How to Watch F1 Races in 2022: Singapore GP Start Time & More

This weekend, after what looks like a protracted break following the Belgian, Dutch and Italian triple-header, is the Singapore Grand Prix. F1 has headed east for a few weeks, with the Japanese Grand Prix subsequent Sunday.

After all, you’re right here since you need to know learn how to watch the Singapore race and discover out when it begins. So with out additional ado, right here’s the whole lot you could find out about watching the motion on TV and on-line within the UK, plus observe classes and qualifying.

You’ll additionally discover the opposite dates and begin occasions for the remaining races within the 2022 F1 calendar.

When you’re concerned with different sports activities, you too can discover out:

When does the Singapore Grand Prix begin?

Timings for the race weekend are in British Summer time Time: GMT+1.

• Spherical 17: Singapore
• Date: Sunday 2 October 2022
• Race begin time: 1pm (BST) dwell on Sky Sports activities F1
• Race highlights: Channel 4, 6.30pm; Sky Sports activities F1, 5pm

Apply, qualifying & race occasions for the Singapore Grand Prix

All occasions are in BST.

• Apply 1: Friday 30 September on Sky Sports activities F1, 12-1pm
• Apply 2: Friday 30 September on Sky Sports activities F1, 3-4pm
• Apply 3: Saturday 1 October on Sky Sports activities F1, 11am-12pm
• Qualifying: Saturday 1 October on Sky Sports activities F1, 2-3pm, Channel 4: 7.15pm
• Race: Sunday 2 October. Begin time 1pm on Sky Sports activities F1. Race highlights on Channel 4, 6.30pm (5pm on Sky Sports activities F1)

When you’re unable to get to a TV or report broadcasts, you may watch them in a while Sky Go / Now and on All 4, which is the app for Channel 4. You can even catch up later with a lot shorter highlights on the official Components 1 YouTube channel.

Tips on how to watch each F1 race at no cost within the UK

• Sky displaying dwell races
• Prolonged qualifying, plus highlights on Channel 4 proven 2.5 hours after dwell race ends

F1 is quick changing into a pay-to-watch sport. However there are methods to observe with out paying, particularly should you’re joyful to observe highlights later within the day.

Sky nonetheless has the unique rights to point out dwell races within the UK (in addition to Italy and Germany), which means the one protection on free-to-air TV within the UK might be out there on Channel 4.

This association runs till 2024 and – till the tip of the 2022 season – prolonged highlights of each qualifying and races might be proven on Channel 4 solely two and a half hours after the race ends.

This doesn’t imply all broadcasts might be proven this quickly, and if you wish to stream these highlights, you may need to attend so much longer for them to seem on Channel 4’s streaming service – All4. 

The highlights present lasts 2.5 hours and is allowed to cowl 70 % of the motion.

You may watch Channel 4 in your TV, in fact, however you too can watch utilizing the All4 app in your cellphone or pill (however not dwell), or in an online browser through Channel 4’s web site.

The opposite method to watch at no cost – particularly if you wish to watch races dwell – is to make use of a VPN and stream them from broadcasters in different nations which present races on free-to-air channels (however not essentially with English commentary). 

For extra particulars, see the part under on learn how to watch races dwell at no cost.

Tips on how to watch F1 races in 4K HDR

When you’re joyful to pay a subscription charge so you may watch whole races dwell, then Sky is the one possibility within the UK. Whereas Liberty operates a web-based streaming service – F1 TV Professional – you may’t watch it within the UK due to Sky’s unique deal.

Races are actually broadcast in 4K HDR and, as we perceive it, you’ll want a Sky Glass TV, or a Sky Q field that’s able to sending the 4K HDR sign to your appropriate TV. Meaning one which helps the HLG kind of HDR, as a result of that’s what Sky makes use of. You’ll additionally want the suitable Extremely HD add-on on your Sky TV bundle. 

Sadly, which means no 4K or HDR for Now clients, or those that obtain Sky channels through BT TV. 

You may get Sky Sports activities F1 for £18 per thirty days on high of your regular Sky bundle – which means a minimal price of £41 per thirty days in actuality – or Full Sports activities (all of the sports activities channels) for £25 per thirty days, once more for an 18-month contract.

The opposite possibility for UHD HDR is to enroll to F1 TV, the official streaming service for the game. See under for extra particulars, however it isn’t out there within the UK.

Watch F1 on Now

When you don’t need to pay for Sky TV (possibly since you solely need F1) then there may be another: you may subscribe through Sky’s streaming service, Now (previously Now TV). That’s out there in your cellphone, pill, video games consoles, through an online browser and in addition through an Amazon Fireplace TV Stick, Roku machine and others.

It isn’t less expensive although: it’s £33.99 per thirty days for the Sky Sports activities Go.

BT broadband clients may get Sky Sports activities channels as a part of a Now bolt-on to their BT TV bundle – see extra particulars in our BT VIP overview.

Are you able to get F1 TV Professional within the UK?

Annoyingly, no, you may’t. In case you didn’t know, F1 TV Professional is the official streaming service of Components 1 however you may’t subscribe within the UK due to Sky’s unique deal for dwell races.

F1 TV Professional is simply out there the US the place it prices $79.99 per 12 months. You can even purchase it in just a few different nations together with the Netherlands the place it’s €7.99 per thirty days.

Within the UK, all you may entry is the dwell timing service which prices £2.29 per thirty days. We don’t advise utilizing a VPN to purchase the service from the US or Netherlands: it’s seemingly your VPN might be detected and Liberty Media, which runs F1, says your subscription might be terminated with no refund.

When you don’t need to pay for F1 TV Professional and also you’re within the US, F1 races might be proven on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC.

Can I watch F1 on-line in 2022?

Certainly you may. Protection is accessible utilizing the next apps:

Be aware that you simply can not watch dwell on the All 4 app.

Not like BBC iPlayer, you may’t be a part of a dwell broadcast and you could have to attend hours for the race highlights to seem within the app.

Sky

To observe races on-line with the Sky Go app you first must subscribe to its TV service. Sky might be broadcasting observe, qualifying and races in Extremely HDR, however as defined above, you’ll want the fitting tools to get it, and this isn’t out there through Sky Go. You will discover out extra on Sky’s web site.

Now

As talked about above, you may watch Sky Sports activities F1 with out being a Sky TV buyer because the channel can also be out there on Now (previously Now TV) as you too can get Now as a part of a BT TV bundle.

Now could be Sky’s streaming service, which you’ll be able to watch through the Now app on a laptop computer, PC, Mac, cellphone or pill. It may also be discovered or put in on Amazon Fireplace TV Stick streaming gadgets, LG TVs, Samsung TV, YouView bins (not early ones), Apple TV, Sony TVs, Google Chromecast, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Collection S/X.

You’ll want the
Now Sports activities membership which prices £33.99 per thirty days or £9.98 per day. However on the time of writing, the month-to-month subscription was discounted to £20 for the entire F1 season.

Tips on how to watch F1 on-line with a VPN

When you’re not in the identical nation because the TV broadcaster, you received’t be capable of watch F1 on-line with no VPN. For instance, you may not watch overseas utilizing the Sky Go app in your cellphone or pill due to Brexit.

Equally, you may’t watch highlights on the All 4 app until you employ a VPN with a UK server.

We suggest utilizing NordVPN and Surfshark.

A VPN makes it seem that you simply’re positioned in the identical nation because the broadcaster once you hook up with a server within the acceptable nation.

Learn our information to the
finest VPN providers for extra info.

Is there a method to watch F1 races dwell at no cost?

Formally, no. However there’s a method. In 2022 and 2023, F1 might be proven on free-to-air channels ServusTV and ORF in Austria, plus on Match TV in Russia. Races are additionally broadcast dwell on Belgian TV channel
RTBF.

You’ll want a
VPN (see above) to observe these channels outdoors of these nations, so hook up with the suitable nation – Austria or Russia – after which head to their respective web sites and determine learn how to navigate to the fitting channel and also you’ll be ale to observe the dwell stream.

Clearly until you converse these languages the commentary received’t be in any respect helpful, however the excellent news is which you could take heed to English commentary by tuning into Radio 5 Dwell. You don’t want an precise radio in fact: you too can pay attention through the BBC Sounds app, or on the
BBC web site.

Listed here are the web site hyperlinks:

When you fancy watching on the large display reasonably than your laptop computer, then right here’s
learn how to hook up your laptop computer to a TV. You could possibly additionally
forged from Android, should you’re utilizing a VPN and net browser in your cellphone or pill. Equally, these with iPhones or iPads can mirror their display to the TV utilizing an Apple TV.

Aside from this, the game is all however behind a paywall now. You was in a position watch races dwell on RTL Germany however Sky Germany now has unique rights (as within the UK) to point out dwell races in Germany as properly.

Final 12 months a deal between the 2 was achieved in order that RTL may present the 4 occasions under (together with the Sunday races) dwell, and one thing related might properly occur in 2022.

1. Italy (Imola)
2. Spain 
3. Italy (Monza)
4. Brazil

You may watch races on RTL within the UK if in case you have a satellite tv for pc dish and may determine learn how to tune into Astra satellite tv for pc at 19.2E.

I’m additionally reliably knowledgeable by a Tech Advisor reader that F1 is proven free to air on an Arabic satellite tv for pc channel service known as MBC Motion MBC Persia. They’re out there on plenty of satellites at various frequencies, however they require an excellent satellite tv for pc set up and setup to choose up the indicators. 

Dash Qualifying races in 2022

The format might be run at three races this season:

• Spherical 4: Italy
• Spherical 11: Austria
• Spherical 22: Brazil

As an alternative of being run on the Saturday, regular qualifying (with Q1, Q2 and Q3 classes) takes place on Friday afternoon. This determines the grid order for Dash Qualifying, which is a brief 100km race that’s held on Saturday afternoon.

The foundations have been tweaked this 12 months. The driving force who units the quickest time in qualifying might be given pole place on Sunday. Final 12 months, it was the motive force who received the Dash who secured pole. The grid order for the dash race itself might be decided by qualifying occasions from the Friday classes, as earlier than.

Factors have been modified, too. Now, the highest eight drivers within the dash race are awarded factors, from 8 for the winner right down to 1 level for coming P8.

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