The Ever Popular Ted’s Notebook to Return for 1000th F1 Race

Earlier in the season, there had been reports that Sky Sports F1 were dropping journalist, Ted Kravitz for 2019. This decision was met with a lot of flak as many viewers were fond of Kravitz’s segment, ‘Ted’s Notebook’.

Now, fans can rejoice as the 1000th F1 GP in China will see the return of ‘Ted’s Notebook’. What’s even better is that it will be part of the broadcasting schedule.

Sky Sports F1 cannot afford to lose viewership in Formula One because they have a monopoly over broadcasting F1 in the UK.

Rival broadcaster, Channel 4 inked a deal to air the British Grand Prix with an accompanying highlights show. However, a number of fans were furious at the departure of the sport from most households as not everyone has subscribed to Sky.

They attempted to alleviate the situation by encouraging customers to subscribe to the channel for £10 a month. However, not many were fans of the move to coax them into subscribing.

Up until then, Ted Kravitz was part of a joint programme between Sky and F1 TV. It was called ‘The F1 Midweek Debrief’, and he was taken off pit lane duties. His place was taken over by former Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok for the 2019 season.

However, there is not confirmation whether Ted’s Notebook will be solely for the Chinese GP. But there are suggestions that the return is just a one-off and won’t be for the remainder of the season.

For now, all the F1 drivers and the Formula 1 teams are gearing up for the 1000th Formula One race, a milestone in itself.

Formula One has come a long way since the championship began way back in 1950. Since then, the sport has grown by leaps and bounds and produced many great champions. Hopefully for the sake of Kravitz and the fans, Ted’s Notebook comes back on a more permanent basis.