BAHRAIN F1 GP. The first Grand Prix of the 2023 season takes place this weekend at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. How can you best follow this first 2023 GP and qualifying this Saturday? Schedules, TV channels, streaming… Here is the complete program.
[Mis à jour le 4 mars 2023 à 12h55] Place this Saturday, March 4 in Sakhir in Bahrain for the first qualifications of the F1 season! After free practice marked by the performance of Fernando Alonso and his Aston Martin rivaling the ogre Red Bull, the verdict of the time trial will finally speak. No more hiding your game, you will have to place yourself high on the starting grid for the first Grand Prix of the season.
The weekend format is classic, no sprint race on the program but three free practice sessions followed by qualifying in three stages (Q1 with 20 drivers, Q2 with the 16 best from Q1 and Q3 with the 10 best from Q2) Saturday and race Sunday. See you in the afternoon since the Grand Prix takes place at nightfall in Bahrain for a departure scheduled for 4 p.m. French time this Sunday. Find the detailed program below!
The Bahrain Grand Prix marks the start of the 2023 Formula 1 season and takes place from Friday March 3, 2023 to Sunday March 5, 2023. Find the complete GP program with times in French time.
- Friday March 3, 2023: free practice 1 at 12:30 p.m., free practice 2 at 4 p.m.
- Saturday March 4, 2023: free practice 3 at 12.30 p.m., qualifying at 4 p.m.
- Sunday March 5, 2023: start of the race at 4 p.m.
Good news for all Formula 1 fans, for the start of the season the Bahrain GP will broadcast in full and unencrypted on Canal + antennas, here are all the Grand Prix schedules. The times indicated are those of the broadcast announced by Canal + which begins its broadcasts a few minutes before the actual start of the practice sessions and the race.
The 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix TV program on Canal +:
- Friday March 3, 2023: free practice 1 at 12:10 p.m. and free practice 2 at 3:40 p.m. Both sessions are broadcast on Canal + Sport.
- Saturday March 4, 2023: free practice 3 at 12:05 p.m. and qualifying at 3:40 p.m. Both sessions are broadcast on Canal +.
- Sunday March 5, 2023: program “En pole at 2 p.m., documentary “Alpine, Bleu, Blanc, Vite” at 2.10 p.m. and start of the race at 4 p.m. on Canal +. The Formula One program will be broadcast at 5.55 p.m. on Canal +.
No TV or want to follow the race on your computer, smartphone or tablet. Several solutions exist so as not to miss this new 2023 F1 season. The F1 Bahrain Grand Prix will also be visible on the web. For this, go to the Canal+ MyCanal streaming site, which offers live broadcasting of the channels to which you subscribe. The MyCanal application is also available for smartphones. To do this, you must create your account by mentioning your subscriber number. MyCanal is accessible on computer via the following link: live.mycanal.fr/tv/.
Another possibility is the official streaming offer offered by the official F1 website. THE F1 Live TV allows you to follow the race live but also the practice sessions and to take advantage of many camera angles including multiple on-board cameras to follow your favorite driver as closely as possible! A subscription offer was launched in 2018 and provides access to many services:
- All sessions (free practice, qualifying and race) live.
- On-board cameras and pilot radio communications to listen to.
- Replay of F1 sessions.
- All support races live (F2, F3, Porsche Supercup).
- Many F1 races in archives.
- Timing and live timing.
- Exclusive documentaries in addition.