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, with a total global audience of about 352 million people for the 2017 season.


Overview

TV broadcasters all take what is known as the 'World Feed', which starting with select races in , has been produced by FOM (Formula One Management), for almost every round of the World Championship. Previously, a 'host broadcaster' from each nation produced the World Feed for their home race, for example TF1 for the
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. This led to a two-tier system which was unpopular with viewers due to local broadcasters focusing heavily on local teams and drivers, whilst missing key moments. The World Feed has been produced in 16:9 widescreen since the 2007 Australian Grand Prix. Host Broadcasters did trialled widescreen broadcasts for local viewers sporadically prior to the 2007 season – FujiTV and Australia are some of the broadcasters who did. For the 2011 season, FOM released a high definition feed to broadcasters for the first time, and for 2012, the footage was filmed with 5.1 channel Dolby Digital surround sound audio. From 2017, footage began being broadcast in 4K ultra-high definition. For the 2018 season, the World Feed is produced by FOM for every race apart from the Monaco Grand Prix, which is produced by
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. Alongside the main World Feed, FOM also produce a Pit-lane channel, showing shots from the pitlane and alternative camera angles, along with detailed weather and tyre information, and extra team radio. FOM also produce onboard channels, showing live video from cameras installed on the drivers' cars. The channels switch between different cars throughout the session. FOM also make available a "Driver tracker" channel, showing live positions of all the cars on the track during a session, as well as a timing screen showing live lap-times and circuit sector information. Currently, broadcasters offering coverage of these FOM-produced extra channels include Sky Sports F1 (UK),
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, Sky Sport F1 (Italy), Movistar F1 (Spain) and Play Sports (Belgium). Out of the 9 on board channels, Fox Sports Australia only shows the Master onboard channel to its viewers, whereas Sky Sports F1 makes all the on board channels available. The Pit lane, Driver Tracker and Live Timing channels are available to Sky viewers in the United Kingdom. In 2018, FOM launched an over-the-top streaming platform known as F1 TV, providing live commercial-free coverage of all races including access to all on-board cameras. The service launched initially in Germany, France, the United States, Mexico, Belgium, Austria, Hungary and parts of Latin America.


Broadcasters


United Kingdom and Ireland

In 2011,
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signed a seven-year deal with the
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(who had already had broadcasting rights for several years), to show live Formula One on Sky in the United Kingdom for the first time. The deal which ran between 2012 and 2015 saw Sky Sports show live coverage of every session of the season on their own F1 dedicated channel,
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. Sky Sports F1 show all races and qualifying sessions live without the interruption of adverts. In 2016, Sky extended their contract to 2024, and will be the exclusive live rights holders in the UK and Ireland from 2019; the British Grand Prix and highlights of all other races will be shown free-to-air, on a channel which has "90% technical availability". At the same time it was announced that Sky will broadcast all events in ultra-high-definition (UHD) from 2017. Sky Sports F1 have broadcast every practice, qualifying and race since 2017 in 4K Ultra-HD, exclusively for Sky Q 2TB customers. BBC. Following the commencement of their deal with Sky, the BBC continued to broadcast live coverage of half the races and all 20 races had "extended highlights". In 2012, they broadcast live coverage from China,
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(Valencia),
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, Abu Dhabi and
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. They also showed live coverage of practice and qualifying sessions from those races. The deal set that the British Grand Prix and the final race had to be shown live on the BBC. For each Grand Prix (even if live) the BBC showed "extended highlights" of the race just a few hours after it had been broadcast. Late afternoon for early hours races and/or early evening. Late evening races were shown on the day and repeated on Monday evening. The BBC Radio 5 Live coverage was unaffected. Due to financial pressures, the BBC ended their television contract early after the 2015 season, transferring their rights to
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until the end of the 2018 season. Sky Sports F1 remained unaffected and BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra's coverage was extended until 2021. Channel 4, like the BBC before them, always shows the British Grand Prix and the final race live. Non-live races have "extended highlights" of the race shown a few hours after it has taken place. Highlights of races held early morning are broadcast mid-afternoon, with afternoon races shown early evening and late evening races shown later in the evening. Their live broadcasts for until were
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and Abu Dhabi. In July 2018, it was understood that Channel 4 were in final negotiations with Sky and Liberty Media to continue with the free-to-air rights. From 2019 to 2022 Channel 4 airs the British Grand Prix live plus the remaining races as highlights. In 2021,
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partnered with Channel 4 to broadcast the season-concluding
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live and free-to-air. In 2022, Sky recently extended their contract to 2029, and Channel 4 until 2023.


United States

Cable television network
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aired Formula One races in the United States between 1984 and 1997. From 1998 to 2000, coverage was split between
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(full live coverage) and
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(usually taped delayed). From 2001 to 2012, Speedvision (later renamed
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) had full coverage of the championship, with select races also airing on broadcast networks ( ABC in early years,
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in 2005, Fox from 2007 to 2012). On 14 October 2012, NBC Sports signed a four-year deal to broadcast Formula One races in the United States. The majority of its coverage (including most races, and all practice/qualifying sessions) was broadcast by the pay channel NBCSN (with
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as an overflow channel), while four races were aired by the free-to-air
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network per-season. The network also streamed additional camera feeds through its digital platforms. On 4 October 2017,
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announced that it had acquired rights to Formula One under a multi-year deal beginning in 2018. ESPN had previously broadcast Formula One from 1984 to 1997. The majority of coverage will be carried by
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, but two races (Monaco, Britain) will be carried on the main ESPN channel, and three races (Canada, United States and Mexico; it would later air the Miami Grand Prix starting in 2023), as well as an afternoon encore of the Monaco Grand Prix (following its
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telecast in 2018), will be broadcast free-to-air on ABC. Unlike the previous contract with NBC Sports, Formula One will retain over-the-top rights, ESPN will reportedly not pay a traditional rights fee, and it was originally announced that the broadcasts would rely primarily on the world feed. However, it was later announced that ESPN would utilize Sky Sports' coverage. On 22 October 2022, ESPN recently extended their deal until 2025.


Formula 1 Online

From 2018, Formula 1 officially started to show live streaming of each race online with many other features. Th
F1 TV
service includes many other features like a live view of each driver's car and replay of all Formula 1 races. F1 TV restricts viewing to the country of residence or the EU, and requires the user to have a valid credit card in that same country. Due to rights restrictions, if outside the EU, it is not possible to watch F1 TV from outside one's home country.


2023 broadcasters

These are the broadcasters for the
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.


Radio broadcasters


Official internet broadcasters

– Rights in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste.
– Rights in parts of North America (except Mexico), South America (including Argentina for Fox Sports) and the Caribbean.
– Rights in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden.


World Feed producers


Current producers

Since the 2022 season, only the Monaco Grand Prix is not produced by FOM.


Former producers (1950–2021)

Below are the previous World Feed Producers for Grands Prix from 1950 until 2015. * Between 1997 and 1999 the Brazilian GP World Feed was produced by FOM. What was shown was a reduced version of the F1 Digital+ main feed, mainly lacking onboard angles and without the pay per view graphics.
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continued to produce an alternative National Feed for Brazilian viewers. * From 2001 to 2003, the Australian Grand Prix was produced and broadcast nationally in native widescreen (16:9) on Channel 9 Digital (2001–2002) and Channel 10 Digital (2003). For National Viewers watching on Analogue TV, they received a letterbox (14:9 feed in a 4:3 frame) version of the Feed, while international viewers got a standard 4:3 feed. When FOM took over the broadcast in 2004, the local coverage was reverted to 4:3 – from 2004 to 2006, only the Channel Ten studio, pit lane reporters and support races' onboard cameras were in widescreen. * In 2001 and 2002 the US Grand Prix was broadcast locally by
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. However, they did not ever produce the World Feed. * In 1991, the French GP was broadcast in France by
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, which held rights for F1.


Commentators


Austria

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races on
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are commentated by ORF's sport correspondent Ernst Hausleitner with aid from
Alexander Wurz Alexander Georg Wurz (born 15 February 1974) is an Austrian former professional racing driver, driver training expert and businessman. He competed in Formula One from until , and is also a two-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours. He is current ...
. Occasionally other co-commentators like
Adrian Sutil Adrian Sutil (; born 11 January 1983) is a German-Uruguayan racing driver who raced in Formula One for seven seasons: from 2007–2011, then 2013–2014. He drove for the Spyker F1 Team, Force India F1 Team and the Sauber F1 Team. He was also t ...
or
Christian Klien Christian Klien (born 7 February 1983) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One. Klien currently competes full-time in the GT World Challenge Europe for JP Motorsport. Racing career Bor ...
substituted for Wurz. In 2021, they share the broadcast with
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with different commentators. Andrea Schlager presenting the coverage, while Andreas Gröbl joined by
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and
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in the commentary position. Both broadcasters will each airing 12 races live. For the entire
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was Hausleitner's main co-commentator. With the beginning of the
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, Hausleitner took over the Formula 1 commentator position from Heinz Prüller, who is a legend in Austrian television history because of his enthusiasm for the sport and immersion into the races.


Azerbaijan

Since 2011 in Azerbaijan, the commentators for İdman TV are Siyavush Aliyev with Rahim Aliyev.


Belgium

In Belgium, Dutch commentary on
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is brought by
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during qualifying and races. While the French broadcast for RTBF has Gaëtan Vigneron as commentator for qualifying and races.


Brazil

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races in the
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network are called by Sérgio Mauricio. Former IndyCar driver
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and journalist Reginaldo Leme are serving as race analysts. Pit reports are provided by Mariana Becker. On
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, all practices, qualifying and races are also called by Sérgio Maurício, with Brazilian motorsports journalist Reginaldo Leme and former F1 Test Driver
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serving as analysts. Pit reports are provided by Mariana Becker


Bulgaria

Ivan Tenchev, Trayan Sarafov, Georgi Ivanov and Momchil Manchev.


China

In China, the main commentator for CCTV is Sha Tong. The commentators for Great Sports (Shanghai Sports) are Li Bing, Ye Fei and Zhou Haoran. Main commentators for China Telecom are Chao Yiwen, Jin Haonan and Liuyao. Shi Yiying and Wang Weixin would also appear in some selected races. The main commentator for Guangdong Sports Channel is Zhang Haining, who uses Cantonese to comment the races.


Croatia

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races and qualifications in Croatia are provided by Sport Klub. The commentators are Antonio Baković and Marijan Projić. Darjan Petrić commentates with Baković on Friday and when Projić is not available.


Eastern Europe (except Russia)

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship qualifications and races are available on Setanta Sports Eurasia. The commentary is conducted in three languages - Russian, Ukrainian and Georgian. Vyacheslav Kobrzhitsky comments on qualifications and races in Russian. In Ukrainian - Maxim Podzigun. In the period from 2014 to 2015, Oleg Shibeko was the Formula 1 commentator at Setanta Sports. Also, since 2015, Artem Balenok began his work on Formula 1 broadcasts, who commentated on races until September 2018. Until the end of the season, Formula 1 was commented by Roman Galimon, who was replaced for the 2019 season by Vladimir Klapan. Vyacheslav Kobrzhytskyi has taken over as commentator from Volodymyr Klapan for 2020 season.


Finland

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races were available on
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's pay-TV-channel V Sport + / 1 / 2. Current main commentator since 2017 is Niki Juusela. Before him Formula One Championship races commentate Matti Kyllönen (1985–2009) and Oskari Saari (2004–2016). Nowadays co-commentators are Ossi Oikarinen,
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and Tommi Pärmäkoski.


France

Full live coverage is available in France on
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. Current main commentator is the journalist Julien Fébreau, alongside the 1997 Canadian world champion
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. Former driver
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and reporter Laurent Dupin are giving analysis from the paddock and pit lane.


Germany

Since 2021, full live coverage is available on Sky Sport. Coverage led by Peter Hardenacke while commentary is provided by Sascha Roos alongside former F1 drivers
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and Timo Glock. Sandra Baumgartner handling paddock reports. Coverage also available in Austria.


Greece

In Greece, the commentators for COSMOTE TV (pay TV) are Kostas Psarras with Giannis-Marios Papadopoulos. In free-to-air coverage from ERT, main commentators are Nikos Korovilas with Ilias Papaioannou.


Hungary

In Hungary, the commentator is Zoltán Szujó, who had been previously pit reporter between 2002 and 2012. The colour commentator is the former
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Champion and the former chief-editor of F1 Racing Hungary, Gábor Wéber. The studio analysts are the two-time FIA European Truck Racing Championship champion, Norbert Kiss, the two-time WTCC Yokohama Driver's Trophy winner and WTCR champion,
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, and the current
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, former WTCC driver, Dániel Nagy. The pit reporters are (in changing each other) Róbert Bobák, Máté Ujvári and Ádám Szeleczki. The translator of the after-quali and after-race interviews is Lőrinc Pattantyűs-Ábrahám. The presenter is Andrea Petrovics-Mérei. From 2019 Spanish Grand Prix, Szujó left/was fired from M4 Sport channel, he was replaced on the race by Máté Ujvári. From the Monaco Grand Prix, Wéber taking the role of main commentator, Norbert Kiss and Norbert Michelisz, and Dániel Nagy are the colour commentators (in charge). The pit reporters also will taking part in broadcasting of the practices. The first Hungarian commentators were Sándor Dávid and Jenő Knézy. At one time Andrew Frankl also participated in the broadcasts. The most famous Hungarian commentator was László Palik, who commented the races between 1990 (French Grand Prix) and 2010 (British Grand Prix), who had a unique commenting style with emotions in exciting situations, also with funny moments, mistakes, but also teased his colleague, Gyula Czollner. Their couple was the most famous and notorious in the history of F1 broadcasting in Hungary.


Italy

In Italy, Sky Italia's commentator is Carlo Vanzini, with co-commentary provided by ex-F1 driver and Ferrari test driver
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and journalist Roberto Chinchero.
Davide Valsecchi Davide Valsecchi (born 24 January 1987) is an Italian former racing driver and the 2012 GP2 Series champion. Career Formula Renault Valsecchi drove in Renault-based series from 2003 to 2007, rising from Italian Formula Renault and the Formula ...
,
Matteo Bobbi Matteo Bobbi (born 2 July 1978 in Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...
serve as pit lane reporters. The paddock reporter is Mara Sangiorgio, and the presenter is Federica Masolin. On Rai Radio 1 the commentator is Massimo Angeletti.


Middle East and North Africa

SSC covers all races live with the full coverage on practice sessions, qualifying and race in two languages. Jordanian Firas Nimri is the commentator in
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, alongside Khalil Beschir as the expert. English language commentary is covered by Australians Damien Reid and Phil Anson.


Netherlands

All races with full coverage is broadcast on
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who replaces longtime broadcaster Ziggo Sport. ViaPlay coverage is fronted by Amber Brantsen joined with studio analysts Christijan Albers,
Giedo van der Garde Giedo Gijsbertus Gerrit van der Garde (born 25 April 1985 in Rhenen, Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver, currently competing in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship for TDS Racing. From 2018 to 2021 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Ch ...
,
Tom Coronel Tom Romeo Coronel (born 5 April 1972) is a Dutch professional racing driver. Tom's twin brother Tim is also a racer, just like their father Tom Coronel Sr. His most important results are winning the Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 race in 1997, th ...
and
Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung (; born December 4, 1982) is a Chinese people in the Netherlands, Chinese-Dutch racing driver who races with a Chinese license. Career Born in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands, Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 befo ...
. Former Formula 1 drivers
Jos Verstappen Johannes Franciscus Verstappen (; born 4 March 1972) is a former (Formula One) racing driver. Verstappen was the German Formula Three champion and Masters of Formula Three winner in 1993. In Formula 1, Verstappen raced for seven different te ...
,
Mika Häkkinen Mika Pauli Häkkinen (; born 28 September 1968), nicknamed "The Flying Finn", is a Finnish former racing driver. He won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1998 and 1999, both times driving for McLaren. Häkkinen is one of three Fo ...
and
David Coulthard David Marshall Coulthard (; born 27 March 1971) is a British former racing driver from Scotland, later turned presenter, commentator and journalist. Nicknamed 'DC', he competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between and , taking 13 Grand Prix vi ...
and nine-time
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champion
Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen (born 7 July 1967) is a Danish former racing driver. He holds the record for the most wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with nine, six of which were consecutive (from 2000 to 2005). In 1997, he won the race with the Joest Racing te ...
will each contribute as international analysts. Commentary is provided by Nelson Valkenburg and Melroy Heemskerk while Stéphane Kox reports from pitlane.


Poland

Since 2023, all races are broadcast by
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, who replaced
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. During pre-season test, sessions are commented by Bartosz Budnik, Bartosz Pokrzywiński, Robert Smoczyński, Maciej Jermakow, Paweł Baran, Aldona Marciniak, Kamila Kotulska and Patryk Sokołowski, ex Scuderia Ferrari and McLaren aerodynamics engineer. Aldona Marciniak is main studio host, with Kamila Kotulska and Patryk Sokołowski as tech analysts. In selected weekends, tech analysis will be provided by Marcin Budkowski. On-track reporters are Mikołaj Sokół and Michał Gąsiorowski.


Russia

Since 2015 Formula One in Russia is broadcast on
Match TV Match TV (russian: Матч ТВ) is a Russian federal sports channel owned by Gazprom Media. The channel began broadcasting on November 1, 2015 and was created in accordance with the order of Russian president Vladimir Putin, with the assist ...
and
Match! Arena Match! Arena ( rus, Матч! Арена), formerly Sport-1 (russian: Спорт-1) until January 25, 2016, is a Russian pay sport television channel that broadcasts in SD & HDTV 16:9 format. It was launched on August 10, 2010 by the All-Rus ...
including free practices. Vladimir Bashmakov comments on free practices and
Alexey Popov Alexey Lvovich Popov (russian: Алексей Львович Попов; July 13, 1974 in Moscow) is a Russian journalist and TV commentator best known as a commentator on Formula 1 racing. Biography His first Formula 1 race Popov saw in 198 ...
along with Natalya Fabrichnova comment on qualifying sessions and races. Their contracts were terminated ahead of the 2022 season as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.


Spain

In the pay-per-view channel
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, which holds the rights of the entire championship exclusively in Spain from the 2021 season replacing Movistar F1, the main commentator is journalist Antonio Lobato. Co-commentators for the qualifying and the race are former Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren,
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and HRT driver
Pedro de la Rosa Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (; born 24 February 1971) is a Spanish former Formula One driver who has participated in 107 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT teams. He made his Formula One debut on 7 March 1999, becoming ...
and F1 engineer Toni Cuquerella, who worked for Williams, Ferrari, and HRT. Cuquerella is also the co-commentator for Free Practice 3 while journalists Jacobo Vega and Cristobal Rosaleny alternate the co-commentating on the Friday Free Practices. They comment from a TV studio in Madrid, except for the
Spanish Grand Prix The Spanish Grand Prix ( es, Gran Premio de España, ca, Gran Premi d'Espanya) is a Formula One motor racing event currently held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The race is one of the oldest in the world still contested, celebrating it ...
, where journalist Nira Juanco acts as presenter. Pit reporters are journalist Noemí de Miguel and former F1 mechanic in
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and HRT Albert Fàbrega. Also, Ferrari test driver
Marc Gené Marc Gené i Guerrero (born 29 March 1974) is a Spanish professional racing driver. He is best known as a tester for Williams and Ferrari in Formula One, Minardi Formula One driver and factory driver for Peugeot's Le Mans team, with which ...
provides analysis from the circuit before, during and/or after every session. Other contributors include Miguel Portillo and former GP2 driver
Roldán Rodríguez Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias (born 9 November 1984 in Valladolid) is a Spanish racing driver, who competed in the GP2 Series from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this he competed in Spanish Formula Three and various Formula 3000 categories. Career For ...
. In
Teledeporte Teledeporte (TDP) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Televisión Española (TVE), the television division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporation's sports telev ...
, the sports channel of the Spanish national public TV, which offers a 60-minutes time highlights of every race (except the Spanish Grand Prix, which is shown live in the TVE main channel La 1), journalist Marc Martí is the main commentator, with
GP3 Series The GP3 Series, or GP3 for short, was a single-seater motor racing series launched in 2010 as a feeder series for the GP2 Series, introduced by GP2 organiser Bruno Michel. GP3 followed the entire European leg of the Formula One series and th ...
driver Alex Palou as co-commentator. In the live broadcast of the Spanish Grand Prix, they were joined by FIA World Endurance Championship and former Manor Marussia F1 driver
Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Muntan (born 22 March 1991), is a Spanish auto racing, racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Marussia F1, Manor Marussia F1 Team during the 2015 season. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racin ...
and journalist Juan Carlos Garcia, who was the pit reporter. In Catalan channel TV3, which has the same coverage as TVE, the main commentator is Francesc Latorre, with veteran journalist Francesc Rosés as co-commentator. In the live coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix, they were joined by former HRT and current DTM engineer Arnau Niubó, with journalist Jordi Gil as pit reporter.


Spanish-speaking Latin America

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races on
Mediapro Mediaproducción, S.L.U., better known as Mediapro, is a multimedia communications group in Spain founded in April 1994 in Barcelona. The company is well involved in movie and television production. The company holds branch offices in Madrid, Se ...
-owned
Canal F1 Latin America Canal F1 Latin America was a subscription television channel which was dedicated to the broadcasting of motor racing to the Caribbean as well as Central and Latin America (apart from Brazil). It was launched on 1 March 2015 and ceased transmission ...
are called by lap-by-lap announcer Christian González Rouco, son of Argentine motorsports journalist Eduardo Gocuntlez Rouco, and grandson and grandnephew, respectively, of Isidro González Longhi and Andrés Rouco, with Colombian motorsports journalist Diego Mejía as race analyst. Pit reports are provided by Spanish sports journalist Nira Juanco, who previously worked on Antena 3's F1 broadcasts, and has been with Canal F1 since its launch in 2015. In Mexico and Latin America, The races are called by Argentine motorsports journalist Fernando Tornello, with Mexican motorsports journalist Luis Manuel "Chacho" López as analysts and Juan Fossaroli handling the pit reports and pre-race interviews. This coverage is airing on
Fox Sports Latin America Fox Sports is a group of channels available in Latin American and operated by The Walt Disney Company Latin America, a unit of the Disney International Operations. The network is focused on sports-related programming including live and pre-reco ...
(Mexico only),
ESPN Latin America ESPN Latin America (on-air as ESPN) is the Latin American division of ESPN Inc., and broadcasts sports-related programming for the region in Spanish. It was launched on 31 March 1989. Its programming is adapted to the likes of viewers, who tend ...
,
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, STAR Premium Latin America, and also available on
ESPN Deportes ESPN Deportes (, ''ESPN Sports'') is an American multinational Spanish-language pay television sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications ...
in the US. All broadcasters have the rights until 2022. Televisa broadcasts in Mexico a one-hour almost complete race show hosted by Mexican sports journalists Rafael Bolaños and Carlos Jalife, sometimes accompanied by a third commentator which has been Ignacio Alva, Giselle Zarur or Sam Reyes in the past. The show edits the races to about 50 minutes from start to the checkered flag and is broadcast around midnight on race days on free air TV, channels 4 or 9 in Mexico. They also broadcast live the Mexican Grand Prix from Practice 1 to the Race from the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, since 2015, with Rafael and Carlos accompanied by Eric Fisher. Televisa has done the broadcasting of F1 since the beginning of the century on free air TV and they used to do all the races live, sometimes delayed if the time zone was not Sunday daylight in Mexico, and now they are the only option if you don't have pay TV.


Turkey

(Cine5) Emre Tilev and Aytaç Kot interpreted the 1995-1996-1997 seasons. (NTV) Fuat akdağ-Erkan Arseven & Okay Karacan-Serra Yılmaz duo commented on the 7 seasons between 1998 and 2004, respectively. (Cnn Turk) Cem Yılmaz-Serhan Acar duo interpreted the 2005–2008 seasons. (TRT 2009-2010-2011) (Sporsmart, 2012-2013-2014-2016) (Tivibuspor and Ligtv 2015) (S Sport 2017-) Broadcast Channels. Serhan Acar interpreted all the races from 2007 to the present.


United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and Ireland

As of 2019,
Sky Sports F1 Sky Sports F1 is a television channel created exclusively for Sky's UK and Ireland coverage of Formula One, with Sky having a package of rights from the 2012 season to the 2029 season. From 2012 to 2029, Sky Sports F1 has the exclusive rights ...
is the primary English-language broadcaster within the UK. David Croft commentates with
Martin Brundle Martin John Brundle (born 1 June 1959) is a British former racing driver, best known as a Formula One driver and as a commentator for ITV Sport from 1997 to 2008, the BBC from 2009 to 2011, and Sky Sports since 2012. Brundle contested the 1 ...
or occasionally
Paul di Resta Paul di Resta (born 16 April 1986) is a British racing driver from Scotland, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot Sport in their LMH entry. He drove in Formula One for Force India from to , and became a reserve driver ...
. Depending on the race, one of
Ted Kravitz Ted Kravitz (born Theodore Joseph Nathaniel Slotover; 21 March 1974) is a British Formula One pit-lane reporter who works for Sky Sports F1. Early career Kravitz was born in Hammersmith, London. His mother is American and is from Union City, N ...
or
Karun Chandhok Karun Chandhok (born 19 January 1984) is an Indian racing driver and television presenter who last competed in Formula E for Mahindra Racing. Previously, Chandhok has competed for Hispania Racing in Formula One in . Before this, he drove in t ...
contributes from the pit lane. For practice sessions, Croft is often joined by Paul di Resta,
Anthony Davidson Anthony Denis Davidson (born 18 April 1979) is a British former racing driver, currently working as an analyst for the Sky Sports F1 television channel, as part of the commentary team for WEC TV, as colour commentator for the F1 series of vide ...
,
Johnny Herbert John Paul "Johnny" Herbert (born 25 June 1964) is a British former racing driver and current television announcer for Sky Sports F1. He raced in Formula One from 1989 to 2000, for seven different teams, winning three races and placing 4th in ...
, or Chandhok with Brundle providing trackside analysis.
Simon Lazenby Simon Lazenby is a TV presenter and lead presenter of Formula One for Sky Sports. Lazenby graduated from Durham University with a degree in Natural Sciences. At university he played as a scrum-half for the rugby club and also captained his c ...
hosts the coverage. This coverage is used for highlights on the F1 YouTube channel.
Damon Hill Damon Graham Devereux Hill, (born 17 September 1960) is a British former professional racing driver from England and the 1996 Formula One World Champion. He is the son of Graham Hill, and, along with Nico Rosberg, one of two sons of a Formula ...
,
Nico Rosberg Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a German-Finnish former professional racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 2006 to 2016, winning the World Drivers' Championship in with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport. The only child of Fi ...
and
Jenson Button Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British racing driver. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship when he drove for the Brawn GP team. After his F1 career, he became champion of the 2018 season of the Super G ...
, along with Brundle, Di Resta, Davidson, Herbert and Chandhok are the analysts, with
Natalie Pinkham Natalie Jane Pinkham (born 20 September 1977) is a British television presenter and Formula One pit lane reporter for Sky Sports F1, having held the same post for BBC Radio 5 Live in 2011. She is also known for hosting '' Police Interceptors Spe ...
, Rachel Brookes and Craig Slater, as relief presenters and reporters who conduct interviews on the broadcast. Coverage of the
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is also covered live by
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
. Channel 4 also produces a highlights show for each race with an exclusive set of commentators. Play-by-play is handled by Alex Jacques, while ex-F1 driver
David Coulthard David Marshall Coulthard (; born 27 March 1971) is a British former racing driver from Scotland, later turned presenter, commentator and journalist. Nicknamed 'DC', he competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between and , taking 13 Grand Prix vi ...
acts as the analyst. Ben Edwards and Mark Webber occasionally cover for both Jacques and Coulthard respectively. Lawrence Barretto and
Lee McKenzie Lee McKenzie (born 1 December 1977) is a journalist and presenter who is a reporter and deputy presenter for Channel 4's F1 coverage and also the main presenter of the W Series and Channel 4 Rugby. McKenzie also works on a variety of sports ...
serve as the main relief presenters and reporters. Steve Jones hosts the coverage.
Eddie Jordan Edmund Patrick Jordan, OBE (born 30 March 1948), also known as EJ, is an Irish businessman, television personality and former motorsport team owner. Born in Dublin, Jordan worked first at the Bank of Ireland. He won the Irish Kart Championship ...
, Mark Webber, and
Billy Monger Billy Monger (born 5 May 1999) is a British racing driver who raced in British F4 in 2016 and 2017. He is now also a commentator/pundit and TV personality. He is also referred to by the nickname '' Billy Whizz''. after the character in British ...
also contribute as analysts. An exclusive broadcast called "F1 Live" (previously called the "Pit Lane Channel" through 2021) is available to "F1 TV Pro" subscribers, alongside an exclusive commentary feed. Commentators as of 2021 include contributions from Will Buxton, Rosanna Tennant, Alex Brundle,
Jordan King Jordan King (born 26 February 1994 in Warwick) is a British racing driver from Harbury, Warwickshire who last competed in the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship. He is currently a reserve and development driver for the Mahindra Formu ...
, and Sam Collins. The official English-language radio coverage within the UK is produced by BBC Radio 5 Live, with Formula E lead commentator Jack Nicholls on play-by-play alongside ex-F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, presenter and reporter Jennie Gow and reporter
Andrew Benson Andrew Alm Benson (September 24, 1917 – January 16, 2015) was an American biologist and a professor of biology at the University of California, San Diego, until his retirement in 1989. He is known for his work in understanding the carbon cy ...
. Edwards again acts as occasional cover for Nicholls. In the United States,
ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
airs the commercial-free broadcast produced by Sky Sports, with Croft and Brundle on commentary. From 2013 until the end of the 2017 season,
NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...
produced their own broadcast, with now- IndyCar lead commentator
Leigh Diffey Leigh Diffey (born 3 March 1971) is an Australian American auto racing commentator. His career began calling motorcycle races in his home country before moving to the United Kingdom to cover other forms of motorsport. Diffey then moved to the ...
handling play-by-play alongside Steve Matchett, David Hobbs, and Buxton. In Canada, TSN airs the Sky Sports broadcasts with commercials. TSN's lead F1 reporter is Tim Hauraney. In the province of Quebec, RDS broadcasts the race with Pierre Houde, Patrick Carpentier and Bertrand Houle as lead commentators. In Australia, Foxtel airs the Sky Sports F1 commercial free coverage. Both the Sky Sports and Channel 4 TV broadcasts are also available in the Republic of Ireland.


United States-Hispanic

Univision Deportes served as the official F1 broadcaster for the Spanish community in the United States, with Sergio Rodriguez handling lap-by-lap commentary, Gustavo Roche handling race analysis and Christina Romero handling pit reports. Since 2018, the broadcast is covered live by
ESPN Deportes ESPN Deportes (, ''ESPN Sports'') is an American multinational Spanish-language pay television sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications ...
, using same crew as
ESPN Latin America ESPN Latin America (on-air as ESPN) is the Latin American division of ESPN Inc., and broadcasts sports-related programming for the region in Spanish. It was launched on 31 March 1989. Its programming is adapted to the likes of viewers, who tend ...
coverage.


References

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