F1 heads to Melbourne for the third spherical of the season on the Australian Grand Prix; watch each session reside on Sky Sports F1 with qualifying at 5am on Saturday and the race itself at 4am on Sunday; replays and highlights proven on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Showcase this weekend

Get able to set your alarm clocks or keep up late for an all-nighter as a result of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix is right here.

Max Verstappen dominated the opening two occasions as he led Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez to a one-two in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

But, Verstappen did not have all of it his personal means eventually 12 months’s Australian Grand Prix as a chaotic finish to the race noticed three purple flags and a number of incidents because the Red Bull driver emerged unscathed with Lewis Hamilton in second and Fernando Alonso in third.

The Australian Grand Prix is among the hottest occasions on the F1 calendar and attracts over 400,000 individuals over the week in Melbourne.

After no race for 3 years, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the race returned to 2022 with a brand new observe format to enhance overtaking.

The final two races at Albert Park have seen loads of wheel-to-wheel motion and we should always see extra of the identical this 12 months, the place rain may additionally play a job.

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and RB’s Daniel Ricciardo shall be hoping to provide the house followers one thing to cheer about this weekend.

Don’t fancy staying up? Watch replays and highlights on Sky

Following a Thursday to Saturday race week in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, F1 reverts to the traditional Friday to Sunday schedule for the rest of the season, aside from Las Vegas in November.

If you do not fancy getting up early for qualifying at 5am on Saturday or Sunday’s race at 4am, we can have highlights and replays throughout the Sky channels, together with Sky Showcase which is free if in case you have a Sky field.

We will even have highlights on Sky Sports’ digital platforms and you may learn the entire newest information from Melbourne on the Sky Sports web site and app.

Sky Sports F1’s reside Australian GP schedule

Thursday March 21

• 10.30am: Drivers’ press convention
• 9.45pm: F3 Practice
• 10.55pm: F2 Practice

Friday March 22

• 1am: Australian GP Practice One (session begins at 1.30am)
• 2.55am: F3 Qualifying
• 4.45am: Australian GP Practice Two (session begins at 5am)
• 6.25am: F2 Qualifying
• 7.15am: The F1 Show
• 8.30am: Australian GP Practice One highlights
• 10am: Australian GP apply Two highlights

Saturday March 23

• 0.10am: F3 Sprint
• 1.10am: Australian GP Practice Three (session begins at 1.30am)
• 3.10am: F2 Sprint
• 4.15am: Australian GP Qualifying build-up
• 5am: Australian GP Qualifying
• 7am: Ted’s Qualifying Notebook
• 7.30am: Australian GP Qualifying highlights
• 8.30am: Australian GP Qualifying replay (Sky Showcase)
• 10.30am: Australian GP Qualifying replay
• 10pm: F3 Feature Race

Sunday March 24

• 0.30am: F2 Feature Race
• 3am: Australian GP build-up: Grand Prix Sunday
• 4am: THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
• 6am: Australian GP response: Chequered flag
• 7am: Ted’s Notebook
• 7.30am: Australian GP highlights
• 8.30am: Australian GP build-up: Grand Prix Sunday replay
• 9.30am: Australian GP race replay
• 10am: Australian GP highlights (Sky Showcase)
• 11.30am: Australian GP response: Chequered flag replay

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