Watch the race live at 3pm on Sky Sports F1, with extensive build-up from 1.30pm as new season gets underway with Bahrain Grand Prix
Sunday 20 March 2022 11:58, UK
New cars. New rules. New driver line-ups. And potentially an all-new pecking order, with all-new rivalries. Formula 1 is back this weekend - and it all starts with a Bahrain GP where simply anything could happen.
Three months after an epic 2021 season ended in hugely-controversial circumstances as Max Verstappen ousted Lewis Hamilton for the title, the sport's grid of star drivers and teams are gearing up for the first of a planned 23 race weekends this year, all live on Sky Sports F1.
Charles Leclerc will line up on pole ahead of Max Verstappen for today's race, with Lewis Hamilton fifth for Mercedes.
A new era starts here. F1, at long last, is back.
Sunday, March 20
8.55am: F3 Feature Race
10.35am: F2 Feature Race
1.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Bahrain
3pm: THE BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
5pm: Chequered Flag: Bahrain
6pm: Ted's Notebook
7pm: Bahrain GP Highlights
Grand Prix Sunday (from 2.30pm) and the race (3pm) will also be simulcast on Sky Sports Main Event, until the first Super Sunday game at 4.30pm.
