F1 Fanatic Live will be running during the entire Japanese Grand Prix weekend plus the first Formula E race of the new season. Look out for the live page on the site during every session and follow all the action with your fellow F1 Fanatics.
Here are the details of Sky and Channel 4’s coverage of the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix in the UK:
Friday 7th October 2016
| Session | Channel | Coverage starts | Session starts | Session ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Grand Prix first practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 01:45 | 02:00 | 03:30 |
| Japanese Grand Prix second practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 05:45 | 06:00 | 07:30 |
Saturday 8th October 2016
| Session | Channel | Coverage starts | Session starts | Session ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Grand Prix third practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 03:45 | 04:00 | 05:00 |
| Japanese Grand Prix qualifying live | Sky Sports F1 | 06:00 | 07:00 | |
| Japanese Grand Prix qualifying highlights | Channel 4 | 12:30 |
Sunday 9th October 2016
| Session | Channel | Coverage starts | Session starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Grand Prix live | Sky Sports F1 | 04:30 | 06:00 |
| Formula E Hong Kong live | Channel 5 | 08:30 | 09:00 |
| Japanese Grand Prix highlights | Channel 4 | 13:30 |
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For details of coverage in your area see these links or share information in the comments:Find times for every F1 session this year and all the 2016 race dates with the F1 Fanatic Google Calendar.
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ksells (@ksells)
3rd October 2016, 21:09
At least with it being a C4 highlights race there’s no need to get up extremely early on Saturday and Sunday lol
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
3rd October 2016, 22:47
Why did Formula E get moved to Channel 5? I thought that ITV4 did a good job of it.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
4th October 2016, 10:35
@ultimateuzair ITV didn’t want it. The ratings for the second season fell compared to the first.
I suspect the organisers are keen to keep it on free-to-air but it looks like Channel 5 aren’t putting any money into it: they’re just taking the world feed.
Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
4th October 2016, 13:41
At least we will be able to get HD coverage of it on Freeview now though.
glynh (@glynh)
4th October 2016, 19:03
And a decent on demand service.
B194 (@b194)
3rd October 2016, 23:18
Despite promising in the 6 September press release it appears there will be no Formula E qualifying on Channel 5’s sister channel Spike, at least for this round. Such a disappointing start to the coverage but the continuously looped multi channel Teleshopping must take priority. Insanity (the workout of course)!
SauberS1 (@saubers1)
3rd October 2016, 23:48
I can’t wait!
faulty (@faulty)
4th October 2016, 21:36
@keithcollantine
Aye homie, with your site’s global audience, would it be possible to add a dynamic clock that could give you a local time once the user selected from a pull down?
Like say, it’s default at GMT but if i go change it to GMT -5 (my local time) it’d give me the session’s start and end times. then it could display the rest of the information as usual for the GB crowd.