What happens now in the UK happened in Romania this year. We had F1 on national television until now ( the commentary was the lamest in the history of the world ) but in Romania there isn’t a national interest towards this sport, so I read news/comments on foreign sources ( such as F1 Fanatic :) ). Because of that, the promotional material for the races was always weak,so I found out that I wasn’t going to get F1 free on TV friday when it was time for practice :)) Now I watch F1 on the internet.
I don’t think it will be the same in the UK, but in our case at least the commentary is much better this year and we get the free practice too ( for the first time).