show races on free-to-air channels. Thanks to the deal struck between the two broadcasters, the British public will be able to savour every twist and turn as Lewis Hamilton sets his sights on taking a record-breaking eighth World Championship title in the winner-takes-all finale. UK-based fans of the only all-electric motorsport World Championship will have the opportunity to see more live races in Season 8 than in any previous season.
The current highlight format of the show has proved popular with fans, fusing opinionated analysis and well-informed news within an entertainment show style with slick graphics. French publication and broadcaster L'Equipe has also extended its arrangement with Formula E to host the championship on its online channels into FE's eighth season. This year, courtesy of the deal Sky enjoys with F1, Channel 4 is reduced to just one live race as part of its free-to-air deal, the British Grand Prix, the remaining 20 events being shown in a highlights show several hours after the race has ended.
The event reached a peak combined audience of 8.3 million, marking first time that live cricket has been available on FTA television in the UK since the 2005 Ashes, which was also broadcast by Channel 4. After the podium ceremony, Channel 4's presentation team will return to give its instant reaction to the race before a full Channel 4 highlights programme produced by Whisper airs at 5.30pm. Since 2019 Sky Sports F1 has had exclusive live rights, with only one event – the British Grand Prix – available free to air on Channel 4. The latter does show delayed highlight programmes of qualifying and the race from the other events on the calendar throughout the year. Steve Jones, David Coulthard and Mark Webber present highlights of the final race of the 2021 F1 season in Abu Dhabi, as the drivers make one last grab for all-important points.
