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The phased return of motorsport is being heavily discussed but, as it stands, there is still no live motorsport for us to currently enjoy on TV. But, as ever, Sky Sports F1, BT Sport and Freesports have the motorsport fan catered for this week.
BT Sport focuses on the dirty side of motorsport with highlights of previous World Rally and World Rallycross Championship seasons. Last season’s
WRX was a titanic tussle which began in dramatic circumstances in Abu Dhabi when Andreas Bakkerud slammed into rival Timmy Hansen in qualifying. That event is shown on Monday (BT Sport 2, 1000hrs-1100hrs) with the following round in Barcelona broadcast on Tuesday at the same time on the same channel.
BT Sport 3 continues its run through the 2018 WRC season and picks up the action in Portugal (Wednesday, 0300hrs0400hrs) where Thierry Neuville was the man in command. From Thursday to Monday, the proceeding rally is broadcast including Neuville’s dramatic Sardinian victory over Ogier and Tanak’s sublime hat-trick in Finland, Germany and Turkey. Wales Rally GB on Monday is the last to be shown where Tanak’s Toyota ground to a halt and Ogier fended off Jari-matti Latvala for victory.
Sky Sports F1 is offering the chance to relive the entire 2016 season this weekend, Nico Rosberg’s final season. One-hour highlights of the first 10 grands prix from Australia to Great Britain are shown on Saturday (1000hrs2000hrs) while the final 11 from Hungary to Abu Dhabi are shown on Sunday (1100hrs-2200hrs).
There are plenty of F1 Classic Races episodes to enjoy throughout the week too, including the 2007 US (Wednesday, 2100hrs-2300hrs), 1998 Hungarian (Thursday, 2100hrs-2320hrs), 2012 Singapore (Saturday, 2100hrs-2330hrs) and the 2003 Monaco Grand Prix (Monday, 2200hrs-0015hrs).
Elsewhere, Freesports is once again showing the Supercars All Stars Eseries on Friday (1100hrs-1300hrs).