BBC F1 season review to air on December 29th

The BBC F1 season review will air on BBC One on December 29th at 13:00, it has been confirmed. As noted by Jake Humphrey on his Twitter: “Just did my final ever shoot with DC and EJ for #bbcf1 end-of-season review show. On BBC One 29th Dec. Tooon in friends x”

As noted previously, the Sky Sports F1 review at Christmas will première on Christmas Eve at 18:00, whilst the official season review on DVD and Blu-Ray will not be released until January 7th.

Update on December 20th – Schedules amended slightly.

Sky Sports F1 unveil Christmas schedule

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.

Scheduling: The Brazilian Grand Prix

Down to the wire. Fernando Alonso vs Sebastian Vettel. And it takes place in just a few days. All of the action is live on BBC Sport and Sky Sports. As noted on my Twitter feed, Sky are showing Senna before their Brazilian Grand Prix build-up. Anthony Davidson is not heading to Brazil this weekend, so I assume he will be with Georgie Thompson on the Sky Pad in London.

With it being the final race weekend as well, there are two polls coming up this week on The F1 Broadcasting Blog, and the first is below:

In previous race weekends where I have done this poll, the results have been as follows:

– Monaco Grand Prix: 17 voters – 76% (BBC) vs 24% (Sky)
– European Grand Prix: 38 voters – 34% (BBC) vs 66% (Sky)
– British Grand Prix: 44 voters – 61% (BBC) vs 39% (Sky)
– Korean Grand Prix: 76 voters – 58% (BBC) vs 42% (Sky)

And here are all of the scheduling details you need:

Thursday 22nd November
13:00 to 13:30 – F1: Driver Press Conference (Sky Sports F1)
19:30 to 20:00 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (6/6) (Sky Sports F1)

Friday 23rd November
11:45 to 13:50 – F1: Practice 1 (Sky Sports F1)
11:55 to 13:35 – F1: Practice 1 (BBC Red Button)
15:45 to 18:00 – F1: Practice 2 (Sky Sports F1)
15:55 to 17:35 – F1: Practice 2 (BBC Red Button)
18:00 to 18:40 – F1: Team Press Conference (Sky Sports F1)
20:00 to 21:00 – The F1 Show (Sky Sports F1)

Saturday 24th November
12:45 to 14:10 – F1: Practice 3 (Sky Sports F1)
12:55 to 14:05 – F1: Practice 3 (BBC Red Button)
15:00 to 17:30 – F1: Qualifying (BBC One)
15:00 to 17:45 – F1: Qualifying (Sky Sports F1)

Sunday 25th November
12:30 to 14:30 – FILM: Senna (Sky Sports F1)
14:30 to 19:15 – F1: Race (Sky Sports F1)
15:00 to 18:15 – F1: Race (BBC One)
18:15 to 19:15 – F1: Forum (BBC Red Button)

As always, if anything changes I shall update this blog if necessary.

Scheduling: The United States Grand Prix

Two races. Two drivers. One championship. But who will crowned the 2012 Formula One Drivers’ Champion? The story could end in Austin, Texas for the first ever Formula 1 race to be held at the Circuit of the Americas’ as Formula 1 attempts to break into USA once more.

Due to Match of the Day on BBC One, Qualifying highlights on Saturday will air on BBC Two. With it being a fly-away, I don’t know whether there will be a forum, however, if the title does end up being resolved, I do hope a forum is put on the BBC website on Monday morning.

John Watson will be alongside James Allen this weekend for 5 Live, and as with Abu Dhabi, Ben Edwards will be joining Watson for practice 1. As noted earlier this week, if you have Virgin Media and their Sports pack, you can now watch Sky Sports F1 online, which may be handy during this weekend’s coverage. More on that story here.

The fifth episode of Britain’s Next F1 Star features Dean Smith, with the final episode before the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend featuring Alex Brundle.

Thursday 15th November
17:00 to 17:30 – F1: Driver Press Conference (Sky Sports F1)
19:30 to 20:00 – Britain’s Next F1 Star (5/6) (Sky Sports F1)

Friday 16th November
14:45 to 16:50 – F1: Practice 1 (Sky Sports F1)
15:10 to 16:35 – F1: Practice 1 (BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra)
18:45 to 21:00 – F1: Practice 2 (Sky Sports F1)
21:00 to 21:40 – F1: Team Press Conference (Sky Sports F1)
23:00 to 00:00 – The F1 Show (Sky Sports F1)

Saturday 17th November
14:45 to 16:10 – F1: Practice 3 (Sky Sports F1)
17:00 to 19:45 – F1: Qualifying (Sky Sports F1)
17:55 to 19:20 – F1: Race (BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra)
21:00 to 22:15 – F1: Qualifying Highlights (BBC Two/HD)

Sunday 18th November
17:30 to 22:15 – F1: Race (Sky Sports F1)
18:55 to 21:00 – F1: Race (BBC Radio 5 Live)
22:25 to 00:25 – F1: Race Highlights (BBC One excluding Wales)
22:55 to 00:55 – F1: Race Highlights (BBC One Wales)

As always, I shall update this blog if there are any small adjustments to be made.

Sky Sports F1 to remain on air over the Winter

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.