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NEXT WEEK OUT WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7 WE GET UNDER THE SKIN OF THE GINETTA G57 PROTOTYPE JUNIOR MOTORSPORT IN THE SPOTLIGHT

If you missed the final round of this year’s World Endurance Championship, there’s a handy catch up programme on BT Sport 1 with all the best bits from Bahrain (Friday, 1300-1400hrs). The event was an emotional affair, with Audi bidding prototype racing farewell after 18 years at the highest level, and Mark Webber bowing out of racing altogether.

There’s more sportscar racing on offer later in the day, and if Bahrain doesn’t do it for you then how about trying highlights of Britcar’s recent visit to Brands Hatch to fill your GT fix? (Friday, 1930-1955hrs, Motors TV).

If you’re up early enough and need something to kickstart your weekend, you can also catch a round-up of all the action from the second round of the Motorsport News Circuit Rally Championship, held at Cadwell Park (Saturday, 0745-0835hrs, Motors TV).

The sun may have set on the 2016 Formula 1 season at the weekend, but there’s a Classic F1 just a week later that’s sure to whet the appetite for 2017 – with a full re-run of the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel may well have run away with the title that year, but the German was given a real run for his money in the principality that year by Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button (Sunday, 13451645hrs, Sky Sports F1).