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Channel 4 F1

Channel 4 F1, commonly abbreviated to C4F1, is a British television programme that covers Formula One motor racing. It has been aired by the British broadcaster Channel 4 since 2016.

From 2016 to 2018 half of the season's practice, qualifying sessions and races were shown live, with the other half covered with extended qualifying and race highlights. From 2019 to 2026 the programme has shown highlights of all races and live coverage of only the British Grand Prix.

The F1 program is shown on Channel 4 and available on its on-demand streaming service. Occasionally it has aired on the More4 channel, when Channel 4 showed other programming, usually due to a special event.

On 21 December 2015, the BBC announced that it would end its deal with Formula One three years early due to budget cuts and would transfer the remaining three years to Channel 4. Channel 4 would be showing ten selected races live without advertisements and every race (even live) was to be shown as highlights. Channel 4 was the first free-to-air commercial station that ran without commercial breaks during its ten live races.

Channel 4 broadcast from 2016 to the end of the 2018 seasons after purchasing the rights shared with Sky Sports from BBC. Channel 4 also showed the race and associated events of the British Grand Prix and final race weekend. Extended highlights were shown of all remaining races a few hours after they finish, early evening for European and Asian which are shown live races, afternoon for Asian races or late night for live races and ones in the Americas. Qualifying highlights for live races were only shown if they were live races in Asia. Live race coverage was produced by Whisper Films, with North One Television to produce accompanying programmes. Channel 4's full presenting team was announced on 8 March 2016.

Channel 4 also announced that "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac would be their title music, the song previously used by the BBC's coverage.

Frequent references to social media were made in the programme's break bumpers, usually in the form of hashtags in response to events as they unfold, driver/fan tweets, or simply the appearance of the #C4F1 hashtag.

For Practice Two of the 2016 European Grand Prix and 2016 Mexican Grand Prix, More4 had the coverage due to Channel 4 covering the Royal Ascot horse race.

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