Spanish GP at the Madrid circuit: The weather forecast for Madrid and what’s on TV

The premier class is back in Madrid. However, the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix no longer takes place at the Jarama circuit, 30 km north of the city centre, but at the IFEMA exhibition centre.

After temperatures of 37 degrees at the start of the week, the heat has eased off a little, but it’s still set to be hot – 30 degrees on Friday, 31 on Saturday and 32 on Sunday. There’s no rain in sight.

We’ll keep you up to date on 12 September during the final practice session with our popular live ticker, and on 13 September we’ll be providing live updates from the Grand Prix. Below are also the key broadcast times from our TV colleagues.

• Spanish Grand Prix on TV

• Friday, 11 September

• 13.00 Sky Sport F1 – Warm-up – The Motorsport Special

• 13.15 Sky Sport F1 – Start of coverage of Free Practice 1

• 13.20 ORF 1 – Coverage of the first free practice session begins

• 1.30 pm First Free Practice

• 15.40 Sky Sport F1 – Team principals’ press conference

• 16.45 Sky Sport F1 – Start of coverage of the second practice session

• 16.50 ORF 1 – Coverage of the second free practice session begins

• 17.00 Second Free Practice

• 20.15 Sky Sport F1 – Replay of Free Practice 1

• 10.30 pm Sky Sport F1 – Replay of second free practice

• Saturday, 12 September

• 10.00 Sky Sport F1 – Discover Kimi: Friendship & Loyalty

• 10.30 Sky Sport F1 – Iconic Onboards: Max Verstappen

• 12.00 Sky Sport F1 – Top 20: Pit Stop Chaos

• 12.15 Sky Sport F1 – Start of coverage of the third practice session

• 12.20 ORF 1 – Start of coverage of the third free practice session

• 12.30 Third Free Practice

• 15.15 Sky Sport F1 – Chasing the Dream: Episode 5

• 15.30 Sky Sport F1 – Start of qualifying coverage

• 15.30 RTL – Start of qualifying coverage

• 15.40 ORF 1 – F1 News

• 15.55 ORF 1 – Qualifying coverage begins

• 15.55 SRF zwei – Qualifying

• 16.00 Qualifying (follow it here on our live ticker)

• 17.30 Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying press conference

• 19.45 Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying highlights

• 22.00 Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying replay

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• Sunday, 13 September

• 10.45 Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying highlights

• 13.00 Sky Sport F1 – Drivers’ parade

• 1.30 pm Sky Sport F1 – Pre-race coverage

• 1.35 pm ORF 1 – F1 News

• 14.00 RTL – Start of race coverage

• 14.20 SRF info – Race coverage begins

• 14.25 ORF 1 – Race coverage begins

• 14.55 Sky Sport F1 – Race coverage begins

• 15.00 Spanish Grand Prix (follow it live on our live ticker)

• 16.45 Sky Sport F1 – Analysis & interviews

• 17.00 ORF 1 – Analysis

• 17.30 Sky Sport F1 – Race press conference

• 18.00 Sky Sport F1 – Ted’s Notebook

• 19.15 Sky Sport F1 – Race replay

• 22.00 Sky Sport F1 – Race replay