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Max Verstappen secured his 18th win of the season for Red Bull and his 53rd career victory overall. Max Verstappen fought back from a five-second penalty and dropping to fifth to win a gripping Las Vegas Grand Prix. The triple world champion, his team-mate Sergio Perez and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc swapped and re-swapped places throughout as they fought for the podium positions. Read the full report here. BBC Sport has live coverage of the full Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend with live digital coverage on the website and app - including audience interaction, expert analysis, debate, voting, features, interviews and audio content. All times are BST. Broadcast times are subject to change at short notice.

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Grand Prix , a British television programme based on the Formula One World Championship, had three main presenters during its history: Murray Walker from to , Jake Humphrey from to and Suzi Perry from to In the early days of the programme, all races were commentated at BBC Television Centre in London due to the high costs of travelling to races with live broadcasts done on location. Murray Walker would usually be flown to the location of the tracks to record a short scene before returning to England to watch the race from London with some broadcasts having commentary live with highlights aired or recorded commentary in highlights. On occasions the BBC employed a "ghost commentator" which was someone who would be in touch with the production team in London and gained access to timing monitors so that cameras could record what was occurring off the track. The first "ghost commentator" was Mark Fogarty with Joe Saward taking over in the early s. Following the excitement and interest of the Formula One season , the BBC decided to cover all races from The corporation had initially shown the odd race that featured on the calendar from till either live in segments or in highlights but elected to go with as many races as possible from The first broadcast of the programme came at the Monaco Grand Prix and the show featured one of the most iconic theme tunes in sport, with Fleetwood Mac's " The Chain ". From the Italian Grand Prix onwards saw James Hunt join the commentary booth alongside Walker after Hunt announced his retirement from racing that year. From onwards, they showed some of the races live in Sunday Grandstand and the rest as highlights in Grand Prix. In , all the races were shown live and all qualifying sessions were shown live in Many of these live races were fronted by either Steve Rider or former tennis player Sue Barker. Murray Walker would continue in his role as the lead commentator. Highlights of the races on BBC Three at pm on Sunday evenings except for races such as Brazil and Canada, where later start times meant the highlights were aired late at night. The Korean Grand Prix had a delay of the start by 10 minutes, then a red flag stoppage after three laps which lasted 45 minutes both in rain.

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Formula E is in search of a commentator to lead their coverage on a full-time basis after parting ways with Jack Nicholls, Motorsport Broadcasting has learnt. Nicholls, who has been part of Formula E since its inaugural race in , will not commentate on the remaining seven rounds of the season. Veteran motor sport commentator Ben Edwards will cover the vacant commentary position for the remainder of the season, starting with the Jakarta race weekend, which takes place on Saturday 3th and Sunday 4th June. The electric series has confirmed this news through a statement issued on their website , following a request for comment made by Motorsport Broadcasting. Note: Below section added on May 31st. Motorsport Broadcasting understands that multiple complaints were raised to Formula E about Nicholls.

George Russell took a maiden grand prix victory - and a first for Mercedes in - as Max Verstappen was penalised for a collision with Lewis Hamilton in Sao Paulo. Russell was in control of the race throughout after Verstappen and Hamilton came together as they disputed second place in the early stages at a safety car restart. Hamilton fought back to secure a Mercedes one-two, with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz in third place. Read the full race report. BBC Sport has live coverage of the full grand prix weekend with live digital coverage on the website and app - including audience interaction, expert analysis, debate, voting, features, interviews and audio content. All times are GMT. Broadcast times are subject to change at short notice. If you're viewing this on the BBC News app, see the times by reading the full coverage page , external. Listen to the latest Chequered Flag podcast: download here.

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The BBC will be providing live coverage of nine races in the Formula 1 season across all its platforms. For the remainder, there will be extended highlights on television and full live coverage on radio and online, including audio commentary. The extended highlights programmes will be on BBC One, although start times and duration will depend on race location. For all live races, F1 fans will be able to customise their viewing experience online through a live leaderboard; in-car cameras; choice of commentary; live text commentary; interactive forums; circuit guides; and blogs. Other races. Friday, 22 November.

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Tools Tools. Fans in the UK can watch every session live on Sky Sports. Tom Clarkson. Jakarta was a hit with fans domestically last year, attracting over 13 million viewers , and series organisers will be hoping for a similar response this time around. Tom Gaymor will replace Nicholls for the final practice session, with Harry Benjamin stepping in qualifying and the race, commentating alongside Jolyon Palmer and Rosanna Tennant. BBC unveils Formula 1 plans. Formula E is in search of a commentator to lead their coverage on a full-time basis after parting ways with Jack Nicholls, Motorsport Broadcasting has learnt. Nevertheless, for everything that has changed over the past decade, F1 remains king and is by far the leading series when it comes to motor sport in the UK, with no other form of motor sport eroding its dominant market position. This is fantastic news for F1 fans and Sky Sports will be the only place to follow every race live and in HD. On occasions the BBC employed a "ghost commentator" which was someone who would be in touch with the production team in London and gained access to timing monitors so that cameras could record what was occurring off the track.

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F1: Back at Base. From the Italian Grand Prix onwards saw James Hunt join the commentary booth alongside Walker after Hunt announced his retirement from racing that year. While Hamilton may retire in , the prospects of both Lando Norris and George Russell look bright, which should keep interest in the sport high, which is great news for Sky Sports moving forward. More on this story. Explore Wikis Community Central. Discovery last year. I think it is important to emphasis at this point that Sky have an excellent team: Davidson, Jenson Button, Martin Brundle and Karun Chandhok to name a few, a rotating talent set helping to keep their coverage fresh race-by-race. If F1 is going to continue to sign exclusive pay TV deals, then they need an action plan on how they aim to reach fans that do not have pay TV. Formula E is in search of a commentator to lead their coverage on a full-time basis after parting ways with Jack Nicholls, Motorsport Broadcasting has learnt. In the off-season, Sky have tweaked their on-air roster, with both Johnny Herbert and Paul di Resta departing.