He may also have employed a healthy dose of caution in the knowledge that he practically needed only to score points.Ĭlimbing quickly to the lead after starting fifth, Rins tried to pull away, but the top five chipped away at his lead.īrad Binder was able to make the race close in the final laps, shaving nearly half a second in the final lap, and finished less than 0.400 second behind, but Rins was able to give Suzuki their second win in three races in what will be the manufacturer’s final MotoGP race for now. The contact damaged Bagnaia’s Ducati enough to force him to slide down the order. Two laps later, Quartararo regained the position and rode fifth. On Lap 2, Jack Miller completed a pass on Quartararo that brought Bagnaia along. Without the victory, Quartararo could not secure the title.īut first, there was a race that needed to be run and there was still plenty of drama that included contact between the two title contenders. A third-place finish in Australia, coupled with a DNF for Quartararo, meant the championship was all but decided when the green flag waved in Valancia, Spain.īagnaia needed to finish only 14th or better if Quartararo won the race. Five of these were victories, which allowed him to catch and pass Quartararo. Alex Rins won his second race in the last three rounds.īagnaia faces a steep challenge at the middle of the season after suffering four DNFs (failures to finish) in the first, but with beginning with his Dutch GP victory, he scored eight podium finishes in the next nine rounds.
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Driver Tracker – real-time data showing where all 22 cars are on track.įinishing ninth, Francesco Bagnaia won his first 2022 MotoGP championship as Fabio Quartararo was fourth in the Valencian GP.Pit Lane Feed – A dedicated channel on pit lane featuring all pit stops and team communication.On-Board Feed – and the NBC Sports app’s channel for live on-board cameras.Streaming coverage will also enhance race coverage with dedicated feeds, including:
In addition, NBC Sports Group will present comprehensive coverage of practice and qualifying of all 20 races across its family of networks and and the NBC Sports app. Click here for more information on last year’s record F1 viewership. Viewership has more than doubled since the first season on NBCSN, up 107% vs. 2015 (418,000 13 races), to rank as the best F1 season for a single cable network since 1995 (ESPN: 755,000 viewers). Last season, NBCSN’s 2016 F1 coverage (14 races) averaged 429,000 viewers, up 3% vs. This week’s coverage of the Australian Grand Prix will also include a season preview from veteran motorsports essayist Sam Posey, as he discusses the retirement of 2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg, and the state of F1 without Bernie Ecclestone at the helm for the first time in 40 years. NBC Sports Group’s Formula One commentating team returns for a fifth consecutive season, with lead race announcer Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), veteran analyst and former driver David Hobbs, analyst Steve Matchett, a former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team, and F1 insider Will Buxton, who will provide live reports on-site for all 20 races this season. With most races on NBCSN, the four traditional NBC races (Monaco, Canada, United States, Mexico) continue and the remaining three races will be on CNBC for their live first airing. There’s nearly 200 hours of coverage throughout the year throughout the networks. The race coverage starts at midnight on March 26 with F1 Countdown, with lights out at 1 a.m.
F1 2017 CALENDAR DATES AND TIMES FULL
NBC Sports Group has released the air times for all 20 Grands Prix ahead of the 2017 season, with all races live on either NBC, NBCSN or CNBC.Ĭoverage begins with this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix full times and details for the race at Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit can be found here.
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