29 July - 6 August 2006 - Channel 413 on Sky Digital and 173 on NTL
A touch of the hard stuff
The British Touring Car Championship returns to what many regard as its spiritual home this week; Donington in the Midlands. The circuit has been the scene of some of the most frantic BTCC action in the past, including Matt Neal’s historic privateer outright win, netting him a cheque for £250,000. Donington combines fast sections requiring commitment from the drivers, as well as slower ones, where overtaking is rife. Motors TV will be showing all three BTCC races live, as well as the support races.
2006 British Touring Car Championship, Round 6, Donington
Sunday 30 July 09.15 - LIVE
Sugo wrestling
The Japanese Super GT series is four rounds old and the next takes the teams to the Sugo circuit. Heading the GT500 class are Daisuke Ito and Ralph Firman in their Honda NSX, after a well-deserved win at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia, where both their cool suits failed to work in the sweltering heat. The pairing also set the second fastest time at the official test at Sugo earlier in the year, so should be optimistic for another win. Motors TV has the race live for all the thrills of this exceptional series.
2006 Super GT, Round 5, Sugo
Sunday 30 July 18.00 - LIVE
A classic year
For lovers of historic cars and motorsport, the Le Mans Classic is one of the year’s highlights. Running on the same 13.5Km circuit as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, six different classes of race cars, from the 1920s onwards, each take part in three races over the course of 24 hours, running from 4pm on Saturday to 4pm on Sunday. Anything from a 1926 Bentley 3-litre to a 1974 Chevron B26 took to the circuit and Motors TV has highlights of this incredible weekend of motorsport.
2006 Le Mans Classic
Monday 31 July 16.30
Spa’ing partners
The FIA GT Championship heads for the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit for its fourth round. The race is another endurance classic, taking place over 24 hours on the Belgian track. The third round of the championship at Oschersleben saw a one-two for the Vitaphone Maseratis, with the team increasing its lead in the championship as a result. A host of famous names will be drafted in, including Stephane Ortelli and Timo Schneider, with Christophe Bouchut and World Rally Championship regular Francois Duval also taking part. Motors TV has highlights of the race.
2006 FIA GT Championship, Round 4, Spa
Wednesday 2 August, 18.00
Do they know the way?
The turbocharged Champ Car World Series heads for California and the street circuit at San Jose for the ninth round this week. More than 3.5 miles of concrete barriers and 4000 tyres will be used to form the temporary circuit and construction will take almost three weeks. Title leader Sebastien Bourdais is the king of San Jose, having won the race from pole in 2005 but AJ Allmendinger is catching up, off the back of a hat-trick of race wins. Motors TV has highlights of the ninth round.
2006 Champ Car World Series, Round 9, San Jose
Wednesday 2 August 19.00
Maxxis power
The sixth round of the Maxxis World Enduro Championship takes the riders and teams to the USA, for three laps of the 70km circuit at Hancock in New Jersey. This event is one week after the Canadian round and the two back-to-back races form the first visit for the championship to North America. Ivan Cervantes has dominated the season so far and looks to be the favourite to take the inaugural win on American soil.
Maxxis World Enduro Championship, Round 6, Hancock
Friday 4 August 20.30
Got the Baja bug?
The Baja Aragon traverses Spain, taking the competitors in the second round of the FIA International Cup for Cross Country Bajas over 862 Km of secret timed tests over four days. Dakar regular Marc Coma will be debuting in the car category, at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Pajero Evo, the car with an unrivalled success record on the Dakar and Cross Country events in recent years.
2006 Baja Aragon
Saturday 5 August 15.00
