4 - 10 March 2006
Island Life
The second round of the 2006 SuperBike World Championship comes from arguably the most famous venue the championship visits, the Phillip Island circuit near Melbourne, Australia. The 4.5km circuit sits on the edge of the ocean and provides breathtaking scenery. And because many teams test there over the winter and riders know every inch of the circuit, the racing is always spectacular. Immediately after the SuperBike and SuperSport races, the SuperBike TV Magazine program goes under the skin and behind the scenes with the people that make it happen.
SuperBike World Championship, Round 2, Phillip Island
Thursday 9 March 21.00
SuperBike TV Mag, Round 2, Phillip Island
Thursday 9 March 23.00
The Road to Victory
The American NASCAR Busch series makes a trip south for the third round of the 2006 championship, to the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. This year is the second time the NASCAR field races on the 2.5 mile road course. The 2004 Busch champion and 2005 race winner Martin Truex Jnr has stepped up to the Nextel class for 2006, so there’s the chance for another driver to add the second NASCAR foreign soil victory to their CV. As a result, competition is expected to be fierce.
2006 NASCAR Busch Series, Round 3, Mexico City
Monday 6 March 20.00
The Inside Line
The first in the Inside Grand Prix series takes a preview look at the first round of the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship, at the Sakir circuit in Bahrain. The start of the 2006 season will be full of changes; new engine and chassis regulations, the re-introduction of tyre changes, new teams and familiar drivers in new overalls. Inside Grand Prix looks at the key factors that will influence this weekend’s race at the state-of-the-art circuit in the middle of the Bahrain desert.
Inside Grand Prix, Round 1, Bahrain
Tuesday 7 March 19.30
Trains and Plains
The third instalment of Nick Lera’s World Steam Train Classics travels to Jordan and Syria, riding on the Hedjaz railway, made famous by Lawrence of Arabia. Here, steam locomotives pull early 20th Century wooden carriages through the Zebadani Gorge and over viaducts as the program rides through the Middle Eastern desert.
World Steam Classics, Rails to Arabia
Wednesday 8 March 21.00
Rough with the Smooth
The off-road motorbike Maxxis FIM World Enduro Championship kicks off in Sweden in the middle of March. But prior to that, the field takes part in a traditional preview meeting at Chateau Lastours in France. The best enduro riders from Europe and around the world will be vying for this year’s title and Motors TV catches up with them as they prepare to get the season underway.
Maxxis FIM WEC preview
Sunday 5 March 20.00
Join the Club
The new series of Race & Rally UK has even more action from the UK club motorsport scene. This series will feature not only the best of the national rally championships; it will also show the British Off-Road championship as well as circuit action from TVR Tuscans, the Ford Racing UK classes and the club F3 series. Race & Rally UK, Part 2
Friday 10 March 22.00
