Who will be Channel 4’s lead presenter?

After BBC opted to dump Formula One, Channel 4 have picked up the terrestrial rights for F1 in the UK.

There will be at least one familiar face on their coverage as former McLaren driver and BBC commentator David Coulthard has made the jump.

But he will not be followed by Suzi Perry who has been a long standing employee of the BBC.

Perry has presented the BBC’s MotoGP broadcasts from 2003 until 2009 and took over Formula One in 2013.

What she will be doing in the future is unknown, but she has confirmed on Twitter that it will neither include F1 on channel 4 or the BBC’s Top Gear show.

One rather left field suggestion for who will anchor the programme is former X Factor USA and T4 presenter Steve Jones, with the channel perhaps looking at a fresh approach, much like the BBC took when they originally signed up Jake Humphrey.

Channel 4 will show 10 live race weekends across the season with the other 11 Grand Prix weekends covered by highlights programmes.

Sky Sports F1 will continue to be the only place where every practice session, qualifying and race will be shown live and in full.



2016 Formula One World Championship calendar

Race 1 – 20th March 2016 – Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 2 – 3rd April 2016 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Sky and Channel 4

Race 3 – 17th April 2016 – Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 4 – 1st May 2016 – Russian Grand Prix (Sochi) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 5 – 15th May 2016 – Spanish Grand Prix (Barcelona) – Sky and Channel 4

Race 6 – 29th May 2016 – Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 7 – 12th June 2016 – Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 8 – 19th June 2016 – European Grand Prix (Baku) – Sky and Channel 4

Race 9 – 3rd July 2016 – Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 10 – 10th July 2016 – British Grand Prix (Silverstone) – Sky and Channel 4

Race 11 – 24th July 2016 – Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring) – Sky and Channel 4

Race 12 – 31st July 2016 – German Grand Prix (Hockenheim) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 13 – 28th August 2016 – Belgian Grand Prix (Spa-Francorchamps) – Sky and Channel 4

Race 14 – 4th September 2016 – Italian Grand Prix (Monza) – Sky and Channel 4

Race 15 – 18th September 2016 – Singapore Grand Prix – Exclusive to Sky

Race 16 – 2nd October 2016 – Malaysian Grand Prix (Sepang) – Sky and Channel 4

Race 17 – 9th October 2016 – Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 18 – 23rd October 2016 – United States Grand Prix (Austin) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 19 – 30th October 2016 – Mexican Grand Prix (Mexico City) – Sky and Channel 4

Race 20 – 13th November 2016 – Brazilian Grand Prix (Interlagos) – Exclusive to Sky

Race 21 – 27th November 2016 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Sky and Channel 4