F1 on Channel 4: TV coverage, schedule and highlights in 2023
Your complete guide to watching Formula 1 on Channel 4, including TV coverage details and highlights.
Channel 4 continues to bring Formula 1 to the masses with their eighth straight year of coverage across their free-to-air platforms.
In a big victory for fans of live sport on free-to-air TV, the broadcaster will continue their partnership to effectively sub-let some of their exclusive rights to F1 in the form of weekly highlights shows.
Sky Sports may boast the lion's share of coverage, but Channel 4 still have a role to play in delivering highlights and one key race per season to ensure fans stay up to date with the latest action.
Max Verstappen appears untouchable once again as he aims to secure a third world title in a row, though Mercedes and McLaren are gaining fast on Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso, who looked unassailable in the top three until recently.
Formula 1 has picked up swathes of new fans in recent seasons, and Channel 4 offers a great, free way to keep track of the campaign.
RadioTimes.com brings you the complete guide to watching Formula 1 on Channel 4, including details of live coverage and highlights.
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Will F1 be on Channel 4?
Yes! Channel 4 will show some live F1 action during the 2023 season and beyond – but don't get too excited.
Formula 1 has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 2016 after BBC relinquished the rights three years before their deal expired due to budget cuts.
Channel 4 picked up a number of races each season and broadcast them all live, without adverts, throughout the campaign before Sky splashed the cash to secure exclusive broadcast rights for every race apart from the British Grand Prix.
Channel 4 currently sub-lets British Grand Prix coverage from Sky and this looks set to continue indefinitely.
Alex Mahon, chief executive of Channel 4, said: “It’s fantastic news that motorsport fans will be able to follow all the action during the 2023 Formula 1 season on free to air television thanks to this latest deal with Sky.
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“Our strong, long-standing relationship with our excellent partner Sky has delivered some fantastic moments for viewers.
“The thrilling Formula 1 season finale between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, England’s dramatic win at the 2019 Cricket World Cup and Betfred Super League rugby have all been made available to British audiences on free to air television thanks to our close working relationship with Sky, and it’s great to see this continuing into 2023.”
Channel 4 F1 presenters
- Steve Jones – Lead presenter
- Alex Jacques – Lead commentator
- David Coulthard – Co-presenter, co-commentator and lead analyst
- Mark Webber – Analyst and co-commentator
- Billy Monger – Analyst, co-commentator and paddock reporter
- Lee McKenzie – Interviewer and relief lead presenter
- Eddie Jordan – Analyst
F1 highlights on Channel 4
The British Grand Prix will be the only live race on Channel 4 in 2023, but you can tune in for a weekly highlights show featuring the whole C4 F1 team.
Highlights shows usually take place later in the evening on the same day as any given qualifying session or Grand Prix.
You can check out specific timings each week through our TV guide (see link below) and you can tune in via Channel 4 on TV, and All 4 online via a range of devices.
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