TV Schedule for the 2026 Australian F1 Grand Prix
- Published on 06/03/2026 20:24
Join us in Melbourne from March 6 to 8 for the first round of the 2026 F1 season.
With only a few hours until the first race of the 2026 F1 season, all eyes are on the Albert Park circuit. After a winter of testing filled with insights, and sometimes misleading signals, the eleven teams on the 2026 grid will finally get down to serious business. The stakes are clear: confirm the promises made during the off-season or, for some, finally reveal their true potential.
Among the favorites, the pressure is already at its peak. Ferrari arrives confident after Charles Leclerc’s best times in testing and will seek to convert that into consistent podium finishes. Mercedes, heavily favored due to the supposed superiority of its engine, must now prove its speed in real race conditions.
Mercedes and the others?
Red Bull and McLaren remain more reserved. The Austrian team, now running with its own in-house power unit, is playing it safe. As for the Woking team, it is still struggling to determine its exact position. Not quite a frontrunner, solidly within the top 4, ambitious yet cautious… McLaren as we love it!
The qualifying sessions this Saturday at 6:00 AM French time will provide the first real assessment of the teams’ strengths. They should finally sketch a preliminary outline of the much-anticipated hierarchy for this 2026 season. One certainty: Aston Martin, struggling with its Honda engine, will unfortunately occupy the last row…
Australian Grand Prix F1 2026 – 1st Round
Friday, March 6
2:15 AM – Free Practice 1 (Canal+ Sport)
5:45 AM – Free Practice 2 (Canal+ Sport)
Saturday, March 7
2:15 AM – Free Practice 3 (Canal+ Sport)
5:40 AM – Qualifying (Canal+/Live Text AUTOhebdo)
8:40 AM – Replay (Canal+ Sport)
Sunday, March 8
5:00 AM – Grand Prix (Canal+/Live Text AUTOhebdo)
8:05 AM, 1:30 PM – Replays (Canal+ Sport)
8:25 PM – Replay (Canal+)
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This page is translated from the original post "Programme TV du Grand Prix F1 d’Australie 2026" in French.
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