The features you don't want to miss from Hockenheim this weekend
Thursday 17 July 2014 11:35, UK
The 2014 F1 season – and the all-Mercedes battle for the Drivers’ Championship – has entered a crucial fortnight with back-to-back races in Germany and Hungary taking the sport into the summer break.
Both of those race weekends are live only on Sky Sports F1 and your dedicated channel has plenty of features lined up to ensure the first of those – the German GP at Hockenheim – is one you don’t want to miss this weekend.
As usual, it’s the Drivers’ Press Conference on Thursday at 2pm which kicks our coverage from the grand prix off with Germany’s quartet of drivers, along with Kimi Raikkonen and Kevin Magnussen, scheduled to face the world’s press on all the matters of the moment in the sport.
Then from Friday morning it’s straight into the on-track action with Practice One from 8.45am - your first of the usual host of live shows across the race weekend. Highlights include:
The F1 Show: Mercedes Special
In the latest of our F1 Show team specials, we put home team Mercedes in the spotlight live from 5pm on Friday. The team’s title-chasing duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are both on the programme as Sky F1 go behind the scenes at the championship leaders.
Qualifying show
- What the FRIC? F1’s latest technical controversy explained.
- Star-of-the-moment Valtteri Bottas chats to Johnny Herbert.
- Nico Hulkenberg joins Martin Brundle at the SkyPad to talk Hockenheim.
- All the latest news from around the F1 world.
Race show
- Fernando Alonso with Martin at the SkyPad about winning at Hockenheim on F1’s last two visits and that battle with Sebastian Vettel at Silverstone.
- Damon Hill catches up with Nico Rosberg.
- David Croft swaps commentary box for track as he gets behind the wheel of the 2012 Lotus at Paul Ricard.
Thursday 17th July
2pm - Drivers' Press Conference - Live!
9pm – Classic Races – Germany 1982.
11:30pm – Gear up for Germany.
Friday 18th July
8:45am – German GP Practice One - Live!
11am – GP2 Practice – Live!
12:45pm – German GP Practice Two - Live!
2:50pm – GP2 Qualifying – Live!
4pm – Team Principals’ Press Conference.
5pm – The F1 Show: Mercedes Special - Live!
6pm – Classic Races – Germany 2010.
8pm – The F1 Show replay.
Saturday 19th July
8:45am – GP3 Qualifying – Live!
9:45am – German GP Practice Three - Live!
12pm – German GP Qualifying – Live!
2:35pm – GP2 Feature Race – Live!
4:15pm – GP3 Race One – Live!
5:15pm – Classic Races – Germany 1993.
9:05pm – Ted’s Qualifying Notebook.
Sunday 20th July
8:20am – GP3 Race Two – Live!
9:30am – GP2 Sprint Race – Live!
11:30am – The 2014 German GP – Track Parade – Live!
12pm - The 2014 German GP – Race – Live!
3:30pm - The 2014 German GP – Paddock Live!
6:15pm – German GP highlights.
