The Sky Sports F1 schedule for Christmas has been unveiled. The schedule for the three main days is as follows:

Sky Sports F1
Christmas Eve
18:00 – F1 2012: A Season to Remember (simulcast on Sky Sports 1)
20:00 – Singapore Grand Prix Replay

Christmas Day
10:00 – The F1 Show: Season Review
11:00 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (1/6)
11:30 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (2/6)
12:00 – F1 2012: A Season to Remember
14:00 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (3/6)
14:30 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (4/6)
15:00 – F1 2012: A Season to Remember
17:00 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (5/6)
17:30 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (6/6)
18:00 – F1 2012: Season in Stills
19:00 – F1 2012: A Season to Remember
21:00 – Inside Track: A Weekend with Marussia
21:30 – Britain’s Next F1 Star
22:00 – F1 2012: A Season to Remember

Boxing Day
10:00 to 19:00 – repeats
19:00 – Red Bull Season Review
19:30 – Ferrari Season Review
20:00 – Japanese Grand Prix Replay

The only new original content over Christmas is F1 2012: A Season to Remember which premières on Christmas Eve at 18:00. As of writing, no time or date has been announced for BBC’s season review, but I shall update the blog (or publish a new blog) when I see the details.

The F1 Show: Season Review is what was first shown on Friday 30th November, whilst Britain’s Next F1 Star began in late September.

The race replays are the full length Sky Sports programme including build-up and post-race reaction, and will be aired on the channel from Saturday 15th December through to Sunday 30th December.

Update – I wrote the above on Tuesday, with the blog scheduled for publication today. I notice Sky F1 Insider on Twitter says that there will be “review shows on every team”. I assume that will be twelve shows with clips of every teams’ season, either 15, 30 or 60 minutes long. I’ll update this blog (or publish a new blog) when I see confirmed details.

Update on 8th December – Schedules amended slightly.

Sky Sports F1 will remain on air over the Winter period, I can today confirm. The schedule for Christmas Day includes Britain’s Next F1 Star, and is as follows:

Sky Sports F1 – Christmas Day
11:00 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (1/6)
11:30 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (2/6)
12:00 – TBC (likely 2012 review)
14:00 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (3/6)
14:30 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (4/6)
15:00 – TBC (likely 2012 review)
17:00 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (5/6)
17:30 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (6/6)

It has always been that Sky Sports F1 will go off-air on Friday 30th November that was the most likely option, on the basis of the information released in the now familiar Sky Media document before the start of the season. So the above information, which I believe is the confirmed schedule, contradicts that.

Now, if Sky Sports F1 is remaining on-air over the Winter then well, Sky, you know what the F1 fans out there including myself want… substitute August for December and you get my drift.

Update at 17:45 – Okay, the above has been rewritten heavily. The schedules for the first week in December have been released, and there are shows on Sky Sports F1. What I should note that it is the usual repeats, so Legends, Fast Track, Weekend in Stills and Weekend in Words and the such like up until Friday 7th December at least. So whilst it is surprising to see this (given the Sky Media document), the schedule content is unsurprising in terms of repeats.

The final edition of The F1 Show in 2012 will air on Friday 30th November, I can confirm. The show, presented by Georgie Thompson and Ted Kravitz will air live for the last time this year on that date at 20:00. Unlike the Season Preview, all the way back on Friday 9th March which aired for two hours, the Season Review will only air for one hour. Following on from extended hours through the first three quarters of November, the trend is continued in the final week of November:

Tuesday 27th November
12:00 to 19:30 – F1 Highlights (Australia, Malaysia, China, Bahrain and Spain)
19:30 – F1 Fast Track (Brazil)
20:00 to 23:00 – F1 Fast Track (Australia, Malaysia, China, Bahrain, Spain and Monaco)

Wednesday 28th November
12:00 to 19:30 – F1 Highlights (Monaco, Canada, Europe, Britain and Germany)
19:30 – Weekend in Stills (Brazil)
20:00 to 23:00 – F1 Fast Track (Canada, Europe, Britain, Germany, Hungary and Belgian)

Thursday 29th November
12:00 to 19:30 – F1 Highlights (Hungary, Belgian, Italy, Singapore, Japan)
19:30 to 22:30 – F1 Fast Track (Italy, Singapore, Japan, Korea, India, Abu Dhabi)

Friday 30th November
11:30 to 19:00 – F1 Highlights (Korea, India, Abu Dhabi, USA, Brazil)
19:00 to 20:00 – F1 Fast Track (USA and Brazil)
20:00 to 21:00 – The F1 Show Season Review
21:00 to 22:00 – F1 Fast Track (USA and Brazil)
22:00 to 23:00 – The F1 Show Season Review

With all programming bookended in before the beginning of December, it now looks increasingly likely that the Sky Sports F1 channel will indeed close for the Winter on Friday 30th November, as has been noted by myself in the past few weeks, and as was noted on the advertising document published by Sky Media before the start of the season (archived here by F1Fanatic.co.uk). As of posting, I have yet to have that 100 percent confirmed. And as always, I will update this post if there are any changes.

Update on November 8th – The above paragraph is now redundant, please see this post.