Any TV Coverage in UK

[htbast]

Well the  subject just about sums it up. Unsure if I will be able to make it this year, and may be a little happier if I knew that some of the race was being shown on UK TV/Sky/Eurosport/Motors TV.

Or will I have to tune the laptop into Radio Le Mans web feed?

Cheers!

[carsarecool]

Hi,

Eurosport usually have extensive coverage, but I also heared that ITV are covering this year, so terrestial coverage should also be provided.
Don't know times for ITV though.....and you'll probably miss most of it during the bloody adverts......just like the F1 coverage.

Hope you can make it though, nothing like the real thing!

[Lawnmower Man]

I belive that EuroSport cover the event.   But its not like the real thing. :-)
My guess is there is not a lot of mileage in Le Mans for the TV  companies.  IMHO it's about time there was another documentary on Le Mans I was very suprised not to see one give the return of Bentley.   I'm sure it would have made a good story even if teh result last year was a bit of a "done deal".
The last Le Mans documentary I remember was "Nimrod"  About the 1982 Le Mans.

t.

[Brad Zarse]

There was one about 4/5 years ago following Noel Edmonds attempt to run a Panoz in the race - the original BATMOBILE style one if I remember.

It was quite good actually, which is a suprise for anything with noel edmonds in it - and not a sign of Mr Blobby anywhere!!!!

[BigH]

Unfortunately the horrible bearded short man inspired outbreaks of Mr f**** Blobby all over the place that year.
In fact, I was so horribly drunk and kept getting in the way of his cameramen. Threats of violence couldn't make it through the Lagavulin inspired haze that surrounded me, and I actually appeared in the final footage, the b*stards couldn't edit me out!
I still think we should have hung him, even if only for the quote:
NE: "I've always been a huge fan of endurance racing"
Interviewer: Is this your first visit to Le Mans?
NE: "Yes it is"
H

[wishy]

Hi Snoring Rhino's Son

The "Mr Edmunds" documentary was some 8 years ago.....when Panoz first entered the event.

It was the following year that I started going to LM.

It may have been "Mr Blobby" or "Pretzel" who got me into this......not sure which,but now who gives a damm.....as I am totally comitted to returning each year ......and I still can't work out why I keep coming back!!!!!!

Wishy

[Ruptured Duck Motorsport]

I understand ITV are doing some coverage - can anyone confirm or deny this?

[Lawnmower Man]

It may have been "Mr Blobby" or "Pretzel" who got me into this......not sure which,but now who gives a damm.....as I am totally comitted to returning each year ......and I still can't work out why I keep coming back!!!!!!

Yep, No real good reason why I make the trip every year.  The first year I went I got totaly drownd several times.  Hardly knew what was going on as there was no RLM.  

I guess the phrase "Show me a sane person and I'll cure them!"  comes to mind.

t.

[Dan Lowe]

ITV are definatly covering Le Mans this year in some capacity. My guess is that it'll just be on the chat show they call a motorshow 'Speed Sunday' so expect 24hours of racing to be compressed into 5 minutes of footage (leaving out all the good bits of course) and then 10 minutes talking then back to talking about F1 and rally  

[Ruptured Duck Motorsport]

then 10 minutes talking then back to talking about F1 and rally  

Dont forget BTCC, but we wont see much of that as there is racing....

[Nordic]

twofourtv TO GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT LE MANS FOR CHANNEL 4

Channel 4 Sport has commissioned independent production company, twofourtv, to make a 5 x 30’ series that will follow the fortunes of Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx as they contest this year’s inaugural Le Mans Endurance series. The series will be broadcast in September and Audi UK have agreed to allow the crew unprecedented access to the drivers and the race team as they push themselves to the limits in their bid to lift the trophy in September.

The sports car community is buzzing with excitement at the prospect of racing in the completely new Le Mans Endurance Series. The Le Mans 24-hour race will remain the centrepiece of the season, but teams will also contest four 1000km races at the classic European circuits of Monza, Nürburging, Silverstone and Spa. Audi UK in conjunction with Veloqx Motorsport, has put together a very strong driver line up for its two-car team which includes two former F1 drivers, Johnny Herbert and Allan McNish, last year’s Le Mans winner Guy Smith, triple Le Mans winner Frank Biela and the younger pair of Pierre Kaffer and Jamie Davies.

The inclusion of British stars Herbert and McNish has already attracted considerable media interest and Audi UK’s motor sport manager David Ingram added; “We are delighted to be able to work with Channel 4 on this. People tend to think motor racing is all about the car and the drivers, but there is so much more to it than that and it is great for us to be able to present that side of the story to Channel 4’s audience.”

“The series will provide viewers with an exclusive insight into what makes a race team tick,” says series producer Hannah Caven “It’s all about the special team atmosphere that endurance racing creates and that includes the part played by the fans. Having covered Audi Sport UK’s Le Mans challenge last year, we can draw on our experience to show something beyond the racing itself.”

The team have already had a winning start to the season with a triumphant 1st and 3rd at the prestigious 12-hours of Sebring in Florida and 1st and 2nd at the first race on the series in Monza. The excitement is now building for the Le Mans 24-hour race, which is the single biggest British motoring event of the year with more people travelling to France for the weekend than attend the British Grand Prix. Provisionally scheduled for transmission on consecutive weekends in September, the series is bound to provide a very special account of sports car racing from the team’s perspective.

Press release from Audi UK/rd jones

[smokie]

I imagine that twofourtv is the same gang with whom JP ingratiated himself at pre-qual.

Quick CA competition - let's see which member can get their face on the box most times during this series...  

[Nordic]

Does that mean I have to wash?

[jpchenet]

Does that mean I have to wash?

Don't be silly.......we wouldn't be able to recognise anyone who's washed!!  

[jpchenet]

I imagine that twofourtv is the same gang with whom JP ingratiated himself at pre-qual.

Quick CA competition - let's see which member can get their face on the box most times during this series...  

Yes it is Smokie!

Their DVD of last year is pretty good. And our group managed to star in about 2 seconds of it. They filmed us over on the campsite.

There one bit that makes me chuckle though. They have a Le Mans Historian talking about the track and sriving an Audi TT round it, describing where he is at the time etc. According to him, you drive along the start finish line, through the Esses and then under the Dunlop Bridge.

Apparently they only noticed it at the last minute and it was the only half decent take they had so they ahd to let it go through! I wonder if he got paid??