FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 27th, 2013

NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS MORE THAN 20 HOURS OF MOTORSPORTS COVERAGE THIS WEEKEND ACROSS NBC SPORTS NETWORK, CNBC & NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA

Coverage Highlighted by the Formula One™ British Grand Prix on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 27, 2013 – NBC Sports Group presents more than 21 hours of motorsports coverage this weekend highlighted by the Formula One™ British Grand Prix live at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC from Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom. NBC Sports Network’s coverage from England begins on Friday, June 28, at 9 a.m. ET with practice, followed by qualifying on Saturday, June 29, at 2 p.m. ET, plus GP2, F1’s developmental series, on Monday, July 1, at 7 p.m. ET.

In addition to Formula One coverage, NBC Sports Network will air the Iowa Speedway Indy Lights on Friday, June 28, at 11 p.m. ET and AMA Motocross on Saturday, June 29, at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Date Coverage Network Time (ET)
Fri., June 28 F1 Practice NBC Sports Network 9 a.m.
Fri., June 28 Indy Lights: Iowa NBC Sports Network 11 p.m.
Sat., June 29 F1 Practice Encore NBC Sports Network 12 a.m.
Sat., June 29 F1 Qualifying (Live) NBC Sports Live Extra 8 a.m.
Sat., June 29 F1 Qualifying NBC Sports Network 2 p.m.
Sat., June 29 AMA Motocross NBC Sports Network 3:30 p.m.
Sun., June 30 F1 Qualifying Encore NBC Sports Network 6 a.m.
Sun., June 30 F1: British Grand Prix CNBC 7:30 a.m.
Sun., June 30 F1 Extra CNBC 10 a.m.
Sun., June 30 F1: British Grand Prix Encore NBC Sports Network 11:30 a.m.
Sun., June 30 F1 Extra Encore NBC Sports Network 2 p.m.
Mon., July 1 GP2 NBC Sports Network 7 p.m.

 

COMMENTATORS: Lead F1 announcer Leigh Diffey will call the race and will be joined by veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, and analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett. F1 insider Will Buxton will serve as the team’s on-site reporter from Silverstone Circuit in England.

Indy Lights coverage will be hosted by Mike King, Davey Hamilton and Jake Query.

AMA Motocross coverage will be hosted by Jeff Weigandt, Jeff Emig and Kelli Stavast.

NBC SPORTS DIGITAL COVERAGE

NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will live stream CNBC’s coverage of the British Grand Prix and F1 Extra, NBC Sports Network’s live coverage of F1 practice and AMA Motocross. Coverage will be streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. In addition, off-broadcast coverage of AMA Motocross will be live streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra.

For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play.

Coverage airing on NBC Sports Network and CNBC will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra, and to the digital platforms of participating cable, satellite, and telco services, via “TV Everywhere,” which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs. Live coverage of qualifying will be streamed via “TV Everywhere” to PCs.

Click here for the participating cable/satellite/telco companies offering NBC Sports Live Extra:  http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2013/06/06/nbc-sports-live-extra-providers/

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MotorSportsTalk’s content is provided by top racing journalists and expert analysts, including:

  • Keith Collantine (@KeithCollantine), editor and creator of the F1Fanatic blog;
  • Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1) creator of the F1 site RichlandF1.com.

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