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After Sebastian Vettel confirmed that he never lost his touch in Singapore, Formula One heads to the Russian Grand Prix 2019. This weekend, the drivers and teams will be heading to the Sochi Autodrom, as always, for the race.

The Russian Grand Prix was first introduces to the Formula One calendar in 2014. This track has always favoured Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton bagging the most wins here. Hamilton is inching ever closer to the 2019 title with six races left to run. However, the Briton will be wary of a threat from his teammate Valtteri Bottas, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, and a resurgent Ferrari led by Charles LeClerc and Sebastian Vettel.

The race weekend begins with Free Practice 1 on Friday 27th September at 11:00 AM local time and 13:30 PM IST. This will he followed by FP2 at 15:00 PM local time and 17:30 PM IST. On Saturday, FP3 kicks off at 12:00 PM local time and 14:30 PM IST, followed by qualifying at 15:00 PM local and 17:30 PM IST. Finally, on Sunday, the race begins at 14:10 PM local time and 16:40 PM IST.

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In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports has the exclusive broadcast rights of the Russian Grand Prix 2019. However, rival British network, Channel 4, can show the highlights of the qualifying and the race. In the United States, all sessions, right from practice, can be viewed on ESPN2 and ESPNU.

In India, Practice, Qualifying and the Race will be shown on Star Sports Select 2 and Star Sports Select 2 HD. For the continent of Africa, Supersport will be handling the broadcast of the race.

In Albania, the fans will be using RTSH to watch all the sessions and the race. In Asia and Australia, Fox Sports is the main broadcaster for the Belgian Grand Prix 2019. Austria depends of ORF, Azerbaijan on AZ TV, Belgium will be broadcasting from RTBF.

Brazil has TV Globo, Bulgaria has Nova, Canada has RDS, China depends on CCTV, Cyprus has Cytavision. Croatian viewers can catch the race on Croatia Telekom, while Czech Republic and Slovakian viewers use Sport1, Sport2 and Sport3. Danish fans can watch their local hero, Kevin Magnussen on TV3+.

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Eurasia depends on Setanta Sports, while Finnish fans can tune in to MTV to watch Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas. France will be able to watch the Renault team and Romain Grosjean on TF1 and Canal+. RTL Germany is the official broadcaster for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ERT shows the race in Greece and M4 in Hungary, Channel 2 sport in Iceland, Eir Sport in Ireland and The Sports Channel in Israel.

Italy has Sky Italia, Japan has Fuji Television Network, Kosovo has Sport Klub, Latin America uses Fox Sports. Channel N24 shows the race in Macedonia, while Mexico has Channel 9 Televisa. Finally, Russia will be broadcasting on Match TV for the fans who cannot watch the race live at the circuit.

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