The greatest motor race of the year, some say. It is the middle of June which means that it can only be time for the 24 Hours of Le Mans! Expect a battle up front between the Audi’s and Toyota’s as Audi attempt to claw back some ground on Toyota following the first two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Having been in attendance at Silverstone in April, I’m looking forward to see how this battle plays out, and also to see whether the Porsche’s can spoil Audi and Toyota’s fun.
As is the usual tradition, the 24 Hours will be screened in full, live and exclusively on British Eurosport across Saturday and Sunday with build-up taking place across the entire week. Tom Gaymor will be voicing the 24 Minutes shows, whilst the usual team led by Martin Haven and Liz Halliday will be on commentary. The race starts at 14:00 UK time on Saturday 14th June. The full schedule can be found below:
Sunday 8th June
21:00 to 22:00 – Sports Insiders: 24 Hours of Le Mans (Eurosport)
Monday 9th June
21:30 to 22:00 – 24 Minutes (Eurosport)
Tuesday 10th June
20:55 to 21:25 – 24 Minutes (Eurosport)
Wednesday 11th June
14:50 to 19:00 – Live Practice (Eurosport 2)
20:35 to 21:00 – Live 24 Minutes (Eurosport)
21:00 to 23:00 – Live Qualifying (Eurosport)
Thursday 12th June
18:00 to 20:00 – Live Qualifying (Eurosport 2)
20:30 to 21:00 – Live 24 Minutes (Eurosport)
21:00 to 23:00 – Live Qualifying (Eurosport)
Friday 13th June
20:00 to 20:30 – 24 Minutes (Eurosport)
Saturday 14th June
07:45 to 08:45 – Live Warm Up (Eurosport)
08:45 to 09:45 – Live Legends Race (Eurosport)
13:15 to 13:45 – Live 24 Minutes (Eurosport)
23:00 to 23:30 – Live 24 Minutes (Eurosport)
– for details of the race itself, see below
Sunday 15th June
07:45 to 08:15 – Live 24 Minutes (Eurosport)
14:15 to 14:30 – Live 24 Minutes (Eurosport)
The race itself beginning on the Saturday…
13:45 to 22:30 – Eurosport
22:30 to 23:30 – Eurosport 2
23:30 to 07:30 – Eurosport
07:30 to 08:15 – Eurosport 2
08:15 to 14:15 – Eurosport
It doesn’t look like BBC Radio are doing a one hour special this year, however if anything changes, I’ll update the schedule.
9-11pm on Wednesday is qualifying. 5-7pm on Wednesday is the last 2 hours of practice (first 2 hours not live).
Oh and obviously Radio Le Mans are covering all sessions including all support race sessions (and their races) I believe.
Indeed it is, wasn’t 100 percent sure
I am looking toward to this to. Seem less artificial compared to f1 currently
Don’t worry mate, I must admit I wasn’t totally certain at first, but then remembered it was confirmed as qualifying so if Thursday was likely to be wet, people could hopefully have a dry lap in the Wednesday qualifying session (for reference, I believe all sessions at Le Mans are expected to be dry).
Live Porsche Carrera Cup Race from Le Mans at 10:10 Saturday on Motors TV.
more people thinking what i am thinking. f1 has downgraded it self
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/06/13/car-makers-choosing-wec-f1/