American F1 viewers can watch every race live on ESPN channels commercial-free from lights-out to checkered flag in 2024.
The races are broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC channels, with all practice sessions and qualifying – also shown live – moving around its channels (including ESPNU or ESPNews).
ESPN relies on its commentary and punditry from UK-based Sky Sports F1.
Who are Sky Sports F1’s commentary team for 2024?
David Croft
Commonly known as ‘Crofty’, he is Sky Sports F1’s lead commentator, having held the position since Sky began broadcasting F1 in 2012.
Prior to that, Croft had commentated on F1 races for the UK’s BBC Radio 5 Live radio station since 2006, and he has spent the best part of two decades commentating on darts, firstly for the BBC and more recently for Sky.
Croft’s voice has featured prominently in Codemasters’ official F1 video game since 2010.
David Croft
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Ahead of a record-breaking 24 race calendar, which includes four double-headers and two triple-headers, Croft has taken the decision to stand down from the Emilia-Romagna, Austrian and Azerbaijan Grands Prix.
He only missed one race prior to his move to Sky when he skipped the 2007 European Grand Prix due to the birth of his son.
Making his first start in 1984 for Tyrrell, Brundle also raced for Zakspeed, Williams, Brabham, Benetton, Ligier, McLaren and Jordan in an F1 career that ended in 1996.
Although he never won a race, he came close on a number of occasions, finishing second at the Italian Grand Prix in 1992 and at the Monaco GP in 1994 and scoring seven other podium finishes. In 1990 he won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Jaguar, swapping cars mid-way through the race after his own had been forced to retire.
Brundle’s commentary career began alongside Murray Walker at ITV in 1997, later working with James Allen from 2002 onwards. Brundle moved to the BBC when it acquired the rights to F1 coverage in the UK in 2009 and became the lead commentator for the broadcaster two years later with David Coulthard stepping into the co-commentary role.
Martin Brundle, Sky Sports F1
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Brundle moved to Sky Sports F1 in 2012, where he has been a co-commentator alongside David Croft ever since.
Brundle is also known for his pre-race grid walks, in which he interviews drivers and team principals in the frantic few minutes before the…
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