British Grand Prix 2026 – Live TV Coverage on Channel 4 & Sky Sports F1
The 2026 British Grand Prix will take place this weekend (3-5 July) at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England.
It will be the ninth round of the 2026 Formula One World Championship and the fourth of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format.
Coming into the weekend, Kimi Antonelli leads the Drivers’ Championship with 171 points, 40 points ahead of teammate George Russell in second, and 46 ahead of Lewis Hamilton in third.
Mercedes, with 302 points, leads the Constructors’ Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, who are second and third with 204 and 159 points, respectively.
All five sessions – practice, sprint qualifying, sprint race, qualifying and the race – will be shown live on both Channel 4 and Sky Sports F1.
Sky will also make the action available to non-Sky Sports subscribers by airing all five sessions on Sky One.
Channel 4’s coverage will be fronted by Steve Jones, David Coulthard, Mark Webber, Claire Williams, Alice Powell, Billy Monger and Lee McKenzie. Lee will be in charge of presenting duties on Friday while Steve takes viewers through the fast-paced action on Saturday and Sunday.
Simon Lazenby and Natalie Pinkham will front Sky Sports’ coverage in the company of David Croft, Martin Brundle, Anthony Davidson, Bernie Collins and Ted Kravitz.
British Grand Prix 2026 – TV Coverage
|
Date |
Session |
Channel |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|
|
3 July |
Practice |
Sky Sports F1 |
12.00pm |
|
3 July |
Practice |
Channel 4 |
12.25pm |
|
3 July |
Sprint Quali |
Sky Sports F1 |
3.35pm |
|
3 July |
Sprint Quali |
Channel 4 |
4.00pm |
|
4 July |
Sprint Race |
Sky Sports F1 |
11.00am |
|
4 July |
Sprint Race |
Channel 4 |
11.00am |
|
4 July |
Qualifying |
Sky Sports F1 |
2.50pm |
|
4 July |
Qualifying |
Channel 4 |
3.00pm |
|
5 July |
The Race |
Sky Sports F1 |
12.55pm |
|
5 July |
The Race |
Channel 4 |
1.30pm |
