How to watch the Indy 500

[jimbobs]

I’ve seen this question asked on other threads, but I’ve yet to find an answer so please forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere.

I’d like to legally watch the Indy 500 (live, preferably but highlights will do at a pinch). I believe that BT Sport have been covering the championship, but I don’t have a subscription.

I’ve got the following at home:
Virgin cable tv
A Roku streaming stick (with Amazon video & Now TV on it)
Laptop & iPad

I don’t mind pay-per-view and I’d think about paying for a month’s subscription if it wasn’t exorbitant and easily cancellable.

Does anyone know how what my options are?

[FourWheelDrift]

All pre-race sessions will be shown live on Indycar's youtube channel, today's practice is online live at 5pm - https://www.youtube.com/user/indycars

They do not show the race live, but if it's the same as other races it will be on their channel in full about 3 days after.

[FourWheelDrift]

Rookie orientation first for those who haven't done it on now.

5pm -7pm UK time - Rookie Orientation
7pm - 11pm UK time - Indianapolis 500 Practice

Just hide the chat box, lots of morons online.

[ellroy]

Very slightly off topic, but could someone please explain qualifying for me in words of one syllable?

I think I've got it, but I'm not 100% sure.

Is it that they all do quali together then the fastest 9, odd number why not 10?, do another quali for those 9 positions whilst the others do a quali for their positions, but not the first 9 even if quicker?

[BigDaveTheMighty]

I thought the "nine rather than ten" thing was because they start in rows of three. That way it covers the first three rows of the grid...

Happy to be corrected.

[FourWheelDrift]

Indy 500 qualifying, it's the Americans revenge on us trying to explain the rules of cricket to them.

http://www.indycar.com/Fan-Info/INDYCAR-101/Unders...

[sjtgeray]

Per the OP's original question, does anyone know of an answer ?...Happy to pay a sensible amount to watch the 500 live but do not really want to add BT sport to my Sky package....thanks all

[24lemons]

I'd love to know too please. I'm on a train from Aberdeen to Birmingham that day so will miss the 500, Monaco and Nurburgring 24 hours

I might have to try and avoid media and watch as much as I can on Monday

[DuraAce]

Don't forget race day isn't until the 28th, I thought it was this coming Sunday!

[Civpilot]

Day one of quali is live on ESPN now. Sebastian Bourdais has just had the mother of all accidents. He lost the rear mid corner and the car turned right into the wall flat out. Impact was 45degree angle and he rolled before the car finally came to a halt.

He's out of the car strapped to a stretcher and on his way to hospital... but he's moving his arms and clearly conscious which is amazing considering the speed and angle of the impact....

Edited by Civpilot on Saturday 20th May 23:06

Edited by Civpilot on Saturday 20th May 23:07

[ellroy]

Multiple hip fractures I've just heard from friends in the US.

[pits]

Hmmmm interesting, apparently I have 3 months of BT Sport free

[FourWheelDrift]

One other alternative, although it's an ESPN production the broadcaster is and always has been for decades ABC. So if you were to go to the ABC website and click on Live TV whilst using a VPN you should be able to watch the race. It's what US citizens outside the US would do if they had no direct access.

http://abc.go.com/watch-live

Click on Sunday, 28th, 1hr pre-race then the race coverage of 3.5hrs, prepare for lots of adverts - http://abc.go.com/schedule




Ps. the free in-built VPN in Opera won't work as the ABC player does not have Opera as a recognised browser and changing the useragent of Opera to IE, Chrome or safari seems to lose the US IP identity from the VPN. I tried earlier. Unless someone cleverer has the way round solved.

[Rude-boy]

For those of us using android any ideas on a sensible vpn or how to?

Would have been quite willing to pay up to £25 to watch as a one off but sold £100+ or going back to the poorest bb speeds in the known universe of fibre.....

Edited by Rude-boy on Wednesday 24th May 19:45

[pits]

Rude-boy said:

For those of us using android any ideas on a sensible vpn or how to?

Would have been quite willing to pay up to £25 to watch as a one off but sold £100+ or going back to the poorest bb speeds in the known universe of fibre.....

Edited by Rude-boy on Wednesday 24th May 19:45

Download Opera VPN for android

[Rude-boy]

pits said:

Download Opera VPN for android

Thanks, i will give that a try over the weekend. Not got high hopes though as post above mine suggests that it's not comparable with their streaming, although that might only be for the PC version and it might prefer the Android one!

[FourWheelDrift]

Rude-boy said:

pits said:

Download Opera VPN for android

Thanks, i will give that a try over the weekend. Not got high hopes though as post above mine suggests that it's not comparable with their streaming, although that might only be for the PC version and it might prefer the Android one!

I have Opera VPN for android and although it does work with other things when I started it just now and used Chrome to open the ABC Live page it said I was not in the USA despite Opera VPN using a USA IP.

[binnerboy]

try this article

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/internet/how-wat...

BT sport app, BT sport website or ESPN via a box, not sure if Nowtv carry ESPN or BT sport , if they do you can get a free trial for 30 days

[FurtiveFreddy]

I'm not sure a VPN will help as even if you are in the U.S. you need to be signed up with one of the service providers there who are an affiliate of ESPN.

I could be wrong, that's how it looked to me when I went into the ESPN site.

[FourWheelDrift]

I have just put the Indy 500 broadcaster ABC channel on right now

And they have some real st on, this is their version of Loose Women.



I turned it off. Whoopi Goldberg was on there too.



PS - ESPN on ABC - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC