Next weekend sees two of the three blue riband events take place in the form of the Monaco Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500! The Monaco Grand Prix is exclusively live on Sky Sports F1, with the Indianapolis 500 exclusively live on ESPN. For those without the F1 channel, qualifying for Monaco is also live on Sky Sports 1.
Over on the BBC, their radio output is depleted due to Test Match cricket on 5 Live Sport Extra meaning that practice commentary will be via the website only. I know it is the luck of the draw sometimes, but I’m mildly amused that BBC’s qualifying highlights show is longer than their race highlights show, which is certainly a first since their current deal came into effect at the beginning of 2012. In terms of supplementary programming, Sky are airing their first Tales from the Vault programme of 2015 looking back at past Monaco races.
The Indianapolis 500 is being broadcast live on ESPN from 16:00 next Sunday. As noted earlier, it appears that BT’s output has been reduced with less studio coverage. If that changes, I will update the schedule, but it doesn’t appear that way at the moment. Over at Formula E’s Berlin ePrix, Mike Conway will again be alongside Jack Nicholls in the commentary box with Andy Jaye presenting the coverage for ITV.
Below are all the details you need for the blue riband events, plus much more…
BBC F1
BBC One
23/05 – 17:10 to 18:45 – Qualifying Highlights
24/05 – 17:05 to 18:35 – Race Highlights
BBC Radio
21/05 – 21:00 to 22:00 – Preview (BBC Radio 5 Live)
23/05 – 13:00 to 14:00 – Qualifying (BBC Radio 5 Live)
24/05 – 13:00 to 15:00 – Race (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Supplementary Programming
22/05 – 18:45 to 19:00 – Inside F1 (BBC News Channel)
23/05 – 16:10 to 17:10 – F1 Rewind (BBC Two)
23/05 – 18:45 to 19:00 – Inside F1 (BBC News Channel)
Sky Sports F1
Sessions
21/05 – 08:45 to 11:00 – Practice 1
21/05 – 12:45 to 15:00 – Practice 2
23/05 – 09:45 to 11:15 – Practice 3
23/05 – 12:00 to 14:15 – Qualifying (Sky Sports 1)
23/05 – 12:00 to 14:45 – Qualifying (Sky Sports F1)
24/05 – 11:30 to 16:15 – Race
=> 11:30 – Track Parade
=> 12:00 – Pit Lane Live
=> 12:30 – Race
=> 15:30 – Paddock Live
Supplementary Programming
20/05 – 14:00 to 14:30 – Driver Press Conference
20/05 – 20:45 to 21:00 – Paddock Uncut: Monaco
21/05 – 16:00 to 16:45 – Team Press Conference
21/05 – 17:00 to 18:00 – The F1 Show
22/05 – 17:00 to 18:00 – The F1 Show
22/05 – 18:00 to 19:00 – Tales from the Vault: Monaco Special
27/05 – 20:30 to 21:00 – Midweek Report
GP2 Series – Monaco (Sky Sports F1)
21/05 – 11:00 to 11:50 – Practice
21/05 – 15:10 to 15:50 – Qualifying
22/05 – 10:10 to 11:40 – Race 1
23/05 – 15:05 to 16:20 – Race 2
World Series by Renault – Monaco (BT Sport 2)
24/05 – 10:00 to 11:00 – Race
Formula E – Berlin (online via FIAFormulaE.com)
23/05 – 07:10 to 08:10 – Practice 1
23/05 – 09:25 to 10:10 – Practice 2
Formula E – Berlin (ITV4)
23/05 – 11:00 to 12:15 – Qualifying
23/05 – 14:00 to 16:30 – Race
24/05 – 08:30 to 09:30 – Highlights
IndyCar Series – Indianapolis 500 (ESPN UK)
24/05 – 16:00 to 21:00 – Race
Speedway Grand Prix – Czech Republic (British Eurosport 2)
23/05 – 18:00 to 21:00 – Race
World Superbikes – Donington Park (British Eurosport 2)
23/05 – 11:45 to 13:00 – Superpole
24/05 – 11:15 to 16:30 – Races
As always, if anything changes, I will update the above schedule.
Motorsport Broadcasting 
The BBC have F1 Rewind, Episode 2 on Saturday at 16.10 – 17.10 on BBC2. It will again be presented by Suzi Perry and Murray Walker and will show 3 classic Monaco GP’s.
Thanks, have updated. That’s a pleasant surprise, I thought F1 Rewind would only turn up during BBC’s live weekends.
1994 Monaco grand prix is being shown on sky which is a new one too I think
No live Porsche supercup action on Eurosport from Monaco?
World series by Renault BT sport 2 Sunday 10am though
the reason for no porsche super cup until tuesday 10.00pm or wednesday 8.30am is Eurosport got lots of live sport therefore no room to show Porsches live
The qualifying highlights being longer than the race highlights on the BBC for the Monaco F1 GP is an understatement 🙂 Firstly, the race highlights are only shown *once* – there is no red button or BBC Three repeat at all. Secondly, the qualifying highlights are shown on the BBC Red Button about a dozen times between Saturday night and Monday night!
To me, this bizarre scheduling suggests that the BBC only have rights to show the race highlights once and decided to panic-fill the red button schedule with endless repeats of the qualifying to replace it.
The BBC can show repeats of their race highlights shows but no additional coverage can be added. However, they can cut out the talking and post race interviews and just show the race highlights.
I think that’s a bit I a typo from their side… Highly amusing though ain’t it?? 😂
I think that’s a typo on the part of the BBC but highly amusing though aint it?? 😂