[RhysJR]

I'd imagine Sky already do a fair bit of remote production with F1 - ie it's largely talent and camera ops on site, with the bulk of the production happening back in Osterley.

(I can tell you though that a 3am call time in London is as much of a shock to the body clock as the jet lag of going halfway round the world though!)

There is plenty of remote production used by Sky F1, with the gallery, lead producer and director back in the UK. The article below says 45 people onsite and 20 back in the UK for a F1 broadcast.

www.blackbookmotorsport.com 


Whilst Sky could do more of the remote races from a UK studio, it is worth remembering they are the broadcast shown in most English speaking countries, like on ESPN in the US and Fox Sports in Australia. I'm not sure how much these other broadcasters pay Sky, but I doubt they will be too pleased if the races in their timezone are given lesser coverage.