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TV.Cynic · March 30, 2023, 10:25pm

Lights Out. Formula 1 Starts Today.

2023 Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix. Live And Free On Network 10.

The countdown is finally over, the highly anticipated 2023 Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix is here as Network 10 brings viewers all the action live and free across three days of high-octane action.

The stars of Formula 1, including hometown hero Oscar Piastri who will take to Albert Park circuit for the first time, will be on track for two practice sessions today as drivers test their machines for the first time this year on a street circuit.

Formula 2 and Formula 3 action is also underway with Aussies racers Hugh Barter, Tommy Smith and Christian Mansell suiting up in Formula 3, while Jack Doohan (son of MotoGP Champion Mick Doohan) is flying the flag in Formula 2, as both categories hit the track for practice and qualifying sessions.

Saturday sees Formula 1 qualifying as the grid is set for the all-important race on Sunday. Can Red Bull Racing make it three poles from three races to continue their campaign defence? Having never won the iconic Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, is 2023 Verstappen’s year?

Then it’s light outs and away we go as the Formula 1 race takes off on Sunday. All eyes will be on the iconic Albert Park track as the drivers test themselves and their cars to the limit. How will the new fourth DRS Zone impact the race? Melbourne has previously been a happy hunting ground for seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, can he re-find his form and take the chequered flag? How will Melbourne’s own Oscar Piastri go with the support of his hometown crowd?

Network 10’s stellar broadcast team has you covered across the three days of wheel-to-wheel action led by Tara Rushton and Scott MacKinnon, with 1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill joining the team to call the Formula 1 action alongside F1 expert Tom Clarkson and motorsport commentator Richard Craill and Australian Formula 1 legend and 1980 World Champion Alan Jones. F1 reporters Rosanna Tennant and Sam Power will bring viewers all the insights, and action on and off the track.

10 Sport’s Archie Thompson and Studio 10’s Natalie Hunter will be bringing viewers all the glamour and excitement from around the iconic Albert Park precinct. And making his racing broadcast debut in 2023, is self-proclaimed revhead and co-host of The Cheap Seats and the globally loved The Reserve Drivers, Tim McDonald, who will bring entertaining interviews and commentary throughout the three days of F1 action.

The 2023 Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix will be one of the biggest in history, with a faster track than ever before, following the inclusion of a fourth DRS zone, new cars, new drivers, new team line ups and the debut of Formula 2 and Formula 3, all brought to you by the best commentary team in the business.

Celebrating 70 years since the first F1 race in Melbourne, it’s shaping up to be an epic three days of wheel-to-wheel action, and with tickets already sold out across multiple days, Network 10 is the only place viewers can catch it live and free, as our expert team bring all the action, highlights and analysis on and off the track.

Coverage of the 2023 Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix gets underway on Friday 31 March and continues all weekend on Network 10.

Check out these tips from our Formula 1 experts

2023 Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix
Friday, 31 March:
11.30am – 5.00pm AEDT. Live and Free on 10 and 10 Play.
5.00pm-6.00pm on 10 Bold and 10 Play.
12.30pm AEDT: Formula 1 Practice.
2.00pm AEDT: Formula 3 Qualifying.
4.00pm AEDT: Formula 1 Practice.
5.30pm AEDT: Formula 2 Qualifying.

Saturday, 1 April:
10.00am – 6.00pm AEDT. Live and Free on 10 and 10 Play.
10.45pm AEDT: Formula 3 Race.
12.30pm AEDT: Formula 1 Practice.
2.20pm AEDT: Formula 2 Race.
4.00pm AEDT: Formula 1 Qualifying.

Sunday, 2 April:
8.30am – 5.00pm AEST. Live and Free on 10 and 10 Play.
9.05am AEST: Formula 3 Race.
11.35am AEST: Formula 2 Race.
1.00pm AEST: Formula 1 Drivers’ Parade.
3.00pm AEST: Formula 1 Race.

JohnsonTV · March 30, 2023, 10:39pm

Note that in QLD, NT and WA, today’s coverage will air in full on main channel due to time difference.

TV.Cynic · March 31, 2023, 12:33am

Jack_Laverty · March 31, 2023, 1:21am

Is channel 10 only showing Formula 1 and nothing else?

TV.Cynic · March 31, 2023, 1:40am

Check 2 posts above

TV.Cynic · April 1, 2023, 1:18am

Melbourne Cup promo

cmo · April 1, 2023, 2:04am

Who is doing play by play on the F1 coverage?

TheChewyApple · April 1, 2023, 2:07am

Richard Craill, with Damon Hill and Tom Clarkson supporting

foxyrover · April 2, 2023, 1:22am

10 going ad-break free during the race this afternoon.

JohnsonTV · April 2, 2023, 3:30am

So no picture-in-picture (ads on a small corner window) like Seven’s Bathurst 1000 telecast?

foxyrover · April 2, 2023, 3:48am

Not sure, they’ve just kept saying “we won’t break away from the action” and “you won’t miss a second of the race”.

cmo · April 2, 2023, 4:05am

10 do a grey job with these big events. They have a large team and it’s well produced. The quality of the broadcast is on the screen and they do a much better job than the tacky shit we get from these other broadcasters who allegedly claim they do things better.

OnAir · April 2, 2023, 4:49am

The problem being - where does this coverage go or leverage to. Most F1 fans won’t watch (they’ll have the Foxtel/Sky Sports feed), so you’re doing it for the casual fan.

Good lead-in for Celebrity but it doesn’t do anything really for their sports department other than showing once a year (+Melbourne Cup) they can do a big number production.

foxyrover · April 2, 2023, 4:56am

And the fact they put on such a good show then probably shows to leagues that they are happy to do a once off but put in a remote effort for their regular football broadcasts, so why should they go with them.

foxyrover · April 2, 2023, 5:07am

aaaaand they’ve taken a break. And it’s picture in picture! “Thanks to Sigma and Harvey Norman you won’t miss a moment” Can’t cap as it’s overwritten on 10Play by the normal ads.

Edit: a couple of seconds slipped through:

bacco007 · April 2, 2023, 6:59am

Ten knows they’ll get viewers regardless - while alternate options will limit the potential audience, they’ll still get decent numbers watching with a range of levels of interest. There is also a likelihood that it will attract more then previously too thanks to the increased interest thanks to Drive to Survive (the AGPC are saying that the series had an impact on ticket sales too)

I’m not a big fan of localising the race coverage just because it’s a local event, but that’s me (and there is also an alternate option)

There is a class of sporting events (Aus F1, Aus MotoGP, Melbourne Cup) where you basically make the sport take a backseat to turn the coverage into a promotional opportunity for the network - they have little (if any) control over the content and there are often long gaps between actual sporting action to show.

Ten have become really good at it - shame they have fuck all to promote.

cmo · April 2, 2023, 7:04am

Their Saturday night prime time 10Bold games are usually hosted and called from the ground.

Their internationals are also hosted and called from the ground.

foxyrover · April 2, 2023, 7:12am

If they’re in Sydney.

foxyrover · April 2, 2023, 7:12am

But they are not regulars, they are in essence once-offs.

cmo · April 2, 2023, 7:12am

I thought Melbourne as well. I’ve seen coverage from AAMI park.