Formula One racing with Lewis Hamilton will be shown on Channel 4

The 2019 British Grand Prix will be broadcast free-to-air on Channel 4 as part of a content-sharing partnership with Sky.

The broadcasters have struck a deal to share sports rights, box sets and original dramas in a pioneering collaboration. The rise of the streaming giants Netflix and Amazon Prime is forcing rival British broadcasters to work together in ways that would have been unthinkable five years ago.

The C4-Sky partnership will result in the terrestrial channel airing live coverage of next year’s British Grand Prix from Silverstone in July, as well as highlights of other Formula One races.

Sky owns exclusive rights to broadcast F1 in the UK from 2019 to 2024, but had pledged to ensure that the British Grand Prix was made available