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[D.M.N.]

Channel 4 F1

Note: The majority of pundits will be on rotation throughout the season.

– Steve Jones (Presenter)

– Ben Edwards (Commentator)

– David Coulthard (Commentator + Pundit)

– Nicolas Hamilton (Pundit)

– Eddie Jordan (Pundit)

– Alain Prost (Pundit)

– Bruno Senna (Pundit)

– Mark Webber (Pundit)

– Susie Wolff (Pundit)

– Alessandro Zanardi (Pundit)

– Karun Chandhok (Pitlane)

– Lee McKenzie (Pitlane)

– Murray Walker (Online)

 

Channel 4 will screen…

1) LIVE coverage of 10 race weekends: Practice, Qualifying and Race (uninterrupted advert free)

– April 3rd: Bahrain

– May 15th: Spain

– June 19th: Europe

– July 10th: Britain

– July 24th: Hungary

– August 28th: Belgium

– September 4th: Italy

– October 2nd: Malaysia

– October 30th: Mexico

– November 27th: Abu Dhabi

 

2) Highlights of 11 race weekends: Qualifying and Race

– March 20th: Australia (afternoon)

– April 17th: China (afternoon)

– May 1st: Russia (evening)

– May 29th: Monaco (evening)

– June 12th: Canada (late night)

– July 3rd: Austria (evening)

– July 31st: Germany (evening)

– September 18th: Singapore (evening)

– October 9th: Japan (afternoon)

– October 23rd: USA (late night)

– November 13th: Brazil (late night)

 

Channel 4 F1 is…

– available to watch on-demand via All4

 

Sky Sports F1

– Simon Lazenby (Presenter – Main)

– Natalie Pinkham (Presenter – F1 Report + Pitlane)

– David Croft (Commentator)

– Martin Brundle (Commentator + Pundit)

– Anthony Davidson (Pundit)

– Damon Hill (Pundit)

– Johnny Herbert (Pundit)

– Marc Priestley (Pundit – F1 Report)

– Ted Kravitz (Pitlane)

 

Sky Sports F1 will screen…

– every Qualifying and Race LIVE uninterrupted advert free

– every F1 Practice session LIVE

– GP2 and GP3 LIVE uninterrupted advert free

– interviews and other tidbits on Sky Sports News with Rachel Brookes and Craig Slater reporters

 

Sky Sports F1 is…

– available to people with Sky on channel 407 who have the Sports package, or the legacy HD Pack pre-dating April 2013

– available to people with Virgin Media on channel 507 who have the Sky Sports package (HD is on channel 517)

– not available to people with Freeview or BT Vision

– available on Sky Go with the relevant subscription

– available on Xbox One/360 for Sky customers with an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription

– available on Now TV for £6.99 per day, £10.99 a week or £31.99 a month

 

BBC 5 Live F1

– Jack Nicholls (Commentator)

– Allan McNish (Commentator)

– Mark Gallagher (Pundit)

– Jennie Gow (Pitlane)

– Tom Clarkson (Pitlane)

 

BBC F1 is…

– available to listen to again for up to 7 days on BBC iPlayer

– available to listen live online for every race in 2015

 

Other bits

– The Channel 4 and Sky Sports television deal is 2016 through to 2018 inclusive

– The BBC radio deal is 2016 through to 2021 inclusive

– Channel 4’s Formula 1 coverage is produced by Whisper Films, with supplementary programme produced by North One Television

– Channel 4’s theme tune is Fleetwood Mac – The Chain

– Sky’s theme tune is Alistair Griffin – Just Drive

 

Updated on March 8th, 2016

A new era begins with BBC TV out and Channel 4 in. Proceed as you were...  

[D.M.N.]

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[RedOne]

Sky need to get rid of Johnny "sort of" Herbert and Damon "um urr" Hill as they are getting on a bit now and its a bit like listening to your granddad.

Edited by RedOne, 17 January 2016 - 16:39.

[TheMonkeyDaft]

Ok let's do it again!!

Calender picks should be revealed soon although didn't Channel 4 say they were going to be announced in Febuary?

First thing I am going to talk about though is Sky.. I wonder if we will see an update to their graphics package, they did their last update 2 years ago so I wonder if we will see another one this year.

Edited by TheMonkeyDaft, 17 January 2016 - 15:46.

[Jonnycraig37]

Doubt Natalie Pinkham will be involved judging by the size of that bump!

Edited by Jonnycraig37, 17 January 2016 - 15:46.

[D.M.N.]

Doubt Natalie Pinkham will be involved judging by the size of that bump!

 

She's taking a break mid-season so Rachel Brookes and Craig Slater will be covering her again.

[sabjit]

I like listening to my granddad.

[muramasa]

Japan not yet sure who will do TV for F1 2016 or even whether there will be F1 on TV. Word is that Fuji TV recently said "still in negotiation" to the question made by f1 magazine but that's it. Also the word is that FOX Asia acquired the F1 TV rights for all Asia incl Japan but they havent said anything afaik.

 

Personally I just want to subscribe Great Britain's SkyF1 online streaming. Happily pay 1 or 2 hundred euro a year. FOM should just allow online streaming for ALL the TV station completely geo-lock free. Only Great Britain's SkyF1 would "win" cos taking advantage of English err "universal" language, but would geo-unlocked UKSkyF1 online streaming really threaten local, i mean other non-English TVs? I dont think so. Idea is that they can redistribute the extra revenue SkyF1 would get to other countries TV or just lower overall fee. Just do it. Like WEC.

but they wouldnt. agh.

[TheMonkeyDaft]

She's taking a break mid-season so Rachel Brookes and Craig Slater will be covering her again.

I wonder with her second baby she will permanently retire next year, she only ever appears at european races anyway...   

[IPBushy]

Only thing wrong with Sky coverage, in my opinion, is Craig Slater.  He asks the stupidest questions.

[RedOne]

I like listening to my granddad.

Would he make a good pundit?

[TheMonkeyDaft]

I actually don't mind any of them and I really liked that Craig appeared more on Sky's coverage last year. With Natalie taking a break later his role will probably increase further.

 

To be honest I think Rachel Brookes should be given the main presenter role, she is basically the Sky version of Lee Mckenzie and she definitely feel more confident behind the mic than Simon Lazenby, who I quite like, but for me Rachel is the better presenter.

[RedOne]

Rachel is wooden, Natalie would easily make a better presenter.

[TheMonkeyDaft]

Would he make a good pundit?

Lol probably biased to British drivers, hates the rest of them 

[Jonnycraig37]

She's taking a break mid-season so Rachel Brookes and Craig Slater will be covering her again.

With the kindest will in the world, she won't be walking up and down the pitlane heavily pregnant.

She'll most likely end up doing the midweek shows that 2 men and a dog watch.

[TheMonkeyDaft]

With the kindest will in the world, she won't be walking up and down the pitlane heavily pregnant.

She'll most likely end up doing the midweek shows that 2 men and a dog watch.

And The F1 Show which I heard was being trimmed..

[sportyskells]

hopefully c4 says the picks this week as its the 9 week to go mark and normally as i was told in the last thread that normally happen around about this time. 

[jonpollak]

Sky need to get rid of Johnny "sort of" Herbert and Damon "um urr" Hill as they are getting on a bit now and its a bit like listening to your granddad.

 
 

I like listening to my granddad.

Exactly  .... If Mr. Jessica Chastain up there doesn't pay attention to his elders... he's missing out.
I'd rather listen to Damon than pretty much anybody else on that broadcast.
 

Would he make a good pundit?

Once again...let grandad talk about whatever he wants. Like the war or how these kids today can't do anything with their hands unless it's twiddling the keys on a phone. It would be vastly more interesting than what these idiots from Potemkin Village bang on about.

 

 

Jp

 

[ArchieTech]

hopefully c4 says the picks this week as its the 9 week to go mark and normally as i was told in the last thread that normally happen around about this time. 

I doubt they will announce anything until they're ready to announce everything. Might as well announce the races, presenters and programme format all at the same time and have a big PR push.

[sportyskells]

plus there another issue just for this year, how will C4 horse racing and F1 do here when there a clash. plus i noted that there has been no GP2 date list yet which also causing a few headaches

[DrF]

Will the races be available on 4OD?

[BuddyHolly]

If only Sky dumped Shouty (Croft), Mr Bland (Hill) and Mr Bitter (Herbert) I feel their coverage would be 40% better overnight. 

[LORDBYRON]

Hopefully sentanta Ireland will show all races live.

[TheMonkeyDaft]

Will the races be available on 4OD?

They were on BBC iPlayer when the BBC had it so I expect to see Channel 4 put their coverage on 4OD and All 4.

[Clatter]

plus there another issue just for this year, how will C4 horse racing and F1 do here when there a clash. plus i noted that there has been no GP2 date list yet which also causing a few headaches

Why would C4 need to worry about GP2 dates?

[Risil]

Channel 4 will also be able to show races with a one hour delay on 4+1, which is ideal if you like to follow races on Autosport chat and catch up with the action later.

[Imperial]

For the sake of completeness, Damon Hill said at ASI this weekend that he is currently in discussion with Sky for this year, so he is in fact a TBC for now.

[BillyWhizz]

Really looking forward to seeing how C4 handle the challenge, and thinking they'll do a sound job. It will be interesting to see them taking their first steps in F1 too.

 

Equally pissed off at the way the BBC mandarins dropped their coverage like a hot stone, but I'm learning to accept that the Beeb is changing for the worse and I'm going to have to get used to that.

 

Sky? Meh. I've simply never been sufficiently impressed with their presentation to make it my first choice, and I'm hoping that C4's coverage will keep that status quo, with Sky as my second-choice alternative.

[D.M.N.]

For the sake of completeness, Damon Hill said at ASI this weekend that he is currently in discussion with Sky for this year, so he is in fact a TBC for now.

 

Was this in one of the on-stage sessions? Have watched a few but didn't see him talk about Sky, most of it was about 1996 understandably.

[Marklar]

After he said that Williams should switch to Honda engines to fight for the championship I wont be able to take him ever serious again.....

Edited by Marklar, 17 January 2016 - 19:31.

[Risil]

Perhaps that was a dig at McLaren. Sort of "You will never beat Mercedes with the same engine, but if Honda build the most powerful one..."

[Imperial]

Was this in one of the on-stage sessions? Have watched a few but didn't see him talk about Sky, most of it was about 1996 understandably.

Yep, but sadly I couldn't pinpoint which day and time, simply because I spent seven hours today watching the peeps I was interested in via the Autosport youtube uploads (see the ASI 2016 thread) and have lost all sense of space and time.

HH-F brought up the question of Sky and Damon gave it straight. There was nothing to suggest he won't be there, it was very relaxed, so maybe just a case of dotting the i's etc.

Edited by Imperial, 17 January 2016 - 19:51.

[Risil]

HH-F: Henry Hope-Frost

H-HF: Heinz-Harald Frentzen

?

Sometimes I think we have too many acronyms for our own good.

[TheMonkeyDaft]

A question to DMN:

Will you include Channel 4+1 in the ratings report on your F1 Broadcasting blog?? And I assume 4OD and All 4 won't be included in the ratings either?

[Imperial]

HH-F: Henry Hope-Frost
H-HF: Heinz-Harald Frentzen

?

Sometimes I think we have too many acronyms for our own good.

[TheMonkeyDaft]

If only Sky dumped Shouty (Croft), Mr Bland (Hill) and Mr Bitter (Herbert) I feel their coverage would be 40% better overnight.

If Sky wanted new people I would go for Will Buxton, Allan McNish and Mark Webber.

Trouble is that all 3 is unlikely anyway as Buxton is committed to NBC Sports, McNish may stay at the BBC and Webber is possibly also unlikely since Reddit are saying that he might have a role of some sort at C4.

[D.M.N.]

A question to DMN:

Will you include Channel 4+1 in the ratings report on your F1 Broadcasting blog?? And I assume 4OD and All 4 won't be included in the ratings either?

 

Yes (although for a live sporting event this really should equate to less than 50k). And correct.

[Juan Kerr]

A lovely nice fresh new set of vocal for the commentary on channel 4 please! There are plenty of mature charismatic commentators out there to put in so we don't have to listen to Ben Edwards and David Croft. 

[Alexis*27]

plus there another issue just for this year, how will C4 horse racing and F1 do here when there a clash. plus i noted that there has been no GP2 date list yet which also causing a few headaches

 

More 4?

[Pete_f1]

That still got g-g's?

[B3ndy]

More 4?

I thought Channel 4 lost the racing to ITV from next year?

[johnwilliamdavies]

According to Adam Cooper on Twitter, the Channel 4 live races will be: Bahrain, Spain, Europe (Azerbaijan), Britain, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico and Abu Dhabi.

[Jonnycraig37]

Isn't Malaysia a bit early in the day to be a sensible live race? Not going to be many channel hoppers at that time on a Sunday morning.

[hdsport82]

Isn't Malaysia a bit early in the day to be a sensible live race? Not going to be many channel hoppers at that time on a Sunday morning.

 

I guess there could be two reasons for picking it,

 

1.) They were forced to by the pick process remember after 3 each the picks alternate and neither of them is allowed 3 races in a row.

2.) Advertising revenue isn't that much at 8am on a Sunday so they aren't losing out much by running it ad-free but in that case the question is how do they intend to make the contract pay?  

 

I'd have to assume the former is the most likely reason, and they've only got one early race which isn't too bad and they will I assume still have the 'normal F1 time' afternoon re-run where there will probably be a decent audience.  They seem to have gone after that 1pm UK timeslot which won't cut into their primetime schedule (baring Mexico) and may not be that lucrative for advertising (however they intend on doing it) with their current programming.

Edited by hdsport82, 18 January 2016 - 14:55.

[FullThrottleF1]

You are launching a brand new F1 broadcaster and you don't show the first race live?     

[jonpollak]

According to Adam Cooper on Twitter, the Channel 4 live races will be: Bahrain, Spain, Europe (Azerbaijan), Britain, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico and Abu Dhabi.

http://www.channel4....formula-1-races

 

Jp

[hdsport82]

You are launching a brand new F1 broadcaster and you don't show the first race live?     

 

Not an attractive timeslot and they probably had other priorities with their first three picks two of which are already all but locked in (Britain and Abu Dhabi), Sky you would assume then went for Australia, Monaco and one of the primetime races.

Edited by hdsport82, 18 January 2016 - 15:00.

[Clatter]

You are launching a brand new F1 broadcaster and you don't show the first race live?     

That was my first thought, but the BBC didn't show the opener either, so maybe they don't the change of channel a reason to worry. I'm a bit surprised at some of the picks, leaving off Canada for instance is a shame.

[Marklar]

As C4 didnt picked the Brazilian GP I reckon that the title will be decided in that race...

[Rinehart]

You are launching a brand new F1 broadcaster and you don't show the first race live?     

I'd guess a high proportion of British based viewers who are prepared to watch the Australian GP live have access to Sky F1.