The Great History of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
New for 2018, Motorsport.tv has become the exclusive home for the entire video history of the Le Mans 24 Hour race. Since its first running in 1923, the French twice-around-the-clock enduro has proven to be a challenge for both man and machine, and a series of new documentaries will showcase the event from its origins, all the way up to the present day.
Premieres, 1-7 January, 22:00 GMT
Premiere, 8 January, 22:00 GMT
Premiere, 12 January, 22:00 GMT
New episode every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 22:00 GMT
FIA World Rally Championship Daily Highlights – Rally Monte Carlo
The 2018 FIA World Rally Championship season gets underway at its longest-running rally, Monte Carlo. The tarmac and snow-covered roads in the mountains high above the principality offer a good challenge for next year’s contenders. Sebastien Ogier has taken five WRC championships on the bounce, the M-Sport driver will have to fend off competition in Citroen, Hyundai and Toyota machinery, in order to close to within three titles of Sebastien Loeb.
Daily highlights, 26/27/28 January, 22:30 GMT
Autosport International 2018
Since first being hosted in 1991, the Autosport Show has become a permanent fixture on the world motorsport calendar as a pre-cursor to the year ahead. Held at the NEC in Birmingham, the event covers a wide range of motorsport, from Formula 1, down to karting. For 2018, Ferrari will be heavily present, launching new road and racing cars, the World Rally Championship will launch ahead of its opening round in Monte Carlo, and Ginetta will take the wraps off its new LMP1 contender.
Highlights, Friday 19 January, 19:30 GMT
Africa Eco Race
With the Dakar Rally now taking place in South America, its spiritual successor is the Africa Eco Race, which for 2018 carves a scenic route from Monaco to the Senegalese Capital city of Dakar. More than 100 vehicles will take part in the rally-raid event, with a mix of cars, buggies, bikes and trucks racing over 12 days of stages, and a variety of terrains.
Daily Highlights, 2 to 14 January, 23:30 GMT
Super Formula 2017 Highlights
The Super Formula Championship is Japan’s top-flight single-seater series, where drivers do battle on some of the countries best circuits. With spec Dallara-built chassis being powered by Honda of Toyota two-litre turbocharged engines, close racing is guaranteed in these high-downforce machines. In recent years, more young drivers have made the journey to Japan, with 2017 seeing Red Bull junior Pierre Gasly and Felix Rosenqvist joining a regular field that includes Andre Lotterer, Kamui Kobayashi and Kazuki Nakajima.
Highlights, every Sunday, 20:30 GMT
NHRA Drag Racing Championship
Highlights of the National Hot Rod Association Drag Racing Championship’s 2017 season continue, as the series heads in to its ‘Countdown to the Championship’. Divided up in to four classes, Funny Car, Top Fuel, Pro-Stock and Pro-Stock Motorcycles, these machines routinely hit 200 mph plus, as drivers such as Brittany Force, Steve Torrence, Antron Brown and Tony Schumacher fight it out for the title.
Highlights, every Wednesday, 22:30 GMT
The Flying Lap
With a new year of worldwide motorsport on the horizon, join Peter Windsor for and a selection of special guests for all the headlines as 2018 gets underway. As news breaks, The Flying Lap will take a look at all areas of the sport, from the Autosport International show, to pre-season testing and announcements, as well as unique technical insight from Craig Scarborough.
First Showing, every Friday, 19:00 GMT
