Seven Motorsport Coverage

[JohnsonTV]

Supercars announced this morning that this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 had been postponed by a month, due to current COVID lockdown in Sydney. It would now be held on November 4-7, meaning Seven’s telecast on Saturday (top 10 shootout) will be up against 10’s coverage of the final day of Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Seven will also show the Supercars rounds at Sydney (November 19-21) and Gold Coast (December 3-5) live. The season-ending Gold Coast 500 will be held on the same weekend as the Australian PGA Championship at nearby Royal Pines Resort.

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@JohnsonTV

Seven will also show the Supercars rounds at Sydney (November 19-21) and Gold Coast (December 3-5) live. The season-ending Gold Coast 500 will be held on the same weekend as the Australian PGA Championship at nearby Royal Pines Resort.

Has Seven ever shown Supercars at the same time as Australian PGA Championship. One year when 7 had Supercars, they couldn’t acquire Golf because it had something to do with the priority being on the main channel. That being Golf.

[JohnsonTV]

Supercars this morning announced that the Bathurst 1000 would now be the final event of the season, to be held on December 5, as part of a historic 6-day motorsport festival starting on November 30.

Six-day Repco Bathurst 1000 to round out 2021 season - Supercars

It will be the latest finish in the history of the iconic race.

This came after Monday’s cancellation of Gold Coast 500 which was originally scheduled to be the season finale.

[Jeffmister]

Considering Seven have the ARG rights, they’ll be able to carry the entire festival whereas Fox won’t be able to

[BigVic]

Fox will only be able to show the 4 days of the Bathurst 1000

[TV.Cynic]

Seven welcomes epic Bathurst motorsport festival

The Seven Network applauds the announcement that Supercars and ARG will come together at Mount Panorama for the biggest motorsport event ever held in Australia, culminating in our nation’s most famous race, the Bathurst 1000, on the new date of Sunday, 5 December.

Managing Director Seven Melbourne and Head of Network Sport, Lewis Martin, said: “We congratulate Supercars, ARG and all their teams on delivering a remarkable season to date in a very challenging year.

“It’s been an incredible 2021 of motorsport on Seven with Supercars ratings up 47% year on year, and fans can now strap themselves in for one of the year’s biggest sporting events – an unparalleled festival of motor racing at Mount Panorama highlighted by the big one, Australia’s greatest race, the Bathurst 1000.

“All around the nation, Aussies will gather around their screens to witness all the drama, thrills and spills of this epic event – live and free on Your Home of Sport, Seven.”

Seven will announce details of its Bathurst 1000 broadcast and other upcoming Supercars coverage in coming weeks.

[JohnsonTV]

Airdate: 7th Gear | TV Tonight

The show launched yesterday and is now available on 7plus. This is the title screen:

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Knock-off 5th Gear? Also why launch it now and not earlier in the season?

[JohnsonTV]

In an extensive interview with Mediaweek on Seven’s 2022 line-up, Seven West Media CEO James Warburton gave a couple of hints on the network’s coverage for the rest of 2021 Supercars season.

We have two night races at Sydney Motorsport Park on Seven and 7mate and then Bathurst will run into primetime with a 7pm finish which is scheduled a week before the first Ashes Test.

UPDATE 16/10: according to promo shown during Seven News Melbourne this evening, Seven will telecast Sydney Supernight on October 30.

[Sully]

Advanced guides (which Cynic might publish shortly) confirm what Johnson says above (Supercars night race), main channel Saturday week prime time in Sydney and Melbourne, with HP5 pushed back to 8:30pm start.

[JohnsonTV]

The 2021 Bathurst 1000 will start at 12.15pm AEDT, Sunday December 5. It is the latest ever start time in the Great Race’s history.
The Top 10 Shootout will be held on 5.05pm AEDT on Saturday, December 4.

Schedule set for Repco Bathurst 1000 - Supercars

[TV.Cynic]

Supercars roar into prime time on Seven

Sydney SuperNight live and free this Saturday and Sunday

Supercars – Bunnings Trade Sydney SuperNight 3.30pm AEDT Saturday and 12.30pm AEDT Sunday Channel 7, 7mate and 7plus

Fans should buckle up this weekend as the world’s greatest touring car championship, Supercars, is blasting into prime time for the first time ever on the Seven Network, with the Bunnings Trade Sydney SuperNight at Sydney Motorsport Park.

On a weekend when Jamie Whincup and Cam Waters will be gunning to cut Shane van Gisbergen’s Repco Supercars Championship lead, the title race steps into the bright lights of prime time with a hell-for-leather 125km sprint race that roars into action at 7.00pm AEDT on Saturday on Channel 7, 7mate and 7plus.

It will be a huge weekend of motorsport on Seven, with the live and free action from Sydney Motorsport Park kicking off at 3.30pm AEDT on Saturday on 7mate and 7plus, and including Supercars Qualifying, Top 10 Shootout and support categories.

On Sunday, the racing only gets hotter, with two more full-throttle 125km Supercars sprint races from 12.30pm AEDT on Channel 7 and 7plus.

Leading sports broadcaster Mark Beretta and rising star Jack Perkins will lead Seven’s broadcast from Sydney Motorsport Park, while fans will again be able to watch all three Supercars races uninterrupted during commercial breaks via cutting-edge picture-in-picture (PiP) technology.

Motorsport icons Neil Crompton, Mark Skaife, Craig Lowndes and Garth Tander will also be part of the telecast, while Mark Larkham will appear from the DJR Workshop in Queensland.

Seven Melbourne Managing Director and Head of Network Sport, Lewis Martin, said: “It’s great to have Supercars back on Seven this weekend and things really start to heat up from here as we count down to the season finale, the Repco Bathurst 1000 on Sunday, December 5.

“This weekend, for the first time ever on Your Home of Motorsport, viewers will be able to watch Supercars under lights in prime time and there’s no more fitting stage for motorsport’s #1 touring car championship,” he said.

In addition to this weekend’s live and free racing, Seven will bring fans a host of must-see motorsport programs, starting on Saturday with episode one of the six-part Supercars documentary, Inside Line : A season with Walkinshaw Andretti United , at 2.00pm AEDT on 7mate and 7plus.

Inside Line takes fans behind the scenes of the former Holden Racing team as it navigates the never-ending challenges of the 2020 Supercars season. Episode one will be shown on encore next week on 7mate and 7plus in all capital cities at 1.30pm on Monday and 1.00pm on Wednesday, while Seven will screen the remaining episodes over coming weeks.

Viewers will also enjoy a trip down memory lane when 7’s Motorsport Classics returns to relive some of the greatest moments in Australian motorsport, with thanks to Shannons. Join host Jack Perkins for episode five, Sandown Classics, at 3.00pm AEDT Saturday on 7mate and 7plus, when we review three of the greatest races at the iconic Sandown Raceway.

Episode six, Kiwi Classics, then revisits three unforgettable Supercars races in New Zealand, at Pukekohe Park Raceway and around the streets of Hamilton. Relive all the action on Channel 7 at 11.00am Saturday in Adelaide, on Sunday at 12.00pm in Sydney and Melbourne, and 2.30pm in Perth, and on 7plus nationally.

On both race days this weekend, Seven will show a one-hour highlights package, with viewers in all capital cities able to catch the very best action on 7plus just a few hours after the day’s racing finishes, and then on demand.

Saturday’s highlights will also be shown on Channel 7 at 12.30am Sunday in all capital cities, while Sunday’s highlights will screen on Channel 7 at 12.30am Monday in all capitals.

7th GEAR

Next Monday on 7th GEAR , Seven’s unmissable new motorsport show covering every angle of world racing, Chris Stubbs, Jack Perkins and Garth Tander will bring viewers up to speed with all the fall-out from the Sydney SuperNight at 4.30pm nationally on 7mate, 7plus and 7Sport social platforms.

The other blockbuster Supercars events coming to Seven and 7plus in 2021 are:

• Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight, Sydney Motorsport Park, 20-21 November
• Repco Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit, 3-5 December

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Supercars’ final tune-up before Bathurst 1000

Sydney SuperNight live and free this Saturday and Sunday

The world’s greatest touring car championship, Supercars, blasts back into prime time on the Seven Network this weekend, when the stakes will be sky high at the season’s penultimate event, Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight.

Shane van Gisbergen will be out to clinch the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park this weekend, which would cap an extraordinary year for the flying Kiwi when not even a broken collarbone and fractured ribs could slow him down.

This weekend’s two 250km Supercars races are also shaping up as crucial final tune-ups for drivers and their teams as they prepare to tackle Australian motorsport’s ultimate event, the Repo Bathurst 1000, live and free on Seven and 7plus from 3 December to 5 December.

The round’s opening Supercars race roars into action at 7.00pm AEDT this Saturday on Channel 7, 7mate and 7plus, when fans can look forward to two-and-a-half hours of elite motorsport action in prime time.

Saturday night is just part of a huge weekend of motorsport on Seven, with the live and free coverage from Sydney Motorsport Park kicking off at 4.30pm AEDT on Saturday on 7mate and 7plus, before continuing on Sunday from 12.30pm AEDT on Channel 7 and 7plus.

In addition to Saturday’s and Sunday’s Supercars races, the high-octane action on Seven will also include Supercars Top 10 Shootouts and support categories.

Fans will once again be able to watch both Supercars races uninterrupted during commercial breaks via cutting-edge picture-in-picture (PiP) technology.

Leading sports broadcaster Mark Beretta and rising star Jack Perkins will again lead Seven’s broadcast from Sydney Motorsport Park, while Australian Rally Champion Molly Taylor returns to Pit Lane reporting this weekend, following a highly successful year racing overseas that sees her leading the Extreme E Championship for Nico Rosberg’s team, RXR.

Motorsport icons Neil Crompton, Mark Skaife, Craig Lowndes and Garth Tander will also be part of the telecast.

“It’s set to be a huge weekend of Supercars on Seven as we reach crunch time in the 2021 Championship.

“Fans will again see the world’s best touring car drivers do battle under the bright lights of prime time, while this year’s Champion could be crowned by the end of the weekend.

“After three weeks of sprint racing, teams will also be desperate to finetune their pit strategies and gain some momentum ahead of their date with destiny at Mount Panorama in two weeks’ time. The countdown to Australian motorsport’s most iconic race, the Repco Bathurst 1000, is well and truly on.”

Lewis Martin, Managing Director Seven Melbourne and Head of Network Sport

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Not much happening at the moment; race suspended in this afternoon’s coverage.

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Coverage abandoned at 4:30 pm AEDT

[JohnsonTV]

According to Speedcafe, Seven’s broadcast schedule of Repco Bathurst 1000 is:
Friday December 3: 10.30am-5.30pm AEDT
Saturday December 4: 10.30am-6pm AEDT
Sunday December 5: 8.30am-7pm AEDT

[JohnsonTV]

At the end of tonight’s WBBL final broadcast, Seven showed a 7-minute promo of Bathurst 1000 narrated by Bruce McAvaney, featuring all the Supercars drivers in contention for the big race.

EDIT 28/11: here is the video

7Sport

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Can’t say i’m a fan - Seven have basically taken the format of their Olympic promos and reused it.

[TV.Cynic]

From Seven:

Bathurst 1000 roars to 1.28 million viewers

Reaches 4.1 million, audience jumps on 2020

The Seven Network’s coverage of the Repco Bathurst 1000 from Mount Panorama was a hit with television audiences yesterday, as over 4.1 million viewers tuned into the turbo-charged action on Channel 7 and 7mate.

Seven’s live and free coverage of the high-octane race averaged 1.28 million total viewers nationally, as Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth became the new Kings of the Mountain in their first drive together. It was the 35th win at Bathurst for Holden and the first for Walkinshaw Andretti United in its current guise.

The unforgettable action reached new heights in 2021, with the Race average broadcast audience up 11.2% across the capital cities on Network 10’s coverage in 2020, and the Podium up 24.1% on last year.

More than three-quarters of the people who watched the race on television watched it on Seven, while more than 18.6 million minutes were streamed on 7plus, which grabbed a 64% share of live streaming yesterday.

Supercars Championship: Bathurst 1000 Podium:

• 1.37 million viewers (linear and BVOD) nationally
• 816,000 capital city viewers
• #1 across its timeslot in total people and 25 to 54s
• Linear viewing up 24.1% in total people on 2020, up 10.2% in 25 to 54s
• Reached 1.83 million viewers nationally, 1.13 million across the capital cities

Supercars Championship: Bathurst 1000 Day 3 Race:

• 1.28 million viewers (linear and BVOD) nationally
• 747,000 capital city viewers
• #1 across its timeslot in total people and 25 to 54s
• 65% commercial audience share in total people
• 77% commercial audience share in men 25 to 54
• Linear viewing up 11.2% in total people on 2020
• Reached 3.49 million viewers nationally, 2.22 million across the capital cities
• Seven delivered 76% of the total Race audience on Sunday

7plus:

• 7plus streamed 18.6 million minutes of Supercars on Sunday
• 7plus had a dominant 64% commercial share in live streaming on Sunday and 51% in BVOD

Managing Director Seven Melbourne and Head of Network Sport, Lewis Martin, said: “The Bathurst 1000
is the pinnacle of Australian motorsport and the huge audiences engaged with this year’s adrenaline-charged action on Mount Panorama show that Supercars are back where they belong – on Seven.

“Seven’s live and free coverage of the Bathurst 1000 was led by a star-studded commentary team and for the for the very first time on a free-to-air broadcast, fans didn’t miss a second as Seven continued the coverage uninterrupted during commercial breaks via cutting-edge picture-in-picture technology.

“Bathurst kicked off a massive week of sport on Seven, with the Summer of Cricket starting straight after with an electrifying BBL season opener that saw the Sydney Sixers deliver a record-breaking win over the Melbourne Stars. Test cricket’s ultimate contest, the Ashes, gets underway on Wednesday at the Gabba,” he said.

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The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship calendar was confirmed this week with The Bend in South Australia to host a two-day race on July 30-31.
The races to be shown live on Seven are expected to be:

March 4-6: Repco Newcastle 500, Newcastle Street Circuit, NSW
June 18-19: Merlin Darwin Triple Crown, Hidden Valley, NT
July 8-10: NTI Townsville 500, Reid Park, QLD
October 6-9: Repco Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama, NSW
October 28-30: Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, Surfers Paradise, QLD
November 18-20: Beaurepaires Sydney Super 600, Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW

The Supercars round during the Australian Formula One Grand Prix (April 7-10) will be shown live on 10.

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Supercars rev up on Seven

Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight this weekend on Seven and 7plus

Supercars on Seven – Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight 4.30pm AEDT Saturday, 12.00pm AEDT Sunday on
Channel 7, 7mate

Sports fans are strapping themselves in for a thrilling 2022 Supercars season, as the Repco Supercars Championship kicks off with this weekend’s Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight, live and free on Seven, 7mate and 7plus.

With five hours of live coverage each day, leading sports broadcaster Mark Beretta and former Supercars driver Jack Perkins will take viewers live to Sydney Motorsport Park for all the action from 4.30pm AEDT this Saturday, 5 March, on 7mate, before a 12.00pm AEDT start time on Sunday, 6 March, on Channel 7.

Throughout the 2022 Supercars season, fans can immerse themselves in all the high-octane action, with every race available live, free and in HD* on 7plus. Sports fans can go behind the scenes of a race day with replays and highlights from key races, as well as bonus Supercars content, including interviews with drivers, exclusive documentaries and behind the scenes vision.

Seven Melbourne Managing Director and Head of Network Sport, Lewis Martin, said: “It’s great to have Supercars back on Seven this weekend to mark the beginning of a highly anticipated 2022 season.

“We are thrilled to once again broadcast the intensity, chaos and sheer passion shown on the Supercars circuit, straight into the homes of Australians. With world-class coverage led by Mark Beretta and Jack Perkins, the 2022 Supercars season will be unmissable.

“This weekend, motorsport fans can once again immerse themselves in the race without missing a second of the action, thanks to the use of PiP technology. The introduction of PiP technology has been embraced by motorsport fans since its arrival last year and is just another reason why Seven is Your Home of Motorsport.”

Shane van Gisbergen will be looking to continue his impressive form to retain his 2021 title when he hits the track at Sydney Motorsport Park on Saturday night. Saturday marks the first time the venue has hosted the first round of the season since 1999.