FIA GT1 World Championship on TV?

[jamesaevans]

Does anyone know if the FIA GT1 World Championship is going to be shown on TV?

This press release from 3rd March 2010 indicates that it might be:
“And through partnerships like the relationship with Bloomberg TV which we are also announcing today, which takes us into 220 million homes around the world, we will take GT racing to a truly global and diverse audience.”

Thanks
James

[belleair302]

SRO and their media agency are trying to secure a broadcast deal but I believe that they want too much money. Something will be struck but unlikely before this weekends event.

It is on the web though....GT1world.com I think.

[Broady88]

Being shown on ESPN in totality (2 x 90 min progs), possibly "inherited" when they took over Setanta, and an hours worth of highlights on Sky 4 next Tuesday at 1300hrs plus I suspect a couple of repeats. Hope this helps.

[jamesaevans]

Hi Broady88,

Thanks for the update, I'll try to catch the highlights next week. For anyone else looking for the highlights thats Sky Sports 4 (sky channel 404).

They really should be doing a better job of promoting the tv coverage on the series website.

Thanks
James

Edited by jamesaevans on Wednesday 14th April 09:16

[Chris-R]

jamesaevans said:

Does anyone know if the FIA GT1 World Championship is going to be shown on TV?

Thanks
James

This is a 'cut and paste' from a press release we received today:

Watch GT1 World Live on TV across the Globe

This weekend’s opening round of the FIA GT1 World Championship at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi will be broadcast on the following channels.



Please check the channel website for local timings.



You can also see the FIA GT1 World Championship qualifying and races live on the championship website at www.gt1world.com



Qualifying starts at 19:30 (local time in the UAE) this evening. Race 1 starts at 16:00 and the Championship race starts at 19:45 on Saturday 17 April.



Country Broadcaster Qualifying Race 1 Championship Race

April 16 April 17 April 17



UK

ESPN LIVE LIVE 00:15

Bloomberg LIVE

Sky Sports Mon 22:30



GERMANY

Sport 1 LIVE LIVE



FRANCE

Sport + 18:00 Sun 11:00am



ITALY

Nouvolari Time tbc Time tbc



SPAIN

Canal + LIVE LIVE LIVE



PORTUGAL

Sport TV LIVE LIVE LIVE



BELGIUM

Exqi LIVE LIVE LIVE



GREECE

Supersport LIVE LIVE LIVE



NORTH AMERICA

Bloomberg LIVE



UAE

Abu Dhabi Sports LIVE LIVE LIVE



Middle East

Showtime LIVE LIVE LIVE





AUSTRALIA

Fox Sports LIVE LIVE LIVE



LATIN AMERICA



Bloomberg LIVE



JAPAN

J Sports Delayed highlights



MALAYSIA

Astro LIVE LIVE LIVE

[hornet]

Nice to see online coverage with no subscriptions. Been getting into GT racing again of late, so nice to be able to follow it online. Added the Twitter feed to Pidgin notification as well, so no excuse for missing the race now

[Mark_Karting]

Just a heads up, its on at 12:45 (25 minutes) Live on ESPN. Or at least thats what the Virgin Guide says.

[Galileo]

Its on here...

http://www.gt1world.com/gt1tv

Now!

[fullbeem]

Watching this now.

[fullbeem]

Is that the standard bodywork on the Nissan GTR's and the Ford GTs. The Ford looks much wider than the road going version

[Phoenix]

Not bad for a first race. Good racing between the Lambo and Ford at the start, and also the Nissan battle towards the end.

Website streaming and live timing were very good compared to lots of others. Now all I need to do is find a decent feed for the ALMS later tonight.

[double6]

fullbeem said:

Is that the standard bodywork on the Nissan GTR's and the Ford GTs. The Ford looks much wider than the road going version

....no they both have modified bodywork for racing, both are wider than the road going cars

[Rex Ironstone]

How great was that for a first meet of a new series. I think this will really take off.
Possibly a stupid question but what engine is in the GTR? Does the road going version have a six?
Just wondering as on the coverage they were talking about the different engines saying some have 8's and some have 12's.
The website doesn't specify.
Cheers

[chevronb37]

To answer the question above, the Nissan has a V8, but the road version has a V6. They have taken advantage of a rule which allows mass-produced sports cars (which apparently the Nissan is) to change engine layouts.

[eastlmark]

chevronb37 said:

To answer the question above, the Nissan has a V8, but the road version has a V6. They have taken advantage of a rule which allows mass-produced sports cars (which apparently the Nissan is) to change engine layouts.

......because turbo's are not allowed in Gt1.

[Mini1275]

Just watched this, very good for a first meeting i thought. Some good racing, nasty crash in practice though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMAXaX0Ac8Y&fea...

[Dakkon]

eastlmark said:

chevronb37 said:

To answer the question above, the Nissan has a V8, but the road version has a V6. They have taken advantage of a rule which allows mass-produced sports cars (which apparently the Nissan is) to change engine layouts.

......because turbo's are not allowed in Gt1.

In this months Evo magazine they have a feature all about the GT1 GTR and the engine it has and Sumo power who will be running one in the series.

[belleair302]

I am trying to get Roger Green to put the Ford GT into Evo, a better car, more likely to win races and more interesting. The Nissan is more a silouette racer than a true road car, 2 wheel drive, totally different engine, no electronics and not great on track....yet.

[eastlmark]

Mini1275 said:

Just watched this, very good for a first meeting i thought. Some good racing, nasty crash in practice though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMAXaX0Ac8Y&fea...

that does look nasty, what is under there?

[Mattt]

It's tarmac until where the car disappears from view, then it consists of a multiple layered barrier (can't remember which type).