Formula 1 on TV in the UAE

[K50 DEL]

It's nearly that time of year again..... Motorsport Season!!

Now I know that without a slingbox I have no hope of the BTCC, WTCC or even the WRC but surely, surely there must be a channel here that shows the F1 with British commentary??

Failing that, a bar somewhere (preferably Dubai) that will be open for business for quali and the race next weekend?

Over to you....

[Chilli]

Nope, not that I've found. I used to have over 1800 channels, and not one of them showed the F1 with English commentary.
The Motogp is on today in Qatar, and I can't even find that. Tis one of the most annoying aspects about being here! Tried to view it online, but as usual that doesn't work either.

[K50 DEL]

I'm looking around the net at the moment and it seems that maybe it will be on Abu Dhabi Sports 2 with Arabic commentary (free to air) and Sports 6 in English (subscription)
Do you have those channels with a TV guide that you can check?

Alternatively the best way appears to be a seperate dish and subscription to South African satellite TV which gives you Supersport who show more F1 than the BBC even and all in English.
Downside is that you need a 3m dish apparently, but needs must lol

[dxbtiger]

If you have the Premiership football you have the F1 in English, Abu Dhabi Sports.

[IanUAE]

AD Sports 2 in Arabic was the best(!) I could find last season and that was with the OSN Sports package. Normally resort to BBC Sport lap by lap text commentary (or BBC Radio 5 live via the web).

[K50 DEL]

I'm still living in a hotel apartment at the moment, so I have nothing in the way of decent TV channels!

I think long term I'm going to set up a slingbox at my place in the UK and use that to control my sky+ and watch that way, as long as I can get a decent net connection here I should be fine.

For the Aussie race, I guess I'll have to try and find an Internet feed on Justin.tv or something.

[dxbtiger]

What time will the race next weekend start here anyway?

[K50 DEL]

dxbtiger said:

What time will the race next weekend start here anyway?

Race starts at 10am DXB time, coverage begins at 9am

[dxbtiger]

K50 DEL said:

Race starts at 10am DXB time, coverage begins at 9am

tits, yet another reason to be suicidal on Sunday morning!

[Richard Moss]

You can get the pictures with arabic commentary on one of the local channels - I then turn down the sound and listen to the BBC radio commentary on Radio 5 Live (you'll need a VPN like "Witopia" to tell the BBC servert hat you're in Londo).

[koolchris99]

not too sure im allowed to say this so please delete mods if im not

there is a website called myp2p, it has all the sport you can stream it. i used it to watch the rugby out in oman the other day.