The pay-TV broadcaster Sky transmits in the new season again the formula 1. The contract is to go over two years and the season 2019 and 2020 include, the race series and the transmitter with.

For the first time in the season, Sky had no rights for a long time. The station had then dropped out of the negotiations. The private broadcaster RTL had exclusively broadcast the races of the past season on the German market.

The Formula 1 season begins on the weekend of March 15 to 17 in Melbourne / Australia. The Grand Prix will take place on 17 March starting at 6:10 (CET).