A double dose of varied four-wheel action from the Americas this week.
Beginning tomorrow, the second round of the World Rally Championship visits the dusty, rock-strewn gravel roads of Mexico. Eighty-seven-times champion Sebastien Loeb will be looking to reassert his authority over Ford's Mikko Hirvonen, after the latter scored a strong win in the opening round in Sweden. All eyes will no doubt be on Kimi Raikkonen, however, as he seeks a clean run and possibly his first points for the Citroen Junior Team.
Dave will be offering their usual paltry half hour of highlights on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile a few thousand miles to the south another group of family saloons will be involved in a rather different squabble as the FIA World Touring Car Championship makes its seasonal debut in Curitiba, Brazil. The WTCC is looking distinctly different this year, with champions SEAT having withdrawn and BMW reducing its effort from five cars to two (for Guernsey's Andy Priaulx and Brazilian Augusto Farfus). Chevrolet have, to their credit, continued with three works entries as before, former champion Yvan Muller replacing Nicola Larini alongside veteran Alain Menu and Rob Huff. A phalanx of independent cars will boost grids, with reigning champion Gabriele Tarquini running in a privateer SEAT, albeit with some surreptitious support from the factory in the form of staff and setup data.
Eurosport are continuing with their full service of live qualifying, warm-up and races this season, though channel may always be subject to change (and pointless advertising breaks are a given). The weekend runs as follows:
Saturday 6 March
19:00-19:45 WTCC Qualifying live (Eurosport)
Sunday 7 March
13:15-13:45 WTCC Raceday warm-up live (Eurosport 2)
17:00-18:15 WTCC Race 1 live (Eurosport)
18:00-18:30 World Rally highlights - Mexico (Dave)
18:15-19:15 WTCC Race 2 live (Eurosport)
http://www.livesportontv.com/motor-sports
Beginning tomorrow, the second round of the World Rally Championship visits the dusty, rock-strewn gravel roads of Mexico. Eighty-seven-times champion Sebastien Loeb will be looking to reassert his authority over Ford's Mikko Hirvonen, after the latter scored a strong win in the opening round in Sweden. All eyes will no doubt be on Kimi Raikkonen, however, as he seeks a clean run and possibly his first points for the Citroen Junior Team.
Dave will be offering their usual paltry half hour of highlights on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile a few thousand miles to the south another group of family saloons will be involved in a rather different squabble as the FIA World Touring Car Championship makes its seasonal debut in Curitiba, Brazil. The WTCC is looking distinctly different this year, with champions SEAT having withdrawn and BMW reducing its effort from five cars to two (for Guernsey's Andy Priaulx and Brazilian Augusto Farfus). Chevrolet have, to their credit, continued with three works entries as before, former champion Yvan Muller replacing Nicola Larini alongside veteran Alain Menu and Rob Huff. A phalanx of independent cars will boost grids, with reigning champion Gabriele Tarquini running in a privateer SEAT, albeit with some surreptitious support from the factory in the form of staff and setup data.
Eurosport are continuing with their full service of live qualifying, warm-up and races this season, though channel may always be subject to change (and pointless advertising breaks are a given). The weekend runs as follows:
Saturday 6 March
19:00-19:45 WTCC Qualifying live (Eurosport)
Sunday 7 March
13:15-13:45 WTCC Raceday warm-up live (Eurosport 2)
17:00-18:15 WTCC Race 1 live (Eurosport)
18:00-18:30 World Rally highlights - Mexico (Dave)
18:15-19:15 WTCC Race 2 live (Eurosport)
http://www.livesportontv.com/motor-sports