Formula One in 2012 – BBC, Sky Sports, and other options..

As part of its cost cutting, erm saving measures, the BBC have renegotiated its Formula One rights.
It will now only be showing 10 races live, with other races being shown later in the day with “extensive highlights.”

For the 2012 Formula one season, the BBC live race coverage will start with the third race of the season in China. After that, it will broadcast the races in Spain, Monaco, Valencia, Britain, Belgium, Singapore, Korea, Abu Dhabi and Brazil.

However, Sky Sports have also won the rights to show ALL sessions, practice, qualifying and races live. As part of the coverage, from March 2012, Sky Sports will be launching a dedicated Formula One channel. They will be covering all sessions, live and in HD, with all races uninterrupted by adverts. I suppose that may mean the rest of the coverage will be full of ad breaks!

The Sky Sports F1 channel will be available on Sky channel 408.

The Sky Sports F1 channel will be provided with no extra charge to all Sky TV customers who take both Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 or the HD pack of channels.

Sky have yet to announce their full programme details, but the former BBC commentator Martin Brundle has confirmed that he will be part of Sky’s broadcasting team.

But what if you do not want to pay for the Sky Sports F1 channel. Well, there are some other options available. On other satellites, like Astra 1 at 19 east or Hotbird at 13 east, some other broadcasters will also be offering the full race coverage. OK the language may not be available in English, but then, if you can, you can always watch the foreign TV broadcast, and listen to BBC Radio 5 live coverage.

Join or upgrade to Sky Sports for Live High Definition Formula One coverage of the 2012 Season.

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