{"id":511736,"date":"2026-03-03T14:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511736\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:14:09","slug":"how-to-follow-2026-f1-season-on-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511736\/","title":{"rendered":"How to follow 2026 F1 season on BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lights out and away we go. The 2026 Formula 1 season is approaching and you can follow every turn, pit stop and overtake live on the BBC.<\/p>\n

You can enjoy all the build-up on the BBC’s Chequered Flag podcast, listen to every grand prix on the radio and keep up with all the talking points on our app.<\/p>\n

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Listen wherever you are in the United Kingdom by tuning in on BBC Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sounds app.<\/p>\n

Live text commentary and reaction will also cover all of action from practice through to race day on the BBC Sport website and app.<\/p>\n

How to listen on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds<\/p>\n

BBC Radio 5 Live is bringing you live commentary from every session of every race this season.<\/p>\n

Every grand prix this season, you can listen to all the updates on BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport app and website, and via your smart speaker.<\/p>\n

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Harry Benjamin will again be the main race commentator with Jennie Gow and Rosanna Tennant presenting. Regular co-commentators will include 1996 world champion Damon Hill and racing drivers Sam Bird, Alice Powell, Abbie Eaton, Abbi Pulling, plus former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley.<\/p>\n

This is when you can listen to the opening round at the Australian Grand Prix:<\/p>\n

Friday, 6 March:<\/p>\n

First practice: 01:25 GMT – BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/a><\/p>\n

Second practice: 04:55 GMT – BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/a><\/p>\n

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Saturday, 7 March:<\/p>\n

Third practice: 01:25 GMT – BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/a><\/p>\n

Qualifying: 04:45 GMT – BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 8 March:<\/p>\n

Grand Prix: 03:30 GMT – BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are ways to download the BBC Sounds app in the UK:<\/p>\n

Apple<\/a><\/p>\n

Android<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s new with the Chequered Flag podcast?<\/p>\n

The Chequered Flag podcast will preview and review every race. For the first time this year, the post-race show for every grand prix will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Alternatively, you can listen via the BBC Sounds app.<\/p>\n

What’s new on the BBC Sport website and app?<\/p>\n

You can follow the action from every race weekend through the BBC Sport website and app live page – starting from the Australian Grand Prix on Friday.<\/p>\n

F1 correspondent Andrew Benson will report on every race and provide his unrivalled analysis, as well as being part of the BBC Radio 5 Live commentary team.<\/p>\n

And do you have a burning question? Andrew is again doing a weekly Q&A in 2026, so you can send in your questions below and we’ll put the best to him each week.<\/p>\n

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Listen on your smart speaker<\/p>\n

You can now listen to the F1 via your smart speaker, so if you’re busy at home you don’t need to miss a moment.<\/p>\n

Just ask your smart speaker to ‘play 5 Live’ or ‘play Sports Extra, for example.<\/p>\n

Or if you want to find the race, you can also – for example – say ‘ask BBC Sounds to play the Australian Grand Prix’, or ‘ask BBC Sounds to play the Chequered Flag podcast’. This is available on most smart speakers.<\/p>\n

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This article is the latest from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything<\/a> team.<\/p>\n

More questions answered…\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lights out and away we go. The 2026 Formula 1 season is approaching and you can follow every…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[163568,203229,33864,49,48,136166,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-511736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-bbc-radio","9":"tag-bbc-sounds-app","10":"tag-bbc-sport","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-chequered-flag","14":"tag-f1","15":"tag-formula-1","16":"tag-formula1","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}