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Here are the details of Sky and Channel 4’s coverage of the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix in the UK:
Friday 14th – Sunday 16th April 2017
| Day | Session | Channel | Coverage starts | Session starts | Session ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | Bahrain Grand Prix first practice live | Channel 4 | 11:55 | 12:00 | 13:30 |
| Friday | Bahrain Grand Prix first practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 11:45 | 12:00 | 13:30 |
| Friday | Bahrain Grand Prix second practice live | Channel 4 | 15:55 | 16:00 | 17:30 |
| Friday | Bahrain Grand Prix second practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 15:45 | 16:00 | 17:30 |
| Saturday | Formula Two Bahrain feature race live | Sky Sports F1 | 11:10 | 11:10 | |
| Saturday | Formula V8 3.5 Silverstone race one live | BT Sport ESPN | 11:30 | 11:56 | |
| Saturday | Bahrain Grand Prix third practice live | Channel 4 | 12:55 | 13:00 | 14:00 |
| Saturday | Bahrain Grand Prix third practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 12:45 | 13:00 | 14:00 |
| Saturday | Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying live | Channel 4 | 14:55 | 16:00 | |
| Saturday | Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying live | Sky Sports F1 | 15:00 | 16:00 | |
| Sunday | Formula V8 3.5 Silverstone race two live | BT Sport ESPN | 9:30 | 9:51 | |
| Sunday | WEC Six Hours of Silverstone live | BT Sport ESPN | 11:30 | 12:00 | 18:00 |
| Sunday | WEC Six Hours of Silverstone live | Motorsport | 11:45 | 12:00 | 18:00 |
| Sunday | Formula Two sprint race live | Sky Sports F1 | 12:15 | 12:15 | |
| Sunday | Bahrain Grand Prix live | Channel 4 | 14:50 | 16:00 | |
| Sunday | Bahrain Grand Prix live | Sky Sports F1 | 14:30 | 16:00 |
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pike
10th April 2017, 22:08
formula 2 cant get used to that name
Aidan Edgar (@aidanedgar)
11th April 2017, 12:13
Finally not an early start for me in the UK!
Jere (@jerejj)
11th April 2017, 12:40
@aidanedgar I don’t mind waking up early for this purpose, although I don’t have to do that much since only four races start in the morning in my time zone (Australia, China, Malaysia, and Japan the same four as in the UK time zone), and to some extent I like that more than the usual afternoon slot or the evening slots of the races in the American continents since there’s less time left before the race, so less wait, but yeah, all the slots have their pros and cons compared to each other.
Aidan Edgar (@aidanedgar)
12th April 2017, 0:17
Yeah I understand where you are coming from but to be honest I am just not a good morning person! (and I only have myself to blame!) honestly I would personally prefer races the I would have to stay up for (e.g. lights out at 12:00am) however I realise I’m in the minority and again it really isn’t that much of a big deal, it’s just my own personal bad sleep patterns
jhg103 (@joshgeake)
14th April 2017, 7:53
I much prefer the early start because I’ve got a heap of kids. If the F1 is done by 10 then I’ve still got the whole day to spend frolicking about!
Daniel Carter
12th April 2017, 0:50
Times for Ch4 Live race coverage are incorrect – thought it looked a bit weird 70 minutes?! Start is 14:50 but finish (including post-race discussion) is 18:45.
ksells (@ksells)
13th April 2017, 18:16
The table is saying C4 starts at 14:50 and the race starts at 16:00 – not that the coverage ends then
sato113 (@sato113)
13th April 2017, 12:23
Damn annoying. The race start is the same time as Manchester United vs Chelsea (4pm).
I find it easier watching F1 on record, than football. Footy needs to be live so I don’t get spoilers from friends.
Man United_Vettel (@siegfreyco)
14th April 2017, 4:44
@sato113 I have the same problem too lol as you can guess from my username. Although in my case, I can watch f1 live on TV while I only stream football so my priority is F1 for this Sunday.