Scheduling: The Italian Grand Prix

The best double header of the season, without question, continues next weekend with the Italian Grand Prix at the wonderful Monza circuit. This is one of the races that BBC TV will be providing highlights only for, meaning that Sky Sports have exclusive live coverage of the weekend’s action.

One minor point to note, for those that watch is, is that GP3 Qualifying is on earlier than usual on Saturday, with Qualifying starting at 08:00 UK time instead of 08:45 UK time. The same also applies for the GP3 Race on Sunday, with the race beginning at 08:00 UK time instead of 08:25 UK time. The Radio Times website has the normal times, I am basing the below from what the official Formula1.com website says.

Away from TV, I have listed the BBC Radio times below as I usually do for when BBC TV is not live. For Italy, however, none of the practice sessions are live on BBC Radio due to the Paralympic Games, with only Qualifying and Race live on BBC Radio 5 Live. I imagine a link will be put up on the BBC F1 website for those wanting to listen, however.

For those of you wishing to whet your appetite, the BBC Red Button will have Classic Italian Grand Prix’s from Wednesday night onwards. The races that will be re-shown in extended highlights form are 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994 and 1995, thanks to the BBC’s Tom Bowker on Twitter for the information.

Thursday 6th September
14:00 to 14:45 – F1: Driver Press Conference (Sky Sports F1)

Friday 7th September
08:45 to 10:50 – F1: Practice 1 (Sky Sports F1)
10:55 to 11:35 – GP2: Practice (Sky Sports F1)
12:45 to 14:50 – F1: Practice 2 (Sky Sports F1)
14:50 to 15:40 – GP2: Qualifying (Sky Sports F1)
16:00 to 16:45 – F1: Team Press Conference (Sky Sports F1)
17:00 to 18:00 – The F1 Show (Sky Sports F1)
18:45 to 19:00 – Inside F1 (BBC News Channel)

Saturday 8th September
07:55 to 08:35 – GP3: Qualifying (Sky Sports F1)
09:45 to 11:10 – F1: Practice 3 (Sky Sports F1)
12:00 to 14:35 – F1: Qualifying (Sky Sports F1)
13:00 to 14:00 – F1: Qualifying (BBC Radio 5 Live)
14:35 to 16:05 – GP2: Race 1 (Sky Sports F1)
16:15 to 17:05 – GP3: Race 1 (Sky Sports F1)
17:15 to 18:35 – F1: Qualifying Highlights (BBC One)
18:45 to 19:00 – Inside F1 (BBC News Channel)

Sunday 9th September
07:55 to 08:45 – GP3: Race 2 (Sky Sports F1)
09:30 to 10:35 – GP2: Race 2 (Sky Sports F1)
11:30 to 16:05 – F1: Race (Sky Sports F1)
13:00 to 14:30 – F1: Race (BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra)
17:35 to 19:05 – F1: Race Highlights (BBC One)
19:05 to 20:05 – F1: Forum (BBC Red Button)

As always, the timings are subject to slight alterations, so I shall update this blog if and when that happens.

Update on September 5th: As a result on Jerome d’Ambrosio replacing Romain Grosjean at Lotus for Monza, Dani Clos will be alongside Will Buxton for GP2.