Here are your British GP times on CNBC, NBCSN, NBC Sports app - MotorSportsTalk

The combination of CNBC (LIVE race), NBCSN (LIVE qualifying) and NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app (all LIVE practice sessions, including free practice two on Friday), will be the networks for this weekend’s British Grand Prix coverage.

Lewis Hamilton looks for another win on home soil while Nico Rosberg seeks to atone from his last lap Austrian Grand Prix contact with Hamilton.

Here’s the full details and times for this weekend’s F1 coverage on the NBC Sports Group set of networks:

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F1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX – SUNDAY AT 7:30 A.M. ET ON CNBC

Coverage of the 2016 Formula One season continues this Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC with the British Grand Prix at the iconic Silverstone circuit. Viewers were treated to a dramatic finish in last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix on CNBC, when Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collided on the final lap as they battled for the lead. Hamilton emerged from the contact unscathed and went on to win the race, while Rosberg finished off the podium in fourth place. Rosberg (153 points) now leads Hamilton (142 points) by just 11 points following last weekend’s result, as the series shifts to Silverstone where Hamilton notched back-to-back wins in 2014 and 2015 in his native country.

Coverage begins Friday on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app at 5 a.m. ET with Practice 1, followed by Practice 2 at 9 a.m. ET.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app will stream coverage of Practice 3 on Saturday at 5 a.m. ET, prior to NBCSN’s live coverage of qualifying at 8 a.m. ET. Live race coverage from Silverstone begins Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC. NBCSN will air an encore presentation of the British Grand Prix on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports Group’s lead F1 broadcast team of Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, and analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett will call the action. F1 insider Will Buxton will report on-site from Silverstone Circuit in England.

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Date	Program	Time (ET)	Network
Fri., July 8	F1 British Grand Prix – Practice 1	5 a.m.	Streaming
	F1 British Grand Prix – Practice 2	9 a.m.	Streaming
	F1 British Grand Prix – Practice 2 (Encore)	3 p.m.	NBCSN
Sat., July 9	F1 British Grand Prix – Practice 3	5 a.m.	Streaming
	F1 British Grand Prix – Qualifying	8 a.m.	NBCSN
Sun., July 10	GP2 – Great Britain	1:30 a.m.	NBCSN
	F1 British Grand Prix	7:30 a.m.	CNBC
	F1 British Grand Prix (Encore)	2:30 p.m.	NBCSN

An IndyCar executive said there is “absolutely” disappointment that its long-awaited video game recently was delayed beyond its target date, but the series remains optimistic about the new title.

“Well, I don’t know how quick it will be, but the whole situation is important to us,” Penske Entertainment president and CEO Mark Miles said during a news conference Monday morning to announce IndyCar’s NTT title sponsorship. “Motorsport Games has spent a lot of money, a lot of effort to create an IndyCar title. What we’ve seen of that effort, which is not completely obvious, is very reassuring.

“I think it’s going to be outstanding. That’s our shared objective, that when it is released, it’s just widely accepted. A great credit both to IndyCar racing, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, something that our fans love.”

In June 2021, IndyCar announced a new partnership with Motorsport Games to create and distribute an IndyCar video game for the PC and Xbox and PlayStation consoles in 2023.

But during an earnings call last week, Motorsport Games said the IndyCar game had been delayed to 2024 to ensure high quality.

Somewhat compounding the delay is that IndyCar’s license for iRacing expired after the end of the 2022 season because of its exclusive agreement with Motorsport Games.

That’s resulted in significant changes for IndyCar on iRacing, which had provided a high-profile way for the series to stay visible during its 2020 shutdown from the pandemic. (Players still can race an unbranded car but don’t race on current IndyCar tracks, nor can they stream).

That’s helped ratchet up the attention on having a video game outlet for IndyCar.

“I wish we had an IndyCar title 10 years ago,” said Miles, who has been working with the organization since 2013. “We’ve been close, but we’ve had these I think speed bumps.”

IndyCar is hopeful the Motorsports Game edition will be ready at the start of 2024. Miles hinted that beta versions could be unveiled to reporters ahead of the time “to begin to show the progress in a narrow way to make sure we’ve got it right, to test the progress so that we’re ready when they’re ready.”

It’s been nearly 18 years since the release of the most recent IndyCar video game for console or PC.

“(We) better get it right,” Miles said. “It’s something we’re very close to and continue to think about what it is to make sure we get it over the line in due course.”