The BBC F1 coverage for 2013 has been announced, with the broadcaster confirming that they’ll have 10 races live across the BBC, including Monza, Spa, Canada, Japan and Brazil – all very much ‘hot’ dates on the calendar. No Monaco is a bit of a shocker, it’s often dubbed as the ‘jewel’ of the season, maybe the beeb opted to miss it in favour of a more action-packed GP.
Suzi – the new Jake – http://suziperry.com/
In other news, it’s been announced that the much-loved and departing Jake Humphrey is to be replaced by Suzi Perry who’ll act as anchor for the previously award winning coverage. Learn more about her here. She’s clearly keen and very excited to land such a role:
“Motorsport is my life and I’ve really missed being away from the grid. I am so excited to be joining the BBC. Working alongside such an eminent team and the F1 world is a huge honour and I can’t wait to get started.”
Here’s the BBC’s coverage for 2013…
Note that if you want to watch the Australian Grand Prix LIVE in HD – we’re showing it on a cinema screen with surround sound, complete with a full english breakfast! details and tickets here
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Grand Prix
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Date
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|---|---|
| China | 14th April |
| Spain | 12th May |
| Canada | 9th June |
| Silverstone | 30th June |
| (TBA) | 21st July |
| Belgium | 25th August |
| Italy | 8th September |
| Japan | 13th October |
| India | 27th October |
| Brazil | 24th November |
Leon turner
December 21, 2012
BBC going down, what bout next year ? Only gonna show 2 lol. Joke !
f1ellen
December 21, 2012
Phew! Good choice. Glad that dull Lee Mckenzie is not being anchor. I know my husband will be pleased to see Suzi back too!
Steve
December 21, 2012
It’s just not good enough
Mark
December 22, 2012
Agreed fiellen, while Lee is good at asking questions in interviews she is a bit monotone and bland when it comes to presenting.
At least Suzi has some charisma, just hope she is actually into F1 and knows her stuff, hopefully she’s not there just to boost ratings.
Can see sky now giving lazybore the boot and sticking Georgie in as main anchor.
John Eastwood
December 22, 2012
It’s a disgrace! BBC only showing 10 live races, it will end up like the boxing with everybody losing interest after it went pay per view, it as lost it’s big following as one of the biggest sports watched on TV and the same will happen to the F1, I bet it will also end up pay per view one day
Trish
January 3, 2013
An elitist sport that used to be accessible to those of us who can’t afford to attend races or to pay for Sky. I am a massive F1 fan who even ditches family events to watch live races! I can’t believe that on top of being deprived of half the live races, I’m even being deprived of Monaco this year. What are the BBC thinking of?
Chris
January 6, 2013
The problem isn’t the BBC only showing 10 races. The problem is the BBC announcing the results of the races it doesn’t show on the TV and radio news before the races are televised!
Leon
January 14, 2013
BBC have obviously lost touch with the public. since it’s paid for by the public, we shoul have a choice now not to support them anymore. Bernie got his wig in on it to make a few more millions ! he is happy, screw the fans bernie, you do it so well. Muppet . Another rich mans sport. will become more exclusive, and therefore will now become increasingly more expensive. Sinking ship springs to mind !!!
Angie Pitt
January 10, 2013
No Monaco that awful its one of the best not everyone can afford to pay to watch on sky…its just a money making ploy
Angie Pitt
January 10, 2013
No Monaco that awful its one of the best not everyone can afford to pay to watch on sky…its just a money making ploy again
Chris R
January 13, 2013
shocking – bernie you have a lot to answer for – selling rights to bsb……
Chris
January 18, 2013
Why should the BBC be allowed to spend our money on boring,sad,dark and depressing soap operas,wasting our money on high wages for too many idiots in its cooperation and many many repeated programmes?F1 has one of the biggest sports followings around the world,it’s live and exciting unlike the dribble and c–p we get for our licence fee now days,shame on you BBC for giving Sky the upper hand again on one of our country’s favourite sports.I can see the spineless bosses giving Sky the entire F1 season soon,more money to pay.BBC! time to grow a pair.
John
January 20, 2013
This is becoming a joke. BBC only showing 10 races and not even Monaco who the hell decides this decisions? Sport on the beeb is getting worse and worse and it don’t end there even the rest of the programs on this channel are starting to get very boring and stale yet the beeb expect us to pay for this rubbish. It’s about time that the BBC remembers that we the payers should have the choices on what is shown. We are forced to pay this license fee even though a lot of us don’t either want it or watch it. If the BBC want to charge us then why not make all the BBC channels scrambled like the channels on Sky that way people have a real choice of what they want but the BBC wont do this as they know there would be a massive loss in revenue for them and also there master the English government wont allow it as it will be a loss on there revenue through VAT.
trevor
January 22, 2013
I am fed up with sky taking over all the sport in this country .
Tim
January 23, 2013
Am I missing a trick here,
Ten races on the BBC.
I can only count nine including the one TBA
The Badger
February 9, 2013
Corrected now Tim – added in India!
Col
January 24, 2013
I’d have given up watching it last year if it wasn’t for torrent sites. Of course I have to stay clear of any news reports on the day. Not really exciting though is it, getting yer sport 2nd hand.
Willi Gauda
January 25, 2013
VPNs are your friends …
Peter
January 27, 2013
Hi Tim,
Thought I was the only one that can not count.
Glad I’m not alone.
martyn
February 3, 2013
it is 10. India is live as well. Chris youre completely right. The bbc are notorious for giving away results because theyre so cheap everything is later highlights now.
Sylvia
February 16, 2013
Wouldnt it be “fairer” to the viewer for the BBC to show each “alternate” race instead of allowing SKY to choose the races they want to show. . to those of us who dont have sky it is another ploy to try and get our money, well I for one cannot afford Sky but have been an ardent F1 fan since it started and Im sad we cannot watch ,Monaco live also the race in Austin. . . shame on you BBC for selling out to Sky. . .even with the adverts I would have preferred ITV to still be televising it !!!.
Gasman
February 18, 2013
What a waste a great sport watched for years I’m not paying sky’s prices for just a few races a year gp2 here I come just as exiting and I’m not being exploited stop paying stupid wages and bring back the sport to the real fans
Peter Lacey
February 22, 2013
We’re all beating ourselves up about the BBC giving away half the F1 race programme to the greedy little Aussie. It’s no different from last year. I just bought a Freeview Recorder and looking at the reviews for this and a whole lot of similar products, it was plain to see the number of disgruntled folk out there all turning their backs on high priced Sky TV. One comment I read stated that on a certain Sky channel there was no less than 22.5 hrs of
repeated programmes in a 24 hour period. I know it doesn’t help us real ardent F1 fans now, but I can see the time coming, and the sooner the better, when Sky will have lost so many viewers to Freeview they will
have to seriously consider the situation as to whether the F1 channel is viable.
Peter
March 6, 2013
How can the BBC justify £180milion for Premier league highlights £2m a year for Gary Lineker plus expences, and I cant find how much they paid for horse racing on the radio.Money well spent.