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The local times for the five F1 sessions are as follows:
Friday 6th April 2018
Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 14:00-15:30
Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 18:00-19:30
Saturday 7th April 2018
Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 15:00-16:00
Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying: 18:00
Sunday 8th April 2018
Bahrain Grand Prix: 18:10
UK television coverage
Here are the details of Sky and Channel 4’s coverage of the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix in the UK:
| 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 | More 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 | Bahrain Grand Prix third practice live | Channel 4 | 13:00 | 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 | |
| Sunday | Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying live | Sky Sports F1 | 0.625 | 16:00 | |
| Sunday | IndyCar Phoenix Grand Prix | BT Sport 3 | 02:00 | 02:40 | |
| Sunday | Formula Two sprint race live | Sky Sports F1 | 12:15 | 12:15 | |
| Sunday | Bahrain Grand Prix live | Channel 4 | 15:00 | 16:00 | |
| Sunday | Bahrain Grand Prix live | Sky Sports F1 | 14:30 | 16:00 |
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2018 Bahrain Grand Prix
- Three errors caused Ferrari’s botched Bahrain pit stop which injured a mechanic
- Verstappen not to blame for Bahrain qualifying crash – Horner
- Steiner warns against knee-jerk reaction to pit lane safety fears
- Ferrari explains why Raikkonen’s pit stop went wrong
- Problems in first two races not down to bad luck – Raikkonen
hyoko
3rd April 2018, 0:07
Sunday 8th:
Bahrain Grand Prix: 18:10 (UK time)
Argentinian MotoGP: 19:00 (UK time)
Uh oh
Grosjean's smile (@testacorsa)
8th April 2018, 10:11
I’m pretty sure the race starts 16:10 uk time. 18:10 is the local time. Bit misleading that they are listed first, when you choose “tv Times” in the drop down menu.
Jere (@jerejj)
3rd April 2018, 3:27
I didn’t expect you to include local times as well. Is this going to be done on a regular basis from now on? @keithcollantine
Joe (@jb784)
3rd April 2018, 12:13
Doesn’t the race start at 16:10? @keithcollantine
Jere (@jerejj)
3rd April 2018, 13:28
@jb784 Yes, I noticed that error as well.
J3d89
3rd April 2018, 16:24
And no news from the tv app, damm if they wanted to stress test the best way was to launch the service and fix whatever they needed between each gp
Victor (@)
4th April 2018, 10:07
Can’t wait! I’ll be watching channel 4. I’ve got sky but unfortunately the coverage is terrible.