List of Formula One broadcasters

This is a list of Formula One broadcasters and 'World Feed' producers. Formula One, the highest level of circuit racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, motor sport's world governing body, can be seen live or tape delayed on television in almost every country and territory around the world.

It attracts one of the largest global TV audiences after the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, with a total global audience of about 352 million people for the 2017 season.[1]

Overview

TV broadcasters all take what is known as the 'World Feed', which starting with select races in 2004, 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 French Grand Prix. 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 Télé Monte Carlo.

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), Fox Sports Australia, 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.[2] 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, Sky Sports signed a seven-year deal with the BBC (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, Sky Sports F1.[3] Sky Sports F1 show all races and qualifying sessions live without the interruption of adverts.[4] 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".[5] 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, Spain, Monaco, Europe (Valencia), Britain, Belgium, Singapore, Korea, Abu Dhabi and Brazil.[6] They also showed live coverage of practice and qualifying sessions from those races.[7] 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.[8] 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 Channel 4 until the end of the 2018 season.[9] Sky Sports F1 remained unaffected and BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra's coverage was extended until 2021.[10]

Channel 4 like the BBC before them, always show 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 2016 until 2018 were Bahrain, Spain, Europe, Britain, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico and Abu Dhabi.[11] 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.[12] From 2019-2022 Channel 4 airs the British Grand Prix live plus the remaining races as highlights.

United States

On 14 October 2012, NBC Sports reached a 4-year deal to broadcast Formula One races in the United States, replacing Speed and Fox Sportswho have been long-time F1 broadcast partners. The majority of its coverage (including most races, and all practice/qualifying sessions) was broadcast by the pay channel NBCSN (with CNBC as an overflow channel), while 4 races were aired by the free-to-air NBC network per-season. The network also streamed additional camera feeds through its digital platforms.

On 4 October 2017, ESPN 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 ESPN2, but two races (Monaco, Britain) will be carried on the main ESPN channel, and three races (Canada, United States and Mexico), as well as an afternoon encore of the Monaco Grand Prix (following its Indianapolis 500 telecast in 2018), will be broadcast free-to-air on ABC.[13] 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.[14][15] However, it was later announced that ESPN would utilize Sky Sports' coverage.[16]

Formula 1 Online

From 2018, Formula 1 officially started to show live streaming of each race online with many other features. The F1 TV service includes many other features like a live view of each driver's car and replay of all Formula 1 races. As of 2019, Formula 1 TV restricts viewing to the country of residence, and requires the user to have a valid credit card in that same country. Due to rights restrictions, it is not possible to watch F1 TV from outside one's home country.[17]

2021 broadcasters

These are the broadcasters for the 2021 Formula One World Championship.[18]

2020 TV broadcasters
Country TV network Free-to-air / Free-to-view / Pay Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Qualifying Race Notes
Albania RTSH Free No No No Live Live HDTV. It can also be broadcast on Sport channel if channel one has a different schedule
Andorra DAZN Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD. Choice of different perspectives.
Armenia Setanta Sports + Pay No No No Live Live 16:9 SD/HD feed
Australia Network Ten Free Live Live Live Live Live SD/HD Feed, Australian GP only
No No No No Highlights SD feed, highlights of all other races
Fox Sports Pay Live Live Live Live Live Using Sky Sports F1 coverage. (No advertisement breaks. Every Practice, Qualifying, Race live). Available in 4K.[19]
Austria ORF eins DVB-T Free in AT, DVB-S2 with encryption on Astra 19.2°E(EU) No Live No Live Live HDTV. Live all sessions for Austrian GP.
Sky Sport F1 Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD. Four free-to-air races also available on Sky Sport News from 2021. Rights until 2024.
Azerbaijan Idman TV Free, DVB-S FTA on Azerspace1 46°E (EU) No No No Live Live
Setanta Sports + Pay No No No Live Live 16:9 SD/HD feed
Belarus Setanta Sports + Pay No No No Live Live 16:9 SD/HD feed
Belgium Play Sports Pay No Live No Live Live Choice of different perspectives at qualifying and race
Sporza DVB-C and DVB-T Free in Belgium, DVB-S with encryption on Astra 19.2°E(EU) No No No Live Live HDTV. 16:9 feed. Belgian GP only. Highlights of other races.
RTBF La Deux DVB-C and DVB-T Free in Belgium, DVB-S with encryption on Astra 19.2°E(EU) No No No Live* Live* HDTV. *Some races on RTBF La Une, subject to other live events.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sport Klub Pay Live Live Live Live Live Ultra HD[20][21]
Brazil TBA Free Live Live Live Live Live
Bulgaria Diema Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live 16:9 SD/HD feed
Canada RDS Pay No No No Live Live HDTV, Side-by-Side coverage during the race (live broadcast only). All practices live for Canadian GP. Rights until 2024.[22]
TSN Pay No Live No Live Live HDTV, Sky Sports F1 coverage,[23] Side-by-Side coverage during the race (live broadcasts only). Rights until 2024.[22]
Central Asia Setanta Sports + Pay No No No Live Live 16:9 SD/HD feed
China CCTV-5 Free No No No No Live CCTV will broadcast approximately 100 hours of live coverage across the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season.[24]
CCTV-5+ Pay No No No Live No
Great Sports Free No No No Sometimes delayed Sometimes delayed
Mad Sports Pay No No No Live Live
Guangdong Sports Free No No No Sometimes delayed Sometimes delayed
Star Sports Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Croatia Sport Klub Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Cyprus CytaVision Pay No No No Live Live Rights until 2019
Czech Republic Sport 1 Pay Live Live Live Live Live Also in HD on Sport 1 HD and Sport 2 HD.[25]
Denmark TV3+/TV3+ HD Pay Live Live Live Live Live HD 16:9 – Some sessions on TV3 SPORT 1/2 or TV3 Puls, subject to other live events.
Estonia Viaplay Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Finland MTV3 DVB-T Free in Finland, DVB-S Encrypted on Thor 1°W (EU) No No No No Delayed HDTV. Race shown on the next day.[26]
C More Max Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV
France Canal+[27] Pay No No No only once Live Race available in UHD. Rights until 2022
Canal+ Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Delayed FPs and Qualification in HD only
TF1 Free No No No No Live HDTV. French GP and 4 other races (chosen by broadcaster)
TMC Free No No No Live No HDTV. French GP only.[28]
Georgia Setanta Sports + Pay No No No Live Live 16:9 SD/HD feed
Germany n-tv[29] DVB-T2 with encryption, DVB-S FTA (only SD) on Astra 19.2°E(EU) Live* Live* No Highlights Highlights *Not all FP1 and FP2 live on TV. Shows highlights on Saturday and Sunday evening.[30][31] Shows live qualifying when not on RTL. Rights until 2020.
RTL Television DVB-T2 with encryption, DVB-S FTA (only SD) on Astra 19.2°E(EU) No No Highlights Live Live HDTV feed confirmed (HD feed encrypted and part of HD+ package, SD is FTA). Some live qualifying sessions are moved to n-tv.[32][33] Available in Ultra HD. Rights until 2020. From 2021, free-to-air coverage moved exclusively to Sky Sport News.[34]
Sky Sport F1 Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD. Exclusive coverage (including four free-to-air races on News channel) from 2021. Rights until 2024.[35]
Greece ERT DVB-T Free in Greece, DVB-S/2 with encryption on Eutelsat 9A / Hotbird 13B Live* Live* Live* Live Live HDTV 1080i. From the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, qualyfying and race are now broadcast by ERT1
Cosmote Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV 1080i
Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Southeast Asia and Taiwan Fox Sports Asia Pay Live Live Live Live Live SD/HDTV Channels. Rights until 2022.[36][37]
Hungary M4 Sport DVB-T Free in HU, DVB-S2 FTV on Eurobird 9A 9.0°E (EU) Live Live Live Live Live HDTV 1080i
Iceland Viaplay Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Indian subcontinent Star Sports Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Ireland Channel 4 UK DVB-T Free in UK, DVB-S FTA on Astra 28.2°E (UK) Live Live Live Live Live HDTV, British GP only. Sky and Virgin customers only.
No No No Highlights Highlights HDTV, All other races. Sky and Virgin customers only.
Sky Sports F1 Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD[38]
Iran MBC Persia Free Live Live Live Live Live Available in HD
IRIB Varzesh Free No No No No Live
Israel Sport 5 Pay No No No Live Live HDTV
Italy Sky Sport F1 Pay Live Live Live Live Live Choice of different perspectives. Available in Ultra HD. Rights until 2022.[39]
TV8 Free in Italy, DVB-S with encryption on Eutelsat Hot Bird 13°E (EU) No No No Live Live HDTV. Some races live. Sky Sport F1 coverage with Side-by-side commercials.
Japan Fuji TV Next Pay Live Live Live Live Live From 2016, the free broadcast on Fuji TV and BS Fuji was ended. HDTV.
DAZN Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Kosovo Art Sport Pay No No No Live Live HDTV. Choice of different perspectives.
Latin America (except Mexico) ESPN Pay Live Live Live Live Live Some races live. 16:9 SD/HDTV feed. Exclusive TV rights from 2018 to 2022.[40]
Fox Premium Live Live Live Live Live 16:9 SD/HDTV feed. Exclusive TV rights from 2018 to 2022.[40]
Latvia Viaplay Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Liechtenstein SRG SSR DVB-T Free in Switzerland, DVB-S Encrypted on Hot Bird (13°E)(EU) No No No Live Live The qualifyings and the races are broadcast on RSI La 2, RTS Deux and SRF zwei. Rights until 2021.[41]
Sky Sport F1 Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD. Four free-to-air races also available on News channel from 2021. Rights until 2024.
Lithuania Viaplay Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Luxembourg Sky Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD. Four free-to-air races also available on News channel from 2021. Rights until 2024.
Malta Total Sports Network Pay Live Live Live Live Live Uses the commentary of Channel 4's coverage in the UK, broadcast on TSN.
Mexico Fox Sports Pay Live Live Live Live Live 16:9 SD/HDTV feed. Some races live. Exclusive TV rights from 2018 to 2022.[40]
Fox Premium Pay Live Live Live Live Live 16:9 SD/HDTV feed.
Canal 5 Free Live Live Live Live Live HDTV. 16:9 feed. Mexican GP only.
Middle East and North Africa MBC Action Free Live Live Live Live Live HDTV feed. All races are live.
MBC Persia Free Live Live Live Live Live
Moldova Setanta Sports + Pay No No No Live Live 16:9 SD/HD feed
Montenegro Sport Klub Pay Live Live Live Live Live Ultra HD[20][21]
Netherlands Ziggo Sport Totaal Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV. Rights until 2021.[42]
Ziggo Sport Go Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV[42]
Ziggo Sport Free for Ziggo subscribers Live* Live* Live* Live Live HDTV. * Subject to other (live) events. Ziggo Sport Totaal will broadcast all sessions live.[42][43]
New Zealand Spark Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live
North Macedonia 24 Vesti DVB-S Encrypted on Eutelsat 16A (16.0°E) No No No Live Live SD feed
Norway Viasat Motor Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD. Always Norwegian during race. Partly Swedish during some P and Q.
Viasat Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Viasat 4 Free No No No No Highlights One hour with highlights from Viasat Motor. Commercials every 15 min.
Poland Eleven Sports Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV. Live streaming on web page, desktop and mobile apps.
Polsat Sport Pay No No No No Highlights HDTV. Live streaming on web page, desktop and mobile apps.
Portugal Eleven Sports[44] Pay Live Live Live Live Live HD feed
Puerto Rico ABC Free No No No No Live (Except Monaco) Four races (Monaco, Canada, USA, Mexico). HDTV, Commercial-free (live only) Sky Sports F1 coverage. Rights until 2022.
ESPN Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV, Commercial-free (qualifying and race only) Sky Sports F1 Coverage. Broadcast channel for Practice 1 and 2 is on a race by race basis. Spanish broadcasts on ESPN Deportes. Rights until 2022.
Romania Telekom Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV All sessions live. Rights until 2022.
Digi Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV. All sessions live. Race available in Ultra HD. Rights until 2022.
Look Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV. All sessions live on Look Sport 3 Motors & Fights. Rights until 2022.
Russia Match TV Free No No No Live Live HDTV
Match! Arena Pay Live Live Live Replay Replay HDTV without advertising
San Marino Sky Sport F1 Pay Live Live Live Live Live Choice of different perspectives. Available in Ultra HD. Rights until 2020.[39]
Serbia Sport Klub Pay Live Live Live Live Live Ultra HD[20][21]
Slovakia Sport 1 Pay Live Live Live Live Live Also in HD on Sport 1 HD and Sport 2 HD[25]
Slovenia Sport Klub Pay Live Live Live Live Live
South Korea Star Sports Pay Live Live Live Live Live Selected races
JTBC Golf&Sports Pay No No No No Delayed Delayed HDTV feed on cable/IPTV
Spain DAZN Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in HD. Rights until 2023.[45]
Sub-Saharan Africa Supersport Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV
Canal+ Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV
Sweden Viasat Motor Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD[46]
TV10 No No No Live Highlights Uses the Viasat Motor coverage for qualifying and Viasat Motor's highlights package for highlights.
Switzerland SRG SSR DVB-T Free in Switzerland, DVB-S Encrypted on Hot Bird (13°E)(EU) No No No Live Live The qualifyings and the races are broadcast on RSI La 2, RTS Deux and SRF zwei. Rights until 2021.[41]
Canal+ Pay No No No only once Live Only race on C+
Canal+ Sport Live Live Live Live Delayed Only race on C+
Sky Sport F1 Pay Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD. Four free-to-air races also available on News channel from 2021. Rights until 2024.
Tajikistan Varzish TV Free No No No sometimes delayed sometimes delayed
Turkey S Sport Pay No No Live Live Live SD/HD Feed
Ukraine Setanta Sports Pay No No No Live Live SD/HD Feed
United Kingdom Channel 4 DVB-T Free in UK, DVB-S FTA on Astra 28.2°E (UK) Live Live Live Live Live HDTV, British GP only[47]
No No No Highlights Highlights HDTV, all other races
Sky Sports Mix Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV. At least two other 'prime time' live races.[48]
No No No Highlights Highlights HDTV, every race
Sky Sports F1 Live Live Live Live Live Available in Ultra HD
United States ABC Free No No No No Live (Except Monaco) Four races (Monaco, Canada, USA, Mexico). HDTV, Commercial-free (live only) Sky Sports F1 coverage. Rights until 2022.
ESPN Pay Live Live Live Live Live HDTV, Commercial-free (qualifying and race only) Sky Sports F1 Coverage. Broadcast channel for Practice 1 and 2 is on a race by race basis. Spanish broadcasts on ESPN Deportes. Rights until 2022.

Radio broadcasters

Country Network Language
Argentina ESPN 107,9 FM Spanish
Australia 3AW (Australian Grand Prix only) English
Brazil Band Rádios Portuguese
Denmark Danmarks Radio Danish
Hungary Kossuth Rádió Hungarian
Italy Rai Radio 1 Italian
Malaysia AMC[49] English
Netherlands NPO Radio 1 Dutch
Grand Prix Radio Dutch
Slovenia Val 202 Slovene
Spain Radio Marca Spanish
Cadena SER
Cadena COPE
United Kingdom BBC Radio 5 Live English
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra English
United States
Canada
SiriusXM[50] English

Official internet broadcasters

Country Website Free/pay Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Qualifying Race Notes
Worldwide F1 TV Pay Live Live Live Live Live Live video of all races in select regions only[2]
Formula One App Free Live Live Live Live Live Audio only; with BBC Sport commentary
Asia FOX+ Pay Live Live Live Live Live All races live; Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan viewers only.
Australia 10 Play Free No No No No Live Australian GP only[51]
Foxtel Now Pay Live Live Live Live Live All races live[52]
Kayo Sports
Brazil Globoplay Free No No No No Live
SporTV Play Pay Live Live Live Live Delayed Live races for Canadian, Mexican, and US GP
Canada TSN Direct Pay No Live No Live Live
RDS Direct Pay No No No Live Live All practices live for Canadian GP
China Tencent Sports Free Live Live Live No Live
Pay No No No Live No
Denmark Viaplay Pay Live Live Live Live Live Viaplay streams the broadcast of Viasat Motor HD and Viasat Sport. Viaplay is available on web-apps, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows 8.x, smart-TV, Android and iOS (phones and tablets). One hour with highlights from Viasat Motor (via Viasat's Viafree). Commercials every 15 min.
Norway
Sweden
Finland C More Suomi[53] Pay Live Live Live Live Live All races live on C More Max. Highlights of all sessions (except practice 3) on Sub.
Germany TV Now Pay Live Live Highlights Live Live rights until 2020
Sky Go Live Live Live Live Live rights until 2024. Exclusive coverage (including four free-to-air races on News channel) from 2021.
Greece ERT Play Free Live Live Live Live Live
Cosmote OTT Pay
Hungary Mediaklikk Free Live Live Live Live Live All races live
India Hotstar Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Italy Sky Go Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Japan DAZN[54] Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Middle East and North Africa MBC Pay Live Live Live Live Live on Shahid
New Zealand Spark Sport Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Poland Eleven Sports Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Spain Movistar+ Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Sub-Saharan Africa DStv Now Pay Live Live Live Live Live
United Kingdom All 4[9] Free Live Live Live Live Live British GP only; highlights streamed as live broadcast and available for 7 days
Sky Go[55] Pay Live Live Live Live Live
Now TV Pay Live Live Live Live Live
BBC Sounds Free Live Live Live Live Live audio only; UK only
United States ESPN+ Pay Live Live Live Live Live

World Feed producers

Current producers

For the 2019 season, only the Monaco Grand Prix was not produced by FOM.

Grand Prix Circuit Broadcaster Year
Australian Melbourne FOM 2004
Bahrain Sakhir 20042010, 2012
Chinese Shanghai 2004
Azerbaijan Baku 2017
Spanish Catalunya 2007
Monaco Monte Carlo TMC 1959
Canadian Montreal FOM 20052008, 2010
French Paul Ricard 2018
Austrian Red Bull Ring 2014
British Silverstone 2007
German Hockenheimring 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
Hungarian Hungaroring 2007
Belgian Spa-Francorchamps 2007
Italian Monza 2007
Singapore Marina Bay 2008
Russian Sochi 2014
Japanese Suzuka 2012
United States Circuit of the Americas 2012
Mexican Mexico City 2015
Brazilian Interlagos 19971999, 2008
Abu Dhabi Yas Marina 2009

Former producers (1950–2018)

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. Rede Globo 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 ABC Sports. However, they did not ever produce the World Feed.
  • In 1991, the French GP was broadcast in France by La Cinq, which held rights for F1.
Grand Prix Circuit Broadcaster Years
Australian Adelaide Nine Network 19851995
Melbourne 19962002
Network Ten 2003
Argentine Buenos Aires Telefe 19951998
Austrian Red Bull Ring ORF 19761987, 19972003
WIGE 19972003
Belgian Spa-Francorchamps RTBF 19902002, 20042005
Brazilian Interlagos Globo 19731977, 1979, 19901996, 20002007
Band 1980
Jacarepaguá Globo 1978, 19811989
British Silverstone BBC Sport 19531954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 19871996
ITV Sport 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 19972006
Brands Hatch 1968, 1970
BBC Sport 1964, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986
Aintree 1957, 1959, 19611962
Canadian Montreal CBC 19902004
Caesars Palace Caesars Palace NBC Sports 19811982
Detroit Detroit ABC Sports 1982
CBS Sports 19831988
Dallas Dallas CBS Sports 1984
European Brands Hatch BBC Sport 1983, 1985
Donington Park 1993
Nürburgring RTL Television 19841985, 19951996, 19992006
WIGE
FOM 2007
Jerez Telecinco 1994, 1997
Valencia FOM 20082012
Baku FOM 2016
French Paul Ricard TF1 1990
Magny-Cours 19912006
FOM 20072008
German Hockenheimring RTL Television 19902006
WIGE
Nürburgring FOM 2009, 2011, 2013
Hungarian Hungaroring Magyar Televízió 19902001
RTL Television 20022006
WIGE
Indian Buddh FOM 20112013
Italian Monza RAI 19812006
Imola 1980
Japanese Suzuka Fuji Television 19872006, 20092011
Fuji 19761977, 20072008
Korean Korea FOM 20102013
Luxembourg Nürburgring RTL Television 19971998
WIGE
Malaysian Sepang TV3 19992003
RTM
FOM 20042017
Mexican Mexico City Imevisión 19861992
Pacific TI Circuit Fuji Television 19941995
Portuguese Estoril RTP 19901996
San Marino Imola RAI 19812006
South African Kyalami SABC 19791980, 19821985
DStv 19921993
Spanish Jerez TV3 1990
Catalunya 19912006
Turkish Istanbul FOM 20052011
United States Watkins Glen ABC Sports 1966, 1974
CBS Sports 19751978
Mizlou 19791980
Phoenix ESPN 19891991
Indianapolis Fox Sports Net 2000
ESPN 2001
F1 Digital+ 2002
FOM 2002, 20052007
Speed Channel 20032004
United States West Long Beach CBS Sports 19761983

Commentators

Austria

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races on ORF are commentated by ORF's sport correspondent Ernst Hausleitner with aid from Alexander Wurz. Occasionally other co-commentators like Adrian Sutil or Christian Klien substituted for Wurz.

For the entire 2015 Formula One season, Pascal Wehrlein was Hausleitner's main co-commentator.

With the beginning of the 2009 Formula One season, 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.

Brazil

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races in the Globo network are called by Cléber Machado or Everaldo Marques. Former F1 driver Luciano Burti and former IndyCar driver Felipe Giaffone are serving as race analysts. Pit reports are provided by Mariana Becker or Guilherme Pereira.

On SporTV, all practices, qualifying and races are called by Sérgio Maurício, with Brazilian motorsports journalist Rafael Lopes serving as analyst. Pit reports are provided by Mariana Becker or Guilherme Pereira.

Bulgaria

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

China

In China, the main commentators for CCTV are Sha Tong and Cheng Congfu. The commentators for Great Sports (Shanghai Sports) are Li Bing, Ye Fei and Zhou Haoran. Main commentator for Tencent are Chao Yiwen and He Xin. The following people also commentates on selected races: Jin Haonan, Shi Yiying and Liu Yao.

Croatia

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races and qualifications on Arenasport which is only available on MAXtv because of exclusive rights commentated by Ivica Blažičko with Neven Novak as co-commentator. Ante Vetma jumps when Blažičko is not available

Eastern Europe (except Russia)

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship qualifications and races are available on Setanta Sports Eurasia. Vyacheslav Kobrzhytskyi has taken over as commentator from Volodymyr Klapan for 2020 season.[56]

Finland

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races were available on MTV3's pay-TV-channel C More Max. 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, Mika Salo, Toni Vilander, Aaro Vainio and Tommi Pärmäkoski. Studio host is Ville Lepistö.

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 Koromilas with Ilias Papaioannou.[57]

Hungary

In Hungary, the commentator is Zoltán Szujó, who had been previously pit reporter between 2002 and 2012. The colour commentator is the former Seat Leon Eurocup 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, Norbert Michelisz, and the current TCR Europe, 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, and Norbert Kiss and Norbert Michelisz will be the colour commentators (in charge). The pit reporters also will taking part in broadcasting of the practices.

Italy

In Italy, Sky Italia's commentator is Carlo Vanzini, with co-commentary provided by ex-F1 driver and Ferrari test driver Marc Gené or Jacques Villeneuve and journalist Roberto Chinchero. Davide Valsecchi, Jacques Villeneuve and Matteo Bobbi serve as pit lane reporters. The paddock reporter is Mara Sangiorgio, and the presenter is Federica Masolin.

Middle East and North Africa

MBC Group covers all races live with the full coverage on practice sessions, qualifying and race in two languages. Lebanese Firas Nimri is the commentator in Arabic, alongside Khalil Beschir as the expert. MBC Persia also covers races live in Persian language. Iranian Hamed Majd commentates in Persian and it's been co-commentated by Iranian racing driver, Kourosh Khani.

Poland

In Poland, Eleven Sports' commentator is Andrzej Borowczyk, co-commentated by Formula 1 journalist Mikołaj Sokół or Eleven Sports' commentator Filip Kapica. On TVP Sport commentator is Maciej Iwański, co-commentated by Formula 1 journalist Sławomir Kwiatkowski

Portugal

Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races were available on Eurosport (through the Eurosport 2 Xtra channel) for the 2016 Formula One season only, with João Carlos Costa as the lead lap-by-lap commentator, former F1 driver Tiago Monteiro and DTM driver António Félix da Costa as the co-commentators and Pedro Nascimento as the pit reporter. Currently broadcasts are available on ELEVEN Sports.

Spain

In the pay-per-view channel Movistar F1, which holds the rights of the entire championship exclusively in Spain from the 2016 season, the main commentator is journalist Antonio Lobato. Co-commentators for the qualifying and the race are former Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT driver Pedro de la Rosa 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, where journalist Iñaki Cano acts as presenter. Pit reporters are journalist Noemí de Miguel and former F1 engineer in Super Aguri and HRT Albert Fàbrega. Also, Ferrari test driver Marc Gené provides analysis from the circuit before, during and/or after every session. Other contributors include Miguel Portillo and former GP2 driver Roldan Rodriguez.

In Teledeporte, 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 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 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-owned Canal F1 Latin America 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.

Fox Sports, who was formerly the official Latin American Formula 1 broadcaster from the 2002 until the 2014 seasons, broadcasts, in the 2016 season, ten races live and the other eleven races on a delayed basis. The races are called by Argentine motorsports journalist Fernando Tornello, with fellow Argentine motorsports journalist Adrián Puente and Mexican motorsports journalist Luis Manuel "Chacho" López as analysts and Juan Fossaroli handling the pit reports and pre-race interviews.

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.

ESPN Latin America broadcasts the highlights show ESPN F1, hosted by Mexican sports journalists Javier Trejo Garay and Adalberto Franco in Mexico and Central America. The show highlights the races, from the practices to the checkered flag and shows interviews with the F1 drivers.

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

As of 2019, Sky Sports F1 is the primary English-language broadcaster within the UK. David Croft commentates with Martin Brundle or occasionally Paul di Resta.[58] Depending on the race, one of Ted Kravitz or Karun Chandhok contributes from the pit lane. For practice sessions, Croft is often joined by Paul di Resta, Anthony Davidson, Johnny Herbert, or Chandhok with Brundle providing trackside analysis. Simon Lazenby hosts the coverage. This coverage is used for highlights on the F1 YouTube channel. Damon Hill, Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button, along with Brundle, Di Resta, Davidson, Herbert and Chandhok are the analysts, with Natalie Pinkham, Rachel Brookes and Craig Slater, the reporters who conduct interviews on the broadcast.

Coverage of the British Grand Prix is also covered live by Channel 4. Channel 4 also produces a highlights show for each race with an exclusive set of commentators. Play-by-play is handled by Ben Edwards, while ex-F1 driver David Coulthard acts as the analyst.[59] Lee McKenzie is the main pit lane reporter. Steve Jones hosts the coverage. Eddie Jordan, Mark Webber, and Billy Monger also contribute as analysts.

An exclusive broadcast called the "Pit Lane Channel" is available to "F1 TV Pro" subscribers, alongside an exclusive commentary feed. Formula 2 world feed commentator Alex Jacques provides the commentary with occasional contributions from Will Buxton and Davide Valsecchi. Rosanna Tennant also contributes as a reporter on various F1-branded broadcasts.

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, and reporter Jennie Gow.

In the United States, ESPN 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 produced their own broadcast, with now-IndyCar lead commentator Leigh Diffey 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 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 serves 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.

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