{"id":9666,"date":"2026-03-04T07:46:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9666"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:46:52","slug":"formula-1-2026-how-to-follow-and-listen-on-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9666","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 2026: How to follow and listen on the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC Radio 5 Live is bringing you live commentary from every session of every race this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Every grand prix this season, you can listen to all the updates on BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport app and website, and via your smart speaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Harry Benjamin will again be the main race commentator with Jennie Gow and Rosanna Tennant presenting. Regular co-commentators will include 1996 world champion Damon Hill and racing drivers Sam Bird, Alice Powell, Abbie Eaton, Abbi Pulling, plus former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This is when you can listen to the opening round at the Australian Grand Prix:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Friday, 6 March:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">First practice: 01:25 GMT &#8211; BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Second practice: 04:55 GMT &#8211; BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Saturday, 7 March:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Third practice: 01:25 GMT &#8211; BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Qualifying: 04:45 GMT &#8211; BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Sunday, 8 March:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Grand Prix: 03:30 GMT &#8211; BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Here are ways to download the BBC Sounds app in the UK:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/bbc-sounds\/id1380676511\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Apple<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bbc.sounds&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;pli=1\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Android<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/articles\/ce94dvp771yo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Radio 5 Live is bringing you live commentary from every session of every race this season. Every grand prix this season, you can listen to all the updates on BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport app and website, and via your smart speaker. Harry Benjamin will again be the main race commentator with Jennie Gow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}