Scheduling: The 2020 Rally Estonia / Italian Grand Prix

After a six-month hiatus due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the World Rally Championship returns, with the Rally Estonia!

Squeezed into two full days’ worth of action, the weekend promises to be jam packed for rallying fans worldwide. Every stage airs live via WRC’s over-the-top platform, and BT Sport’s Red Button service, with free-to-air highlights airing following the rally on ITV4.

Excluding breaks, the WRC team will be on-air for almost ten hours on Saturday from 04:30 to 17:45 UK time, a mammoth shift.

Despite the COVID restrictions, WRC intend to cover the rally as normally as practically possible, with Molly Pettit and Ben Constanduros interviewing the drivers from a distance at stage end.

Becs Williams and Julian Porter remain in the commentary booth, as the series returns to action, with Paul King joining them. Jon Desborough voices the daily highlights programme.

Elsewhere, the Formula 1 paddock takes the eight-hour trip south to the temple of speed, for the Italian Grand Prix from Monza.

Joining the paddock out in Monza is Ted Kravitz, who re-joins the Sky Sports F1 team after missing the past three Grand Prix.

World Rally Championship – Estonia (All Live)
Also airs live on WRC+ (£)
04/09 – 15:30 to 18:00 – Stage 1 (BT Sport Extra 1)
05/09 – 04:30 to 17:45 – Stages 2 to 11 (BT Sport Extra 2)
=> 05:40 – Stage 2
=> 06:20 – Stage 3
=> 07:00 – Stage 4
=> 08:00 – Stage 5
=> 09:19 – Stage 6
=> 12:37 – Stage 7
=> 13:17 – Stage 8
=> 14:00 – Stage 9
=> 15:00 – Stage 10
=> 16:19 – Stage 11
06/09 – 04:00 to 12:45 – Stages 12 to 17 (BT Sport Extra 1)
=> 05:35 – Stage 12
=> 06:09 – Stage 13
=> 07:00 – Stage 14
=> 08:49 – Stage 15
=> 09:28 – Stage 16
=> 11:00 – Stage 17

World Rally Championship – Estonia
04/09 – 17:00 to 18:00 – Stage 1 (BT Sport 2)
04/09 – 20:30 to 21:00 – Day 1 Highlights (BT Sport 2)
05/09 – 07:00 to 08:00 – Stage 4 (BT Sport 1)
05/09 – 14:00 to 15:00 – Stage 9 (BT Sport 3)
05/09 – 21:00 to 21:30 – Day 2 Highlights (BT Sport 2)
06/09 – 07:00 to 08:00 – Stage 14 (BT Sport 2)
06/09 – 11:00 to 12:30 – Stage 17 [Power Stage] (BT Sport 2)
06/09 – 20:30 to 21:00 – Day 3 Highlights (BT Sport 1)
09/09 – 21:30 to 22:35 – Highlights (ITV4)

Channel 4 F1
05/09 – 19:30 to 21:00 – Qualifying Highlights
06/09 – 18:30 to 21:00 – Race Highlights

Sky Sports F1
Sessions
04/09 – 09:30 to 11:50 (also Sky Sports Main Event)
=> 09:30 – Welcome to the Weekend
=> 10:00 – Practice 1
04/09 – 13:45 to 15:45 – Practice 2 (also Sky Sports Main Event)
05/09 – 10:45 to 12:10 – Practice 3
05/09 – 13:00 to 15:35 – Qualifying
06/09 – 12:30 to 17:30 – Race
=> 12:30 – Grand Prix Sunday
=> 14:05 – Race (also Sky Sports Main Event)
=> 16:00 – Chequered Flag
=> 17:00 – Notebook

Supplementary Programming
05/09 – 16:30 to 17:00 – The Story so Far (also Sky Sports Main Event)
06/09 – 17:30 to 18:30 – Jochen Rindt: Uncrowned Champion
09/09 – 21:00 to 21:30 – Midweek Debrief

BBC Radio F1
All sessions are available live on BBC’s F1 website
02/09 – 21:00 to 22:00 – Preview (BBC Radio 5 Live)
04/09 – 09:55 to 11:55 – Practice 1 (BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra)
04/09 – 13:55 to 15:35 – Practice 2 (BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra)
05/09 – 10:55 to 12:05 – Practice 3 (BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra)
05/09 – 13:55 to 15:05 – Qualifying (BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra)
06/09 – 14:00 to 16:00 – Race (BBC Radio 5 Live)

British Superbikes – Silverstone
05/09 – 12:00 to 12:50 – Qualifying (Eurosport 2)
05/09 – 16:00 to 18:00 – Race 1 (Eurosport 2)
06/09 – 12:15 to 12:55 – Race 2 (Eurosport 2)
06/09 – 14:00 to 18:00 – Race 3 (Eurosport 2)
09/09 – 20:00 to 21:30 – Highlights (ITV4)

Formula Two – Italy (Sky Sports F1)
04/09 – 11:50 to 12:40 – Practice (also Sky Sports Main Event)
04/09 – 15:55 to 16:30 – Qualifying (also Sky Sports Main Event)
05/09 – 15:35 to 16:55 – Race 1
06/09 – 10:00 to 11:05 – Race 2 (also Sky Sports Main Event)

Formula Three – Italy (Sky Sports F1)
04/09 – 08:30 to 09:20 – Practice (also Sky Sports Main Event)
04/09 – 13:00 to 13:45 – Qualifying (also Sky Sports Main Event)
05/09 – 09:20 to 10:10 – Race 1
06/09 – 08:35 to 09:35 – Race 2 (also Sky Sports Main Event)

Porsche Supercup – Italy (Sky Sports F1)
06/09 – 11:40 to 12:25 – Race

Virgin Australia Supercars – Townsville (BT Sport 2)
Also airs live on SuperView (£)
05/09 – 06:30 to 08:00 – Race 1
06/09 – 03:15 to 04:30 – Race 2
06/09 – 05:30 to 07:00 – Race 3

World Superbikes – Aragon
Also airs live on World Superbikes’ Video Pass (£)
04/09 – 09:25 to 10:25 – Practice 1 (Eurosport 2)
04/09 – 13:55 to 14:55 – Practice 2 (Eurosport 2)
05/09 – 09:30 to 12:00 – Superpole (Eurosport 2)
05/09 – 12:50 to 16:00 – Race 1 (Eurosport 2)
06/09 – 09:45 to 12:15 – Superpole Race (Eurosport 2)
06/09 – 12:55 to 14:00 – Race 2 (Eurosport 2)
08/09 – 20:00 to 21:00 – Highlights (ITV4)

As always, this article will be updated if plans change.

Update on September 5th – Sky are airing a special documentary following tomorrow’s Italian Grand Prix to mark fifty years since the death of Jochen Rindt.

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