The 2017 Formula One season heads to the last stop on the European calendar, the Italian Grand Prix! The race will air live on Sky Sports F1 and their Main Event channel, with highlights on Channel 4. After this round, the next highlights programme for Channel 4 is not until Japan, with both Singapore and Malaysia live on free-to-air television.
On the Sky side of things, Johnny Herbert is back with the team, having been absent since the Canadian Grand Prix back in June. Also on Sky, as noted last week, is a new show called The Inside Line. The show, produced by Inverleigh, airs on other Sky channels around the world, so it is probably little surprise to see it turn up on the UK version.
Channel 4 F1
Sessions
02/09 – 17:30 to 19:00 – Qualifying Highlights
03/09 – 17:45 to 20:00 – Race Highlights
Sky Sports F1
Sessions
01/09 – 08:45 to 10:55 – Practice 1 (also Sky Sports Main Event)
01/09 – 12:45 to 14:55 – Practice 2
02/09 – 09:45 to 11:15 – Practice 3
02/09 – 12:00 to 14:40 – Qualifying
03/09 – 11:30 to 16:10 – Race
=> 11:30 – Track Parade (also Sky Sports Main Event)
=> 12:00 – Pit Lane Live (also Sky Sports Main Event)
=> 12:30 – Race (also Sky Sports Main Event)
=> 15:30 – Paddock Live
Supplementary Programming
31/08 – 14:00 to 15:00 – Driver Press Conference
31/08 – 18:15 to 18:30 – Paddock Uncut
01/09 – 15:50 to 16:35 – Team Press Conference
01/09 – 16:35 to 17:05 – The F1 Show
06/09 – 20:30 to 21:00 – F1 Report: Review
BBC Radio F1
01/09 – 08:55 to 10:35 – Practice 1 (BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra)
02/09 – 13:00 to 14:00 – Qualifying (BBC Radio 5 Live)
03/09 – 13:00 to 15:00 – Race (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Euroformula – Silverstone (BT Sport 2)
02/09 – 14:00 to 15:00 – Race 1
03/09 – 12:00 to 13:00 – Race 2
Formula Two – Italy (Sky Sports F1)
01/09 – 10:55 to 11:40 – Practice (also Sky Sports Main Event)
01/09 – 15:20 to 15:50 – Qualifying
02/09 – 14:55 to 16:25 – Race 1
03/09 – 09:10 to 10:25 – Race 2
Formula V8 3.5 – Mexico City
02/09 – 22:30 to 23:45 – Race 1 (BT Sport 3)
03/09 – 15:30 to 17:00 – Race 2 (BT Sport 2)
GP3 Series – Italy (Sky Sports F1)
02/09 – 08:45 to 09:20 – Qualifying
02/09 – 16:45 to 17:45 – Race 1
03/09 – 07:55 to 08:50 – Race 2
IndyCar Series – Watkins Glen (BT Sport/ESPN)
03/09 – 18:00 to 21:00 – Race
International GT Open – Silverstone (BT Sport 2)
02/09 – 15:00 to 16:30 – Race 1
03/09 – 13:00 to 14:30 – Race 2
Porsche Supercup – Italy
03/09 – Race
=> 10:25 to 11:20 (Sky Sports F1)
=> 10:30 to 11:30 (Eurosport 2)
World Endurance Championship – Mexico City
03/09 – Race
=> 17:45 to 00:20 (Motorsport.tv)
=> 18:30 to 01:30 (BT Sport 3)
The above schedule will be updated if anything changes.
Motorsport Broadcasting 
But where is Rachel Brookes, why is she out of the line up of presenters?
She will be at the flyaways
First time since 2012 that Italy hasn’t been live on free-to-air?
Nope, 2013, 14 and 16 were the only FTA Italian GPs post-2011.
Darn it… C4 highlights directly against Indycar @ Watkins Glen… I know which one I’ll watch.
Indycar for me too. Unfortunately there is always the risk that they’ll mention the result of the F1 race!
Also INDYCAR is streaming most of their non-race coverage on Racecontrol.INDYCAR.com. During television broadcasts, the Web site goes to radio coverage of the race, which uses the station-to-station style that Barney Hall (NASCAR) and Paul Page (INDYCAR) made into a form of art that NASCAR’s primary network, MRN, used to cover Watkins Glen in the 1970’s. (For the USGP at The Glen when MRN covered the race on radio, now NASCAR Hall of Fame member Ken Squier was lead commentator with current motorsport commentator Mike Joy covering as a sectional commentator. Though no longer available on the Web site, MRN had covered The Glen and it was a beauty listening to a 20-something Joy doing just one section of the track.)
Mark Jaynes and Davey Hamilton lead radio coverage.
Here is the streaming coverage (INDYCAR Race Control) (courtesy INDYCAR.COM):
Friday (Times UK time)
1430 Pro Mazda FP1
1515 Verizon Series FP1
1800 USF2000 FP2
1845 Mazda MX-5 Cup FP2
1930 Pro Mazda R1 Qualifications
2005 Verizon Series FP2
2125 Indy Lights FP1
Saturday
1345 Indy Lights FP2
1430 Mazda MX-5 Cup Race
1530 Verizon Series FP3
1630 Pro Mazda Race 1
1815 USF2000 Race (final race of season)
1915 Indy Lights Qualifying
2000 Verizon Series Qualifying
2130 Mazda MX-5 Cup Race 2
NOTE: Because of NASCAR Monster Energy Cup and Xfinity Florence round qualifying and race coverage on NBC Sports Network, the Verizon IndyCar Series qualifying will not air live. This means Verizon IndyCar Series qualifying will air live on INDYCAR.COM with radio commentators.
Sunday
1255 Pro Mazda Race 2 (final race of season)
1400 Verizon Series warmup
1550 Indy Lights Race (final race of season)
NOTE: The Verizon Series race will have free radio streaming coverage at 1800 on Race Control.
Someone should get a BT Sport producer sacked. reason, the TV guide said that BT sport were covering the race from 6.30pm to 1.30am. however the race started at 6.00pm and that is unfair to the viewers on BT Sport and proper organisation needs to be done quickly.