Photo: Jean-Michel LE MEUR - FIA WEC

 

The 6 Hours of CotA (entry list) is the headline event of the Lone Star Le Mans weekend of international sports car racing and entertainment, with the Tudor United Sportscar Championship billed alongside the FIA WEC. A full weekend of racing and entertainment is planned for fans, with the FIA WEC’s event being the first ever to run into the night at the circuit. The start will be given at 17h00 local (02h00 Sunday CET).

While this is a weekend of racing not to be missed, fans who are unable to be in Texas will be able to follow all the racing through various media. In the USA Fox Sports 2, which has a reach of 90 million potential viewers, will be showing the whole race LIVE. In Latin America, Fox LATAM will show a 52 minutes highlights package, while Brazil – which is due to hold the final round of the 2014 season on 30th November – will also show the race LIVE to Sport TV or TV Globo’s 37 million viewers.

Eurosport Inter will not only broadcast Europe-wide coverage LIVE but also show delayed replays and a 26 minute highlights show on Eurosport 2 and Eurosport Player respectively. Motors TV in Europe will air the race LIVE and direct in its entirety, while a 52’ highlights show will be broadcast by Sport Klub which covers the Serbo-Croatian bloc of countries, including Hungary. Denmark (TV2), Austria (ORF), Netherlands (SPORT 1), Portugal (Sport TV), Spain (Canal + Deportes and Sportmania), Italy (Dinamica Channel) and Greece (OTE) will also show the 52’ package.

With the series moving to the Far East for the fifth and sixth rounds, Eurosport Asia/Pacific will be showing the US round LIVE plus repeated and delayed repeats to its 7.8 million potential viewers. J-Sports in Japan will broadcast a live 52’ show, as will Fox Sports in Australia and TV3 in New Zealand (delayed). Sportscar fans from China, Thailand and numerous countries in the Indian sub-continent will be able to view the 52’ show too.

In addition to the TV coverage, the race can be followed live and direct via the FIA WEC’s updated second screen ‘App’, available to download from the iTunes store or Google Play Store - search for ‘FIA World Endurance Championship’ or ‘FIA WEC’.

Internationally renowned endurance racing radioweb service, Radio Le Mans (www.radiolemans.com), will once again be available for its huge number of listeners all around the world. News access will also be available on EBU/Eurovision, SNTV, Reuters and Omnisports worldwide.

The whole broadcast schedule can be found HERE.

FIA WEC press release