{"id":100053,"date":"2025-08-29T03:51:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100053\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T03:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:51:03","slug":"sky-sports-f1-star-ted-kravitz-to-miss-dutch-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100053\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Sports F1 star Ted Kravitz to miss Dutch Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sky Sports F1 team will be without a fan favourite this weekend after Ted Kravitz confirmed his absence ahead of the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Sky broadcast lineup often rotates from one F1 race to another, but prior to F1&#8217;s summer break, Kravitz revealed that he would miss the following two rounds at <a title=\"Budapest and Zandvoort\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-race-calendar\/2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Budapest and Zandvoort<\/a>.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking at the Belgian GP, the 51-year-old said: &#8220;I&#8217;m going on holidays, <a title=\"Simon [Lazenby]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/tags\/simon-lazenby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simon [Lazenby]<\/a> and I are going on a cycling tour of the North York Moors,&#8221; he explained. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nAs Kravitz enjoys some well earned rest, it means F1 fans will have to endure another weekend without his popular Ted&#8217;s Notebook segment on the <a title=\"Sky Sports schedule\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/38468\/f1-commentators-meet-the-sky-sports-and-channel-4-teams-including-david-croft-jenson-button-and-nico-rosberg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports schedule<\/a>.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe popular presenter went on to confirm his absence for not just the final race prior to the <a title=\"summer shutdown\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1057960\/why-does-f1-have-a-summer-break-how-long-is-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">summer shutdown<\/a> but also the first race back.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;The notebook will return in Monza in the beginning of September,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I hope you enjoy your summer, I hope you enjoy the Budapest Grand Prix next week, and the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August, I will see you with the notebook in Monza.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ted Kravitz has been a key element of Sky's F1 broadcast since 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5e32e76df72b720e7a8d85fafc2b72b10d62112a.jpg\"\/>Ted Kravitz has been a key element of Sky&#8217;s F1 broadcast since 2012<br \/>\nTed\u2019s Notebook absence confirmed from Sky F1 schedule<\/p>\n<p>\nSky&#8217;s popular feature show, &#8216;Ted&#8217;s Notebook&#8217; takes viewers behind the scenes of the F1 paddock following the competitive sessions of a race weekend, with the live broadcast bringing an unpredictable twist to the format that sees Kravitz discuss the main storylines from the event.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nHis absence both before and after the summer break means there will be no \u2018Ted\u2019s Notebook\u2019 until the first weekend of September <a title=\"where F1 returns to Monza\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1056346\/f1-track-monza-italian-grand-prix-michael-schumacher-tribute\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where F1 returns to Monza<\/a> for the Italian GP. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nThis year&#8217;s race at the temple of speed will see <a title=\"Lewis Hamilton make his debut in front of the Tifosi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1058801\/ferrari-f1-star-lewis-hamilton-boost-italian-grand-prix-monza-sold-out\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton make his debut in front of the Tifosi<\/a> at the storied circuit following his move to Ferrari at the start of the 2025 campaign.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nBut for now, fans can look forward to the home grand prix of reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen, who will be hoping he can take the fight to McLaren in front of his own orange army <a title=\"at Zandvoort this weekend\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1059813\/f1-2025-dutch-grand-prix-weather-forecast-latest-from-zandvoort\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at Zandvoort this weekend<\/a>.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nF1 HEADLINES: <a title=\"Verstappen in FIA summons as Hamilton &#039;complains&#039; over issue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1060051\/f1-news-today-verstappen-in-fia-summons-lewis-hamilton-complains-over-issue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Verstappen in FIA summons as Hamilton &#8216;complains&#8217; over issue<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nREAD MORE: <a title=\"Cadillac confirm driver lineup as axed F1 stars return\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1059896\/cadillac-confirm-driver-lineup-valtteri-bottas-sergio-perez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac confirm driver lineup as axed F1 stars return<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nREAD MORE: <a title=\"McLaren to change team name in eye-watering \u2018$100m\u2019 deal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1060039\/mclaren-f1-change-team-name-100m-deal-mastercard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McLaren to change team name in eye-watering \u2018$100m\u2019 deal<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nF1 COMMENTATORS: <a title=\"Meet the Sky Sports and Channel 4 teams including Martin Brundle, Naomi Schiff and Danica Patrick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/38468\/f1-commentators-meet-the-sky-sports-and-channel-4-teams-including-david-croft-jenson-button-and-nico-rosberg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet the Sky Sports and Channel 4 teams including Martin Brundle, Naomi Schiff and Danica Patrick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sky Sports F1 team will be without a fan favourite this weekend after Ted Kravitz confirmed his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[11480,1687,372,6537,6868,7944,50,48875,101,48876,48877,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-100053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-dutch-grand-prix","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-gpfans","tag-kerry-violet","tag-news","tag-sky-sports-f1","tag-sports","tag-ted-kravitz","tag-tv-coverage","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}