Organisers of the P1 SuperStock Championship are delighted to announce an enhanced package of television coverage for 2011, including a stand-alone show on the Sky Sports platform and additional coverage through some of the UK's most popular sports magazine programmes.
Having agreed a new deal with motorsport production specialists Greenlight Television, the UK's premier powerboat championship will also benefit from High Definition broadcasts for the first time - including enhanced graphic content and stunning on-board footage.'P1 SuperStock Powerboats' will be screened across all four of the Sky Sports channels at prime slots of either 18.00 or 19.00 with at least three additional repeat screenings of each 30-minute show. In addition to the stand-alone programme, P1 SuperStock will be featured in Greenlight's magazine shows - Motorsport Mundial, Max Power and Planet Speed. Motorsport Mundial is screened on Channel 5 in the UK and is also available through the BT Vision platform along with 11 global outlets.Max Power is one of the most popular motorsport programmes on the Sky network in the UK and is also broadcast in 31 other countries. Planet Speed, meanwhile, is screened in a total of 43 countries. Combined across all territories, the global reach of the 2011 P1 SuperStock Championship is almost 550 million homes.To fully immerse the armchair enthusiast into the exciting experience of top class powerboat racing, exceptional helicopter footage will provide a bird's eye view of the action while onboard cameras will enhance the coverage.Furthermore, included in each of the 'P1 SuperStock powerboat programmes on Sky Sports will be a round-up of the news and action from the supporting AquaX Series - the only jet ski class contested on the sea.Round one of the 2011 P1 SuperStock Championship, the Peters & May Jersey Grand Prix of the Sea, takes place this weekend, 11/12 June, with the first Sky Sports coverage scheduled for 18.00 0n 27 June. Notes to editors:New SuperStock race boat and championship Powerboat P1 has launched a new race boat, P1 Panther 28SS to revolutionise the sport of mono-hull racing. Its design features the latest technology in safety, hull design, digital telemetry and data acquisition. The P1 Panther debuts in SuperStock national championships in the UK and USA this summer. The advent of the P1 Panther class will create a new, wider base to the pyramid for racers and as it spreads worldwide, a new route to the top of the sport. SuperStock UK 2011 has two classes: P1 Panther 250 for the new 28' racer, powered by identical Evinrude 250 High Output engines plus the 150 category for smaller 21ft 'sports cruisers' with identical 150hp Honda engines.Peters & May Peters & May provides worldwide yacht transportation services to over 8,000 vessels each year via sea, road, rail and air - to any global destination. As a specialist marine transport provider, Peters & May is the first choice of many of the world's leading names in the marine industry. petersandmay.comIn addition to Peters & May, the other official collaborators are: engine supplier BRP/Evinrude; data storage partner SanDisk; timing partner Edox.
