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French Grand Prix session times (local)
Friday 22nd June 2018
French Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 12:00-13:30
French Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 16:00-17:30
Saturday 23rd June 2018
French Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 13:00-14:00
French Grand Prix Qualifying: 16:00
Sunday 24th June 2018
French Grand Prix: 16:10
Here are the details of Sky and Channel 4’s coverage of the 2018 French Grand Prix in the UK:
Friday 22nd-Sunday 24th June 2018
Day | Session | Channel | Coverage starts | Session starts | Session ends |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Friday | French Grand Prix first practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 12:30 |
Friday | French Grand Prix second practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 14:45 | 15:00 | 16:30 |
Saturday | GP3 France race one live | Sky Sports F1 | 10:25 | 10:30 | |
Saturday | French Grand Prix third practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 11:45 | 12:00 | 13:00 |
Saturday | French Grand Prix qualifying live | Sky Sports F1 | 14:00 | 15:00 | |
Saturday | Formula Two France feature race live | Sky Sports F1 | 16:45 | 16:50 | |
Saturday | French Grand Prix qualifying highlights | Channel 4 | 18:30 | ||
Sunday | GP3 France race two live | Sky Sports F1 | 09:55 | 10:00 | |
Sunday | Formula Two France sprint race live | Sky Sports F1 | 11:05 | 11:10 | |
Sunday | French Grand Prix live | Sky Sports F1 | 13:30 | 15:00 | |
Sunday | IndyCar Grand Prix of Road America live | BT Sport ESPN | 17:30 | 18:05 | |
Sunday | French Grand Prix highlights | Channel 4 | 22:10 |
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Pete
18th June 2018, 17:49
Does that mean that have gotten rid of the silly 10mins past the hour start?
Mikael André (@meko1971)
18th June 2018, 17:56
No! Sunday 24th June 2018
French Grand Prix: 16:10
Pete
18th June 2018, 20:35
Hmmm the table at the bottom says session starts at 3pm?
Mikael André (@meko1971)
18th June 2018, 21:36
UK 15:10 race start
Local 16:10 race start
Mark (@muzza)
20th June 2018, 9:23
@Pete that’s the Sky programme start time. They split their coverage up into multiple programmes. So the actual race TV programme starts at 15:00.
Jere (@jerejj)
18th June 2018, 18:15
Not that I’d care too much about it as it makes zero difference for me either way, but I don’t really understand the reasoning for this race to be starting an hour later than all the other European races just because of some World Cup game that isn’t even a decisive one. I could understand if it was a ‘knockout stage’ or ‘playoff’ game in Hockey/Basketball terms, and or the final, but not really since it’s only a stage one game.
Captain Pie (@captainpie)
18th June 2018, 18:36
But why force people to choose? There are fans of both who will want to watch both for a minor hange to the start time.
Anyway these are the World Cup finals, the qualifiers was the previous round 😉
But yeah, it’s not quarter or semi finals or anything like that.
@jerejj
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
18th June 2018, 18:40
But Chase Carey thinks F1 is as big as the world cup! 😛
John Toad (@)
19th June 2018, 2:24
Perhaps F1 ought to have a World Championship once every four years then.
It could be organised the same way as the World Cup with qualifying races taking place over the previous couple of years, with only the winning car/driver combination going forward to the finals.
Imagine Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull etc entering several cars into the qualification rounds with only some car/driver combinations making it to the finals.
Much better to have quality over a short period once every four years than long, tedious competitions every year.
John Toad (@)
19th June 2018, 2:09
I watch on my computer and simply have two windows open: one for football and one for motor racing.
It worked very well last weekend for Le Mans and the World Cup.
Chikano
19th June 2018, 6:52
Hi Guys
Read somewhere a rumor about Newey joining Renault. I know off-topic but interesting
FlatSix (@)
19th June 2018, 11:01
So they can’t guarantee Le Mans not to clash with F1 but they’ll adapt the starting hours for another sport?
Jere (@jerejj)
19th June 2018, 12:03
@flatsix Yeah, IKR. The logic, LOL.
Martin
23rd June 2018, 18:42
You guys realise there is a difference between adjusting start time by an hour and moving to a completely different weekend right? No? Of course not. F1 fans SMH
Brian (@bealzbob)
19th June 2018, 12:44
Just an FYI. The Grand Prix is also being shown live on ‘Sky Sports – Main Event’. This is important because it means someone with a standard sports package will also see it, rather than just those who have specifically bought the F1 channel.
John H (@john-h)
19th June 2018, 12:46
Sky Sports… yuk.
I find it amusing that Brexit kicks in at around the same time as full loss of FTA coverage here in the UK.
I’m also finding it hard to watch the RTL coverage lately due to the ridiculous number of adverts.
Could this finally be the end for me!? (No way am I ever giving Rupert Murdoch any of my money).
Brian (@bealzbob)
20th June 2018, 11:26
Just find a regular pub, and get them to stick it on for you @john-h. That’s what I do when it’s not on Channel 4 :) Rupert gets none of your money, and you get no ads. Perfick!
tonyyeb (@tonyyeb)
20th June 2018, 11:31
@bealzbob Well indirectly they will. If the pub sees it brings in punters then they will keep paying their (extremely pricey) subscription.
Brian (@bealzbob)
20th June 2018, 11:39
I can live with that @tonyye . I won’t be the reason they’re renewing or cancelling their subscription. The pub buy it for football. It’s their business model. It’s as close to free (legal) use of Sky Sports as you can get; piggy backing an F1 race in a pub :D
tonyyeb (@tonyyeb)
20th June 2018, 11:30
@john-h Totally agree John. What with F1 getting duller every race and next year I don’t think I’ll be bothered to try to find streams etc. Could easily stop being interested. Same happened with football for me. BTCC & Formula E will keep my motorsport interest alive it seems.