Australia’s premier racing series, the V8 Supercar Championship, has been screened by Motors TV for almost ten years. The partnership is strengthened even further in 2011 as the ‘High Speed Television’ channel brings its viewers LIVE

coverage of the opening round of the season at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

The series’ 650bhp Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons have had the privilege of starting their seasons in Abu Dhabi, which also hosts the F1 season finale, since 2010 and, just like the F1 event, the two V8 Supercars races will start late in the day and end after darkness has fallen. The big difference is that, after receiving special authorisation, the V8s utilise the smaller 4.7km circuit which includes the challenging ‘corkscrew’ corner...

A pair of 200km races is scheduled and both will be screened completely LIVE on Motors TV, the first on Friday 11 and the second on Saturday 12 February.

The ‘High Speed Television’ channel will bring two-hour highlights of all the other rounds, screened on the weekend after each event, except for the legendary Bathurst 1000 which, as usual, will be fully live in October.

Round 1, Abu Dhabi – Friday 11 and Saturday 12 February, LIVE at 2pm.