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CHAPTERS<br />
2<br />
TWO WHEELS<br />
MOTORCYCLE RACING<br />
6<br />
FOUR WHEELS<br />
ON AND OFF ROAD/ CARS,<br />
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Mass starts and speeds regularly exceeding 200mph are<br />
what give road-racing it’s legendary status. This adrenaline<br />
fuelled battle between man and machine attracts a<br />
dedicated fan base who worship the brave riders whose<br />
skill and determination knows no bounds.<br />
The exhilarating on-bike camera shots put viewers right in<br />
the heart of the shoulder charging pack, with our awardwinning<br />
camera crew, both on the ground and in the air,<br />
providing a unique insight into the not-so-gentle art of slip<br />
streaming a rival or three at breath-taking speed. In this<br />
series, Superbike contenders on the international roadracing<br />
scene compete for the top of the standings to win a<br />
coveted prize. We follow those who put their life on the line<br />
to become the ‘King of the Roads’.<br />
SPORTS<br />
16 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
COOKSTOWN 100 / NORTHWEST 200 / TANDRAGEE 100<br />
SOUTHERN 100 / ULSTER GRAND PRIX<br />
OLIVER’S MOUNT GOLD CUP<br />
MACAU GRAND PRIX<br />
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The world’s fiercest riders battle it out on Britain’s<br />
toughest tracks. The Championship features a<br />
distinctly international line-up with entries from<br />
manufacturers and riders all over the globe.<br />
The turns and tabletops; berms and big airs; ruts and<br />
whoops at Britain’s toughest tracks, are a true test<br />
of off-road riding. The competition is fierce and as a<br />
result, these highly entertaining programmes make<br />
themselves, providing gripping coverage that excites<br />
the ardent and passing viewer.<br />
SPORTS<br />
8 X 23 MIN / HD<br />
BRITISH<br />
MOTOCROSS<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
6 7
ASBK<br />
AUSTRALIAN<br />
SUPERBIKE<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
Highlights from the Australian Superbike<br />
Championship. Using highly modified bikes<br />
to reach electrifying speeds and optimum<br />
performance, this exhilarating competition<br />
showcases the greatest riders that Australia<br />
has to offer competing in the country’s best<br />
racing venues.<br />
SPORTS<br />
7 X 104 MIN / HD<br />
CANADIAN<br />
SUPERBIKES<br />
Aboard highly tuned Superbikes producing<br />
over 200 horsepower, this championship<br />
showcases the most elite riders Canada has<br />
to offer. This is North America’s premier twowheeled<br />
contest, fought over six exhilarating<br />
rounds, highlighting a unique superbike<br />
championship featuring only the brave.<br />
SPORTS<br />
5 X 23 MIN / HD<br />
AUS-X AUSTRALIAN SUPERCROSS<br />
LIVE + HIGHLIGHTS<br />
When the gate drops, the chat stops. Friends off the track become<br />
rivals on it. Reaching incredible speeds and heights as tall as 3-story<br />
buildings, a band of two-wheeled enthusiasts fight it out to the flag.<br />
Drawing in huge crowds with an appetite for speed, Aus-X produces<br />
an atmosphere like no other. Two thrilling nights of non-stop racing<br />
conclude with an insane Freestyle ‘Best Trick’ competition! This is not<br />
for the faint hearted.<br />
SPORTS<br />
2 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
8 9
FOUR<br />
WHEELS
MOTORSPORT<br />
MUNDIAL<br />
MAX POWER<br />
Max Power brings adrenaline-fuelled<br />
entertainment, 52 weeks a year. Every episode<br />
takes viewers under the skin of fast and<br />
furious motorsport action, with fascinating<br />
in-depth features, revealing interviews<br />
and ‘access all areas’ to the worlds leading<br />
championships and events.<br />
SPORTS<br />
52 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
A weekly mix of the latest action from the<br />
world of motorsport, expertly moulded into a<br />
superb magazine programme which delivers<br />
week in, week out. Each episode is packed<br />
with race coverage, insights and behindthe-scenes<br />
footage from water sports to two<br />
wheels.<br />
SPORTS<br />
52 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
12 13
IMSA<br />
WEATHERTECH<br />
SPORTSCAR<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
LIVE + HIGHLIGHTS<br />
A fiercely competitive series featuring worldrenowned<br />
races such as the Daytona 24 hours<br />
and the Petit Le Mans.<br />
With an increasing number of experienced Formula<br />
1 drivers trying their hand at <strong>Sports</strong>car racing,<br />
including the likes of Fernando Alonso and Juan<br />
Pablo Montoya, this championship showcases the<br />
best in the business battling wheel-to-wheel for<br />
the ultimate crown. An event with an international<br />
flavour, drawing competitors from around the<br />
world, competing on the worlds best circuits.<br />
SPORTS<br />
12 X 44 MIN / HD<br />
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These supercharged beasts are not for the<br />
feint hearted. Featuring four earthquakeinducing<br />
classes, these fast and furious<br />
machines defy imagination as well as the laws<br />
of physics.<br />
From the Top Fuel chargers, to the adequately<br />
named Funny Car class, you witness a rare<br />
phenomenon; where sheer horsepower<br />
overwhelms the conventional restrictions of<br />
aerodynamics and traction. It must be seen to<br />
be believed.<br />
NHRA<br />
DRAG<br />
RACING<br />
CHAMPIONSHIPS<br />
SPORTS<br />
24 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
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BTCC<br />
BRITISH<br />
TOURING CAR<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
Holding the reputation as the most closely fought touring car<br />
championship in the world, the BTCC coverage delivers ever door<br />
banging, bodywork smashing, four-wheel drifting moment in a<br />
highlights package four days after each event. 11 manufacturers, 17<br />
teams and 30 drivers; to no surprise, this highly competitive series<br />
delivers audiences worldwide.<br />
SPORTS<br />
10 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
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Aspiring Formula One drivers flock to<br />
compete in this F3 Championship.<br />
This fiercely competitive championship<br />
attracts a host of international drivers from<br />
all corners of the world and promises to<br />
have viewers on the edge of their seats,<br />
witnessing high-speed action as soon as<br />
the lights go out.<br />
SPORTS<br />
8 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
BRDC<br />
FORMULA 3<br />
For half a century, Formula 4 has proven<br />
itself as the breeding ground for future<br />
world champions and stars of the future.<br />
An adaptation of the FIA’s F4 concept,<br />
this exciting development in British junior<br />
single-seater racing continues to provide<br />
the new-guard with a clear career path<br />
and a solid foundation in motor racing.<br />
These talented young-guns are the<br />
Sennas’, Mansells’ and Schumachers’ of<br />
tomorrow, all of which competed in this<br />
class in years gone by.<br />
BRITISH MSA<br />
FORMULA 4<br />
SPORTS<br />
10 X 24 MIN / HD<br />
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RENAULT UK CLIO CUP<br />
Perceived throughout the four-wheeled<br />
racing community as the ‘must-do’<br />
category for drivers targeting future<br />
touring car stardom. A single manufacturer<br />
class, this event is a true leveller where<br />
driver ability prevails. As part of the BTCC<br />
racing weekend, the Clio Cup attracts<br />
top class exponents from all over the UK<br />
and Europe, cementing its reputation for<br />
producing future champions of the BTCC.<br />
SPORTS<br />
9 X 24 MIN / HD<br />
A 30-strong grid featuring highly<br />
tuned racing cars competing in close<br />
quarter racing. With drivers unwilling<br />
to give an inch, this battle to the flag<br />
is never short of its thrills and spills.<br />
Widely recognised as an avenue into<br />
the world of GT racing thanks to its<br />
place on the BTCC support bill, the<br />
GT4 Supercup offers unmatched<br />
exposure for drivers, teams and<br />
sponsors. A thrilling and unpredictable<br />
championship that attracts an<br />
enthusiastic and devoted audience.<br />
SPORTS<br />
10 X 24 MIN / HD<br />
GINETTA<br />
GT4 SUPERCUP<br />
PORSCHE<br />
CARRERA CUP<br />
GREAT BRITAIN<br />
Porsche Carrera Cup GB The<br />
apex of British motor racing<br />
and a firm feature in every<br />
motorsport fans calendar.<br />
Identical cars mean drivers rely<br />
solely on skill and championship<br />
contenders often advance into<br />
the BTCC and GT Racing. This<br />
series is therefore considered as<br />
a vital stepping stone, preparing<br />
graduates for future successes<br />
on a world stage.<br />
SPORTS<br />
7 X 24 MIN / HD<br />
LAMBORGHINI<br />
TROFEO SERIES<br />
This specialist class is held<br />
alongside the prestigious<br />
WeatherTech <strong>Sports</strong>Car<br />
Championship during a race<br />
weekend. Twenty-plus Supercar<br />
grids on iconic circuits like the<br />
undulating Mazda Raceway<br />
Laguna Seca in California or the<br />
equally challenging Circuit of the<br />
Americas in Texas ensure evenly<br />
matched, exciting action.<br />
SPORTS<br />
7 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
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MONACO<br />
GRAND PRIX<br />
HISTORIQUE<br />
HIGHLIGHTS<br />
It’s the epicentre of glitz and glamour on four-wheels attracting super-yachts,<br />
celebrities and former champions. Two weeks prior to the famous Monaco F1 Grand<br />
Prix, Monaco plays host to the Monaco Grand Prix Historique. These shows give an<br />
exclusive insight into this unique event, featuring priceless vintage sportscars and<br />
Grand Prix cars from the pre-war era right up to 1980. Celebrating its 12th anniversary<br />
in <strong>2020</strong>, this event is unmissable for classic motorsport enthusiasts. The sprint race is<br />
held on the legendary circuit, exuding nostalgia and retro-cool, drawing in die-hard<br />
fans and collectors from all over the world.<br />
SPORTS<br />
2 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
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BRITISH RALLYX<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
IRISH TARMAC<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
Contested over seven rounds,<br />
racing begins at Croft Circuit<br />
where competitors range from<br />
experienced racers who know the<br />
tracks like the back of their hand,<br />
to newcomers who will have to<br />
learn quickly as they take on racers<br />
from all over the country.<br />
Ireland’s premier rally<br />
competition that gets your heart<br />
pumping. The Championship<br />
features 6 rounds of high intensity<br />
racing on the toughest stages all<br />
throughout Ireland and the Isle of<br />
Man, providing the ultimate road<br />
test for man and machine.<br />
SPORTS<br />
8 X 48 MIN / HD<br />
SPORTS<br />
10 X 24 MIN / HD<br />
FORMULA<br />
OFFROAD<br />
This incredible sport is an exciting<br />
spectacle, merging several fourwheeled<br />
disciplines.<br />
Driver versatility is put to the test as<br />
custom built cars must tackle nearvertical<br />
cliff faces, as well technical<br />
time attacks. Conceived in Iceland<br />
55 years ago, this rugged racing is<br />
now contested all over Scandinavia.<br />
Unbelievable hydroplaning<br />
moments add to this huge dose of<br />
excitement and adrenaline.<br />
SPORTS<br />
6 X 24 MIN / HD<br />
ANDROS<br />
TROPHY<br />
A revolutionary contest pitting the conventional<br />
petrol-powered Elite-Pro machines and electric<br />
speed-demons against one another. The most<br />
prestigious ice-racing series in the motor-racing<br />
calendar, Andros Trophy features high-powered<br />
machines battling it out beneath the most<br />
picturesque mountain ranges France has to<br />
offer. Two-wheels and four, witness a fantastic<br />
spectacle as these avalanche-inducing motors<br />
tear up the snow in a cacophony of noise.<br />
SPORTS<br />
7 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
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SKUSA is the pinnacle of kart<br />
racing. The mind-blowing speeds<br />
and wheel-to-wheel racing provide<br />
spectacular coverage and high<br />
octane viewing, with the finals<br />
staged in the equally outrageous<br />
Las Vegas. Over the years, SKUSA<br />
has hosted the world’s most famed<br />
motorsport names, including<br />
Andretti, Barrichello and even the<br />
great Michael Schumacher. Ride<br />
on-board amidst a packed grid as<br />
the daring race on the very edge.<br />
SPORTS<br />
2 X 22 MIN / HD<br />
TRANS AM<br />
RACING<br />
SERIES<br />
A wealth of drivers from numerous countries compete for the<br />
ultimate crown. Famous for its prestigious history, the Trans<br />
Am Racing Series is proudly American. The championship is<br />
based around commercially produced muscle-cars modified<br />
for elite racing competition, enabling the series to attract a<br />
legion of loyal fans that can truly identify with the cars on<br />
track. A bold and bespoke American statement, Trans Am<br />
features precision driving, wheel-to-wheel; attracting an<br />
enthusiastic and dedicated fan-base worldwide.<br />
SPORTS<br />
10 X 44 MIN / HD<br />
SKUSA<br />
SUPERNATIONAL<br />
KARTING SERIES<br />
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A packed field of production<br />
cars are pitted against one<br />
another in a testing 6-hour<br />
endurance race. A real test of<br />
reliability and race craft.<br />
SPORTS<br />
1 X 104 MIN / HD<br />
BATHURST 6 HOURS<br />
IMSA MICHELIN<br />
PILOT CHALLENGE<br />
High performance sports cars, coupes and<br />
sedans, rolled straight from the showroom<br />
to the speedway. With only safety and<br />
competition modifications permitted, this<br />
superstock category is home to the same<br />
vehicles seen on the streets and highways<br />
around the world. 24 hours of LIVE high-speed<br />
action across 10 scintillating rounds<br />
SPORTS<br />
10 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
AUSTRALIAN<br />
DRIFT ALL STARS<br />
The best drivers from around the<br />
country battle it out over four<br />
rounds in four different states.<br />
Highlights from the number one<br />
national drifting series, featuring<br />
insane rear-end, tyre-smoking<br />
drifting in tandem.<br />
IMSA - PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE 2019<br />
A unique series for aspiring <strong>Sports</strong>car drivers<br />
and veterans alike. Following a shift to a<br />
single-class, endurance format in 2019, the<br />
series continues to feature the ultimate-spec<br />
LMP3 prototypes. A short six-race season<br />
held on North America’s most renowned<br />
racetracks like the infamous Michelin<br />
Raceway Road Atlanta. Watch as those<br />
behind the wheel challenge for the top step.<br />
SPORTS<br />
5 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
SPORTS<br />
6 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
WTAC - WORLD TIME ATTACK<br />
CHALLENGE<br />
A race against the clock. A<br />
challenge in every sense of the<br />
word, bringing together the best<br />
international time attack teams<br />
head-to-head as they vie to set<br />
the fastest lap times in order to<br />
be crowned champions.<br />
SPORTS<br />
1 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
IMSA - PORSCHE GT3 CUP<br />
CHALLENGE 2019 USA<br />
Combining both GT3 Gold and Platinum<br />
Cups, this semi-pro championship attracts<br />
the best young and veteran exponents<br />
trying to make a name for themselves<br />
in the Weathertech series. A packed<br />
30-strong grid where youthfulness and<br />
experience are pitted head-to-head.<br />
SPORTS<br />
7 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
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THUNDER<br />
DRAG<br />
RACING<br />
AUSTRALIAN SUPER<br />
TRUCKS<br />
An exciting new era for Australian<br />
drag racing, this deafening sprint<br />
to the line draws in an international<br />
fan-base as fans flock to witness a<br />
unique display of speed and courage.<br />
This is the Thunder from down under.<br />
SPORTS<br />
20 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
These mighty super trucks<br />
topping 100mph break the<br />
traditional rules of convention. 22<br />
mammoth vehicles weighing 5.5<br />
tonnes apiece hurtling towards<br />
the first corner makes for an epic<br />
spectacle of fight and fury. Get set<br />
for a pure adrenaline rush.<br />
SPORTS<br />
4 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
Celebrating Australia’s muscle car heritage, this trip down<br />
memory lane provides racing that is fast and furious. Producing<br />
a deafening noise and a huge dose of nostalgia, Master Blast<br />
features multiple classes from Touring to Historic <strong>Sports</strong> Cars,<br />
making for an event packed with its fair share of thrills and spills.<br />
SPORTS<br />
1 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
Mean-looking supercharged<br />
machines battle it out to the line<br />
in pursuit of intergalactic speeds.<br />
This bespoke class features some<br />
of the most gnarly and exotic cars<br />
on the drag racing scene. Don’t<br />
blink or you’ll miss them; Funny<br />
Cars promises to blow you away.<br />
SPORTS<br />
6 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
NITRO<br />
FUNNY CARS<br />
MASTER BLAST SYDNEY<br />
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WATERSPORT
POWERBOAT<br />
P1 AQUA X<br />
“The ultimate test of willpower and strength”<br />
The temptation of speed and breathtakingly<br />
close racing makes AquaX the largest and fastest<br />
growing water-craft championship in the world.<br />
Held on the most beautiful, alluring coastlines<br />
across America, the powerful sit-down jet ski<br />
endurance races attract enthusiastic fans to the<br />
beaches and dedicated audiences to the coverage.<br />
The attraction of the championship is down to<br />
a simple yet challenging race format, featuring<br />
races in ever changing conditions, which makes for<br />
unpredictable racing. Despite the sheer power of<br />
these aquatic beasts, technical ability will always<br />
prevail over horsepower. It’s a battle between man<br />
and the elements.<br />
SPORTS<br />
8 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
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POWERBOAT P1<br />
SUPERSTOCK USA<br />
These marine machines are the most exciting and accessible form<br />
of aquatic motorsport today. Tight and fast racing using crafts with<br />
identical performance makes for a fantastic spectacle. Pilots and<br />
navigators battle it out on the water through every turn and wavejump.<br />
Powerboats geared up for speed defy imagination, producing<br />
coverage that doesn’t get any more thrilling than this.<br />
SPORTS<br />
8 X 52 MIN / HD<br />
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POWERBOAT P1<br />
OFFSHORE<br />
POWERBOATS<br />
Partnered with the other P1 categories in the<br />
series, Offshore celebrates its 17th anniversary<br />
in <strong>2020</strong>. A championship that is tightly fought<br />
and backed by an ethos supporting grassroots<br />
racing. With speeds approaching 100mph,<br />
Offshore yields high quality coverage, fuelled by<br />
adrenaline and a ‘need for speed’. This makes<br />
for an event rich in new talent and a cracking<br />
addition to the P1 Powerboat Championship.<br />
SPORTS<br />
3 X 46 MIN / HD<br />
40 41
The main event. Formula One Powerboat racing<br />
provides the most exhilarating inshore racing in<br />
North America. A field of more than 40 F1 Tunnel<br />
Boats racing at speeds of up to 120mph that can<br />
reach 100mph in less that 5 seconds unsurprisingly<br />
produces racing like no other. It’s fast, furious<br />
and always dramatic. As they hurtle towards the<br />
tight turns at break-neck speed with NO brakes,<br />
the drivers experience up to 6Gs of force. Water’s<br />
answer to F1 on the racetrack. Jaw dropping<br />
moments occur frequently. This championship<br />
challenges the laws of physics.<br />
SPORTS<br />
6 X 23 MIN / HD<br />
F1 POWERBOAT<br />
TOUR USA<br />
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