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I just read that RTL wont be showing it FTA so where now?
Just when we were worried that F1 was about to become exclusively a pay-to-watch sport, a reprieve meant fans can still watch - albeit highlights only and not live - on Channel 4 in the UK.
Sky still has the exclusive rights to show live races in the UK (as well as Italy and now Germany), meaning the only coverage on free-to-air TV in the UK will be available on Channel 4.
This arrangement runs until 2024 and until the end of the 2022 season, extended highlights of both qualifying and races can be shown on Channel 4 only two and a half hours after the race ends, instead of the three-hour delay in 2019.
. From 2021 to 2023, F1 will be shown on free-to-air channels ServusTV and ORF in Austria, plus on Match TV in Russia.