When the Formula One racing season opens March 26 at the Australian Grand Prix, it will open a new era for the sport. Reigning F1 champion Nico Rosberg retired, and longtime F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone is out following the sport’s takeover by Liberty Media.
The NBC Sports Group features nearly 200 hours of F1 coverage in 2017 beginning with the Australian Grand Prix and including gems like the Monaco Grand Prix, the Italian Grand Prix, the Singapore Grand Prix and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and North American stops in Montreal, Mexico City and Austin, Texas. NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app combine to present all 20 races of the season. NBC Sports Group’s F1 broadcast team returns with lead race announcer Leigh Diffey, analysts David Hobbs and Steve Matchett, and reporter Will Buxton.
Australian Grand Prix and F1 season schedule from the NBC Sports Group:
F1 Australian Grand Prix TV Schedule on NBC Sports
All Times Eastern
Thursday, March 23
F1 Australian Grand Prix – Practice 1, 9pm, NBCSports.com/NBC Sports app
F1 Australian Grand Prix – Practice 1 (Delayed), 12am, NBCSN
Friday, March 24
F1 Australian Grand Prix – Practice 2, 1am, NBCSN
F1 Australian Grand Prix – Practice 3, 11pm, NBCSports.com/NBC Sports app
Saturday, March 25
F1 Australian Grand Prix – Practice 2 (Encore), 12:30am, NBCSN
F1 Australian Grand Prix – Qualifying, 2am, NBCSN
F1 Australian Grand Prix – Qualifying (Encore), 10:30pm, NBCSN
Sunday, March 26
F1 Countdown, 12am, NBCSN
F1 Australian Grand Prix, 12:30am, NBCSN
F1 Extra, 3am, NBCSN
2017 FORMULA ONE SCHEDULE (all times ET) | |||
Date | Grand Prix | Time | Network |
March 26 | Australian Grand Prix | 12:30am | NBCSN |
April 9 | Chinese Grand Prix | 1:30am | NBCSN |
April 16 | Bahrain Grand Prix | 10:30am | CNBC |
April 30 | Russian Grand Prix | 7:30am | NBCSN |
May 14 | Spanish Grand Prix | 7:30am | NBCSN |
May 28 | Monaco Grand Prix | 7:30am | NBC |
June 11 | Canadian Grand Prix | 2pm | NBC |
June 25 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | 8:30am | NBCSN |
July 9 | Austrian Grand Prix | 7:30am | CNBC |
July 16 | British Grand Prix | 7:30am | CNBC |
July 30 | Hungarian Grand Prix | 7:30am | NBCSN |
August 27 | Belgian Grand Prix | 7:30am | NBCSN |
September 3 | Italian Grand Prix | 7:30am | NBCSN |
September 17 | Singapore Grand Prix | 7:30am | NBCSN |
October 1 | Malaysian Grand Prix | 2:30am | NBCSN |
October 8 | Japanese Grand Prix | 12:30am | NBCSN |
October 22 | United States Grand Prix | 3pm | NBC |
October 29 | Mexican Grand Prix | 3pm | NBC |
November 12 | Brazilian Grand Prix | 10:30am | NBCSN |
November 26 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | 7:30am | NBCSN |
why wasn’t F1’s practice 3 televised before quals for the Australian race?