Formula 1 on Channel Four in 2021

In 2019, Sky Sports will have exclusive live rights for F1 in the UK, (ore information on Formula 1 exclusively on Sky Sports here ). Under this deal, Channel Four will show highlights of all Qualifying and Races but will show the British Grand Prix weekend live.

For 2020, Skys exclusive deal remains, and a 2019, Channel Four will show highlights of all Qualifying and Races but will show the British Grand Prix weekend live.

Channel 4s deal has been improved from 2020.

The 2019 highlights deal allowed Channel 4 to cover 50 percent of the race during their edit.

From the 2020 season, Channel 4 will now see 70 percent of the racing action, increasing the race edit from 45 minutes to around 60 minutes (depending on race).

In addition, both qualifying and the race day show can now begin two and a half hours after the chequered flag has fallen instead of three hours. Highlights for most European races will therefore air from 18:30 to 21:00, instead of 19:00 to 21:00 as they did last year.

The only other change to the Channel 4 production is the change of lead commentators. The 2020 season saw Ben Edwards hanging up his microphones

Alex Jacques will be taking over lead F1 commentry on Channel 4 from the 2021 season. Jacques is well known in F1 circles, having provided commentary for F1’s official television channel, including for F2, F3 and Esports. He has also worked for BBC Radio 5 in a similar role at the occasional race..