The Formula 1 season gets underway with the Australian Grand Prix – who will start the 2019 campaign in style?
Formula 1 fans are eagerly preparing for the 2019 season with the Australian Grand Prix primed to spark a fresh year of drama.
Defending champion Lewis Hamilton lifted his fifth World Championship title in 2018 as Mercedes dominated the field.
Ferrari star Sebastian Vettel and new team-mate Charles Leclerc will be hoping to break Hamilton's spell at the top of the rankings.
Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo will line up on the grid for his first race since swapping Red Bull for Renault and he'll have plenty of support from his home crowd.
RadioTimes.com rounds up how you can watch all the action live on TV this weekend with full Sky Sports and Channel 4 broadcast details.
Live from the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne.
All three practice sessions will be broadcast live on Sky Sports F1.
Practice 1: 12:30am (Friday)
Practice 2: 4:45am (Friday)
Practice 3: 2:45am (Saturday)
The qualifying session will be live on Sky Sports F1, Main Event and Sky One from 5:00am (UK time).
Qualifying: 6:00am
Qualifying highlights: 12:00pm (on Channel 4)
The race will be broadcast live on Sky Sports F1, Main Event and Sky One from 3:30am (UK time).
Race: 5:10am
The full Grand Prix will be repeated on Sky Sports F1 at 8:00am and 11:35am.
Highlights: 2:30pm (on Channel 4), 6:00pm (on Sky Sports F1), 10:00pm (on Sky Sports F1).
Already a Sky customer? Get the F1 channel for just £10 a month. The offer ends on the 1st of April.
If you don’t have Sky, you can watch the race through NOW TV. You can get a Sky Sports day pass for £8.99, a week pass for £14.99 or a month pass for £33.99, all without needing a contract.
There is also a limited edition offer which will allow fans to purchase the entire 2019 season without other sports included in the package for almost 50 per cent less than the RRP.
Radio coverage of the race is on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
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