(Sky Channel 413, Virgin Media 545)
V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP REACHING A CRESCENDO… The V8 Supercar Championship will conclude its 2009 season in Sydney at the beginning of December, but prior to that November has noless than three race meetings planned!
After the two big endurance events at Phillip Island and Bathurst, the drivers head to the Gold Coast to the circuit at Surfers Paradise for two races which always prove to be closely-fought, spectacular affairs.
The entire championship will then jump on a plane and head to the only meeting of the season to take place outside of Australasia, Bahrain, which will host the V8 Supercars for a third successive season. The month ends with the round at Barbagallo, a circuit not far from Perth and the only time the series visits the west coast of Australia.
The title race may see reigning champion Jamie Whincup fighting with Will Davison, but the duo’s respective team-mates, Craig Lowndes and Garth Tander, will also have a role to play. All three meetings will be particularly interesting due to the obligatory use of a new, softer tyre compound which is expected to produce wide differentials in performance. The question will be, how long will that rubber last before that performance dips?
V8 Supercars is screened exclusively on Motors TV in Europe with races shown in their entirety.
Round 11, Surfers Paradise – Sunday 1 November at 4pm.Round 12, Bahrain – Sunday 15 November at 5pm.Round 13, Barbagallo – Sunday 29 November at 5pm.THE BEST OF IS BACK…With winter approaching, the ‘High Speed Television’ channel brings you the best bits of all its featured disciplines. No less than seven ‘best of’ season review shows are scheduled in November to remind you of the most spectacular action of the year!
British GT – Sunday 1 November at 7.05pmAmerican Le Mans Series (ALMS) – Saturday 14 November at 7.05pm.FFSA Super Série – Saturday 21 November at 5pm.World Superbike Championship – Saturday 21 November at 7.05pm.World Supersport Championship – Sunday 22 November at 7.05pm.British Rallycross – Saturday 28 November at 9.15pm. RALLY ACTION GALORENovember brings a feast of action for every kind of genre of one of motorsports’ most spectacular disciplines: rallying.
The Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) features as part of the Irish-made RPM Motorsport programme. It’s a chance to see highlights of the rallies of Madeira, Czech Republic, Spain and San Remo.
Finally don’t miss Round 7 of the French Championship, the Rally of Cévennes, which also hosts the final round of the Suzuki Rally Cup.
IRC, Madeira and Czech Republic – Saturday 21 November at 3pm.IRC, Spain and San Remo, Saturday 28 November at 3pm.Rally France (Cévennes) – Saturday 14 November at 2pm.Suzuki Rally Cup (Cévennes) – Saturday 14 November at 2.15pm.OTHER DISCIPLINES NOT TO BE MISSED…GPO Karting – The best of French karting can be found in the GP Open series broadcast on Motors TV. Round 5 takes place in Lyon.Friday 6 November at 7.35pm
Formula BMW – The last round of the season at Interlagos (Brazil) for one of the most important junior formula in motorsport.Saturday 7 November at 4.15pm
Dutch Supercar Challenge – The most impressive GT cars in the Netherlands meet in the DSC, the final round of the season taking place at the prestigious circuit in Assen.Saturday 14 November at 4.30pm.
Freestyle – A stage of the World Championship should not be missed under any circumstances, as the riders perform ever more outrageous stunts. Latvia plays host.Saturday 7 November at 11am. EXCEPTIONAL MAGAZINE SHOWS AND DOCUMENTARIES…Build or Bust – In his Californian workshop, Russell Mitchell, nicknamed ‘Bad Boy’ and boss of Exile Cycles, puts his apprentice constructors to the test.The challenge is simple, spend a month at Exile, the Black Sheep of the motorcycle industry, and conceive and construct a motorbike from A to Z.If the bike gets the approval of the boss, the winner leaves on two wheels, if not, he leaves on foot!
But don’t forget that Exile only produce around 20 top-of-the-range ‘choppers’ every year, so the boss’ standards are high and he and his band of spiky, slightly crazed employees are not going to make the apprentices’ task any easier!
Every Wednesday at 7.05pm.THE BEST OF BRITISH MOTORSPORTEvery month the ‘High Speed Television’ channel brings the best action from the domestic scene.
Formula Palmer Audi – The season finale of the UK’s most closely-fought junior single-seater formula takes place at Snetterton with four drivers in with a chance of the title and a £50,000 F2 scholarship. Richard Plant’s stunning end-of-season form has put the Brit in pole position to take the crown, but Frenchman Tristan Vautier and Lithuanian Kazim Vasiliauskas are right on his tail, while youngster Adam Foster is waiting for any slip ups to pounce. Find out where the title is destined with highlights of all three races at the high-speed Norfolk circuit.Round 7, Snetterton - Thursday 5 (Race 1), 12 (Race 2) & 19 (Race 3) November at 7.05pm.
GT Cup – A championship which has gone from strength-to-strength this season despite the trying economic climate, the GT Cup has regularly boasted 30 car grids of stunning GT machinery. Ferrari, Porsche, Dodge, Aston Martin, BMW, Morgan, Corvette, Lotus and Lamborghini are all represented on the grid. Action this month comes from Silverstone and Brands Hatch.Round 7, Silverstone – Friday 13 November at 7.05pm.Round 8, Brands Hatch Indy – Friday 20 November at 7.05pm.
National Legends Championship – The UK’s premier hot-rod racing series caters for 5/8 scale racers based on pre-war Ford, Chevy and Dodge bodies. With packed grids and panel-bashing racing, the action is always fast and frenetic. Four, one-hour highlight programmes this month bring action from Pembrey and Brands Hatch.Round 12, Pembrey – Saturday 7 November at 3pm.Round 13, Pembrey – Saturday 14 November at 1pm.Round 14, Brands Hatch – Saturday 21 November at 1pm.Round 15, Brands Hatch – Saturday 28 November at 1pm.
British Cross Country Championship – If you’ve never seen a selection of Bowler Wildcats, Land Rovers and other 4x4 monsters carving their way across the British countryside at speed comparable to that of modern WRC machinery, then check out the BCCC and you’ll never look back! The final round of the 2009 season sees the field head north to the plains of Driffield in East Yorkshire.Round 6, Driffield – Saturday 28 November at 10am.
Thundersport GB and T3 Triumph Challenge – The two best grass-roots motorcycle series in the UK play a starring role on the High Speed Television channel this month. Hour-long highlights of the Thundersport GB race package come from rounds 8 and 9 while there’s a season review show from the T3 Challenge.Thundersport GB, Rounds 8 & 9 - Monday 2 and 16 November at 7.05pm.T3 Triumph Challenge, Season Review – Monday 30 November at 7.05pm.
