IT’S ALREADY FINALS TIME
There are a handful of motorsport championships that begin their season early in the calendar year and finish it by the end of the summer.
That is the case for the Le Mans Series where the dominant diesels, the Peugeot 908 and the Audi R10, have battled throughout the year. A titanic fight reached its climax during the Le Mans 24 Hours, but has also been staged season-long at five 1000km races at some of Europe’s most beautiful circuits: Barcelona, Monza, Spa, the Nürburgring and Silverstone.
The British track welcomes the final round of the season on Sunday 14th September. A not-to-be-missed meeting will see the two endurance racing powerhouses go head to head for the last time in 2008, with Peugeot eager to forget their failure at Le Mans, where the French marque, despite having the faster cars, eventually lost to Audi…The race can be followed on Motors TV, thanks to four and a half hours of LIVE coverage
Le Mans Series, Round 5, Silverstone – Sunday 14th September from 12:00 to 14:00, then from 16:00 to 18:30. MX2In between coverage from Silverstone, Motors TV has LIVE action from another big series which is drawing to a conclusion after a thrilling year: The World Motocross MX2 Championship. The 14th and 15th rounds take place respectively in Lierop (the Netherlands, close to Eindhoven) and in Faenza (Italy, close to Bologna). Motors TV, MX2’s exclusive broadcaster, screens these last four races of the season LIVE, on Sunday 7th and Sunday 14th September. Several riders are battling for the world title including South-African Rattray, Italian Cairoli, Britons Searle and Simpson, the Portuguese Goncalves, and French riders Aubin, Boog and Frossard. The suspense is set to last until the final lap!
MX2 World Championship, Round 14, Lierop – Sunday 7th September at 12:00 and at 15:00. MX2 World Championship, Round 15, Faenza – Sunday 14th September from 14:00 to 16:00. AUSTRALIAN ENDURANCEV8 Supercars is Australia’s major motorsport discipline: a fight between the country’s biggest manufacturers (Ford and Holden), with cars based on road-going models (the Falcon and the Commodore) but specifically designed for racing performance. Each round provides an incredible spectacle, usually with three races per meeting, but three meetings per season don’t follow this model: Adelaide (opening round, two races) and most specifically the two rounds which take place in September and October, at Phillip Island and Bathurst, both of which are single endurance races.Both events see two drivers per car and take place over a much longer race distance than usual (500km in Phillip Island, 1000km in Bathurst).The ninth round of the year takes place at Phillip Island, south of Melbourne. The circuit already hosts Moto GP and World Superbikes and is situated by the seaside, providing a technical challenge to the teams and drivers as sand often blows onto the racing surface.Motors TV, the exclusive broadcaster of V8 Supercars, bring the race in full on the afternoon of Sunday 14th September DELAYED-AS-LIVE! Four hours of pure drama from the other side of the world.
V8 Supercars, Round 9, Phillip Island – Sunday 14th September from 18:30 to 22:30.FIA-GT: HEADING EASTSince July, the FIA-GT Championship can be enjoyed on Motors TV. The championship searches to find the best of GT racing cars with Corvette, Saleen, Maserati, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Ferrari, and Porsche all involved… After the Spa 24 Hours, the flagship event of the season that appeared LIVE on the ‘High Speed Television’ channel, the series heads to the Czech circuit of Brno for Round 7 of the season. Motors TV has exclusive LIVE coverage of almost the entire race.
FIA-GT Championship, Round 7, Brno – Sunday September 14th from 12:00 and 3.30. CATALAN WEEKEND FOR DTM AND F3The DTM and the F3 Euroseries head for Barcelona for their 9th and 8th meetings of the season. For the DTM, the prestigious German touring car championship, the Spanish race signals the final stages of the season with only races at Le Mans and Hockenheim left after this. As ever, the big duel is between Audi and Mercedes and between drivers Tom Kristensen, Mattias Ekstrom, Timo Scheider, Ralf Schumacher, Bruno Spengler, Jamie Green, Gary Paffett, Alexandre Prémat and Mattias Lauda! The race is LIVE on the High Speed Television Channel.Meanwhile, as usual, the F3 Euroseries has two races on the support bill, before finishing the season at Nogaro and Hockenheim in October. Five drivers from the British Isles are involved: James Jakes, Jon Lancaster, Sam Bird, Martin Plowman and Niall Breen. The first race is DELAYED-AS-LIVE, followed by race 2 LIVE.
DTM, Round 9, Barcelona – Sunday 21st September at 13:45. F3 Euroseries, Round 8, Barcelona –Sunday 21st September from 8:30 to 10:30.CRAZY QUADS
For amateur quad bike racers, there is a mythic event that every rider dreams of adding to his prize list: the 12 Hours of Pont de Vaux. A meeting created in 1987 and located in France, which brings together the discipline’s world elite near Bourg en Bresse. Four rounds in the international category are slated with the highlight of the show taking place during the night, from Saturday to Sunday…This event is quad bikes answer to the Le Mans 24 Hours sharing the same atmosphere as the legendary race. Motors TV has a special programme dedicated to the event.
12 Hours of Pont de Vaux – Saturday 6th September at 13:20.AND ALSO...INSIDE GP – The magazine-show dedicated to F1 presents, in minute detail, the brand new circuit hosting the 15th round of the season in Singapore. Find out everything you need to know about this fascinating new track which host’s F1’s first ever night race!
Tuesday 23th September at 19:20.
INDY LIGHTS – The final two rounds of the IndyCar feeder series also take place in September. Don’t miss the meetings from the road course at Sonoma and the Chicagoland oval as the search for Indycar’s next star reaches its climax!
Sonoma – Saturday 6th September at 21:00Chicagoland –Saturday 20th September at 21:00.
SUPERBIKE SCHOOL: UK – A new four-week Reality TV show, following the progress of three riders of Novice, Intermediate and Advanced level, as they take lessons with Superbike guru Andy Ibbott to improve their riding skills.
The first two episodes on Tuesdays 23rd and 30th September at 20:30.
EUROPEAN TRACTOR PULLING – Part one of a complete round-up of the always spectacular European Championship of Tractor Pulling complete with its mechanical monsters.
Thursday 25th September at 19:40.
HPI BAJA ENDURANCE CHALLENGE - The Bajas are all-terrain rally cars usually raced across desserts or arid plains. But what’s more amazing is the remote-controlled scale-down versions of these machines! An incredible show can be found only on Motors TV…
Saturday 27th September at 18:50.
