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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

FORMULA ONE MONACO GRAND PRIX THIS SUNDAY ON NBC HIGHLIGHTS 50-PLUS HOURS OF “BIGGEST DAY IN MOTORSPORTS” COVERAGE ACROSS NBC & NBCSN THIS WEEK

Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix Airs Live on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on NBC – Leigh Diffey, David Hobbs, Steve Matchett & Will Buxton On-Site in Monaco

Monaco Pre-Race Coverage Includes Interviews with Three-Time Monaco GP Winner Nico Rosberg, 18-Year-Old Spanish GP Winner Max Verstappen

16 Consecutive Hours of Motorsports on NBCSN This Friday Highlighted by Indianapolis 500 Carb Day Live Coverage at 11 a.m. ET

IndyCar on NBCSN Analyst Townsend Bell Qualifies in 4th Position for 100th Indianapolis 500

NBCSN Profiles Remarkable Comeback Story of Pole-Sitter James Hinchcliffe One Year After Near-Fatal Crash in Indianapolis

NBCSN Revs Up NASCAR Coverage In Advance Of “Biggest Day In Motorsports

STAMFORD, Conn. – May 24, 2016 – NBC Sports presents live coverage of the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix, one of the world’s most iconic racing events from picturesque Monte Carlo, this Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on NBC. The F1 Monaco Grand Prix will highlight more than 50 hours of coverage on NBC and NBCSN surrounding the “Biggest Day In Motorsports,” spanning Formula One, the Verizon IndyCar Series, and NASCAR.

NBC Sports Group is the U.S. television home of motorsports, providing exclusive Formula One coverage, exclusive cable coverage of the Verizon IndyCar Series on NBCSN, and the final 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as 19 XFINITY Series events. NBC’s coverage of the F1 Monaco Grand Prix kicks off the “Biggest Day In Motorsports” this Sunday, followed by the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 (ABC) and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 (FOX).


F1 MONACO GRAND PRIX – SUNDAY AT 7:30 A.M. ET ON NBC – COVERAGE BEGINS THURSDAY AT 8 A.M. ET ON NBCSN WITH PRACTICE 2

NBC Sports Group begins its comprehensive live coverage of the Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday morning at 4 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Live Extra with Practice 1, followed by NBCSN’s presentation of Practice 2 on Thursday at 8 a.m. ET. Live Extra will stream Practice 3 on Saturday morning at 5 a.m. ET, leading into live qualifying coverage on NBCSN at 8 a.m. ET. Sunday’s coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET with F1 Countdown on NBCSN, leading into live race coverage at 7:30 a.m. ET on NBC.

Lead F1 announcer Leigh Diffey will call this weekend’s action, and will be joined by veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett, and F1 insider Will Buxton, all on-site from Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Pre-race coverage on NBC and NBCSN will include interviews with 18-year-old driver Max Verstappen (Red Bull), who became the youngest F1 race winner ever with his Spanish Grand Prix win on May 14, as well as Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg, who considers Monaco to be his home race, and is in search of his fourth consecutive Monaco Grand Prix win. Rosberg and teammate Lewis Hamilton will look to rebound from their performances at the Spanish Grand Prix, when the two collided on the first lap and were forced to retire from the race.

 

F1 MONACO GRAND PRIX TELECAST SCHEDULE

Date Program Time (ET) Network
Thu., May 26 F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 1 4 a.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 2 8 a.m. NBCSN
Fri., May 27 F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 2 (Encore) 12 a.m. NBCSN
Sat., May 28 F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 3 5 a.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying 8 a.m. NBCSN
  /DRIVE on NBC Sports – Monaco (Encore) 3 p.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying (Encore) 11:30 p.m. NBCSN
Sun., May 29 F1 Countdown 7 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix 7:30 a.m. NBC
  F1 Extra 10 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix (Encore) 10:30 p.m. NBCSN
  F1 Extra 1 p.m. NBCSN
  GP2 – Monaco 1:30 p.m. NBCSN

 

16 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF MOTORSPORTS ON NBCSN THIS FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTED BY INDIANAPOLIS 500 CARB DAY LIVE COVERAGE AT 11 A.M. ET

NBCSN, the cable home of IndyCar, will provide six hours of Indianapolis 500 Carb Day coverage, beginning Friday at 11 a.m. ET. In addition, NBCSN will air a live presentation of the Indy Lights Freedom 100 race at noon ET on Friday. Indy 500 coverage concludes on Saturday with the Indy 500 Festival Parade at 10 p.m. ET.

This weekend’s coverage includes IndyCar on NBCSN analyst Townsend Bell, who qualified in fourth place for this weekend’s 100th running of the Indy 500. Bell will be driving for Andretti Autosport, and this will mark his 10th appearance at the Indy 500. Bell’s best Indy 500 finish was fourth position in the 2009 race. Last year, he finished in 14th place.

Kevin Lee will lead NBCSN’s Carb Day coverage, filling in for Diffey who will be in Monaco, alongside analysts Bell and Paul Tracy. Jon Beekhuis, Marty Snider, Katie Hargitt and Robin Miller will handle the pits.

Date Program Time (ET) Network
Fri., May 23 Indy 500 Carb Day 11 a.m. NBCSN
  Indy Lights – Freedom 100 Noon NBCSN
  Indy 500 Carb Day 1 p.m. NBCSN
Sat., May 24 Indy 500 Festival Parade 10 p.m. NBCSN

 


NBCSN PROFILES REMARKABLE COMEBACK STORY OF POLE-SITTER JAMES HINCHCLIFFE ONE YEAR AFTER NEAR-FATAL CRASH IN INDIANAPOLIS

Earlier this year, NBCSN profiled Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver James Hinchcliffe, who was involved in a near-fatal crash during practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year prior to the Indy 500. Hinchcliffe returned to the track this year, and captured the pole position for this Sunday’s Indy 500, his first pole in six years. Watch as Hinchcliffe and the medical team that saved his life reflect on the recovery process, as he prepared to get back in the cockpit heading into the 2016 IndyCar season.


LUCAS OIL PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP – GLEN HELEN RACEWAY – SATURDAY AT 6 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

NBC Sports Group continues its coverage of the 2016 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship season with this week’s event at Glen Helen Raceway on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Last week, Ken Roczen and Joey Savatgy each recorded 1-1 sweeps in the 450 and 250 Class events at Hangtown to open the 2016 season.

Jason Weigandt will handle play-by-play duties, alongside two-time AMA Pro Motocross Champion Grant Langston and reporter Georgia Lindsay.
NASCAR AMERICA REVS UP COVERAGE AHEAD OF “BIGGEST DAY IN MOTORSPORTS”

In advance of Sunday’s trifecta of F1, IndyCar and NASCAR action, NBCSN’s NASCAR America gears up coverage for the “Biggest Day in Motorsports.” The week is highlighted by Wednesday’s 2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame class announcement on NASCAR America at 5 p.m. ET and Friday’s NASCAR America Motorsports Special, with injects from Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NBC Sports Group’s Formula One team in Monaco, on-site for the F1 Monaco Grand Prix. Click here for details on this week’s NASCAR America coverage.


NBC SPORTS GROUP’S “BIGGEST DAY IN MOTORSPORTS” WEEK-LONG COVERAGE

Date Program Time (ET) Network
Wed., May 25 NASCAR America 5 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR K&N Pro Series West – Orange Show 6 p.m. NBCSN
Thurs., May 26 Red Bull Global RallyCross – Phoenix (Encore) 1 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 1 4 a.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 2 8 a.m. NBCSN
Fri., May 27 F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 2 (Encore) 12 a.m. NBCSN
  Indy 500 Carb Day 11 a.m. NBCSN
  Indy Lights – Freedom 100 Noon NBCSN
  Indy 500 Carb Day 1 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR America Motorsports Special 3:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Mecum Auctions (Encore) 6 p.m. NBCSN
Sat., May 28 F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 3 5 a.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying 8 a.m. NBCSN
  Lucas Oil Pro Motocross – Glen Helen Practice 1:30 p.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  Lucas Oil Pro Motocross – Glen Helen Preshow 3 p.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  Lucas Oil Pro Motocross – Glen Helen Moto 1s 4 p.m. MAVTV
  Lucas Oil Pro Motocross – Glen Helen Moto 1s 6 p.m. NBCSN
  APEX: The Story of the Hypercar 8 p.m. NBCSN
  Indy 500 Parade 10 p.m. NBCSN
Sun. May 29 /DRIVE on NBC Sports: Monaco (Encore) 6:30 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Countdown 7 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix 7:30 a.m. NBC
  F1 Extra 10 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix (Encore) 10:30 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Extra (Encore) 1:00 p.m. NBCSN
  GP2 Monaco (Encore) 1:30 p.m. NBCSN
  /DRIVE on NBC Sports: Monaco (Encore) 2:30 p.m. NBCSN
  APEX: The Story of the Hypercar 3 p.m. NBCSN
  Lucas Oil Pro Motocross – Hangtown (Encore) 7 p.m. NBCSN
  Lucas Oil Pro Motocross – Glen Helen (Encore) 9 p.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix (Encore) 11 p.m. NBCSN


FORMULA ONE™ ON NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA:
NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will provide live streaming coverage of this week’s F1 Monaco Grand Prix, Indy 500 Carb Day, and Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship events via “TV Everywhere,” powered by Playmaker Media, giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports Live Extra app is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play and Windows Store.

NASCAR TALKNASCAR TALK provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date NASCAR coverage, including Sprint Cup, XFINITY, and Camping World Truck Series. The site also promotes videos from NBCSN’s NASCAR AMERICA. Fans can follow @NASCARTalkNBC on Twitter.

MOTORSPORTSTALK: MotorSportsTalk (@MotorSportsTalk) on NBCSports.com brings racing fans up-to-the-minute news, video and information on Formula One, the Verizon IndyCar Series, and other open-wheel and off-road racing from around the world. The site also serves as the destination for all news, analysis and video from NBC and NBCSN productions of IndyCar and F1, including contributions from on-air commentators.

SOCIAL: NBC Sports Group will continue to provide comprehensive motorsports social coverage across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. On Twitter, fans can follow @MotorsportsTalk for all-encompassing content across NBC Sports Group’s motorsports properties. @NASCARonNBC and@NASCARTalkNBC share the latest NASCAR content, @F1onNBCSports provides the latest news in Formula One, and @IndyCaronNBCSN delivers up-to-the-minute information on the Verizon IndyCar Series.

 

In addition, the NASCAR on NBC Facebook page will provide users with videos, interactive content and much more. Fans should also “like” NBC Sports on Facebook for the most up-to-date news, videos and commentary about NBC Sports Group’s motorsports properties.

 

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