Seven Sport

[JohnsonTV]

Queensland’s most prestigious race set to dazzle on Seven this Saturday

The Brisbane Winter Carnival’s biggest day takes centre stage on the Seven Network this Saturday, when the live and free racing includes the highly coveted Stradbroke Handicap and the best moments from Randwick and Sandown Hillside.

The $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (Group 1, 1400m) is Queensland racing’s most prestigious prize, and part of a huge Saturday at Eagle Farm that includes the Group 1 J.J. Atkins (1600m), the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes (1300m) and a new $1.2 million weight-for-age race, the Group 2 Q22 (2200m).

Seven’s coverage will feature Australia’s pre-eminent broadcaster Bruce McAvaney and national racing legend Michelle Payne – the only female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup – from 12.00pm AEST Saturday on Channel 7, 7two and 7plus. Racing’s #1 commentary team this week also includes Jason Richardson, while Katelyn Mallyon and Sky Racing’s Lizzie Jelfs will be trackside at Eagle Farm and Randwick respectively.

Premier Queensland trainer Tony Gollan is targeting a long-awaited maiden victory in the Stradbroke Handicap, and will be hoping five-year-old gelding Vega One can make it his year. Vega One is expected to start favourite after dropping 6kg under handicap conditions from his last-start victory in the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup, but the two minor placegetters in the Doomben 10,000, Wild Planet and The Harrovian, will be tough to beat.

Some of Australia’s most promising two-year-olds will strut their stuff in the J.J. Atkins, with Gai Waterhouse eyeing her third victory in the race as she and co-trainer Adrian Bott saddle up likely favourite Converge. Converge will be out to turn the tables on Tiger of Malay after their hard-fought duel in the Sires’ Produce Stakes, while Port Louis cannot be discounted after finishing a narrow third in the same race.

If Port Louis salutes on Saturday, his jockey Hugh Bowman will notch a remarkable 100th Group 1 win, a feat only previously achieved by Australian racing greats Jim Cassidy, Damien Oliver and George Moore.

Boom gelding Zaaki will also be compulsory viewing in The Q22 after recording one of the most dominant Group 1 wins of recent times in the Doomben Cup, while Saturday’s live and free racing also includes Bob Charley AO Stakes Day at Randwick and Sandown Hillside Race Day.

In the Bob Charley AO Stakes (1100m) – won by The Everest winner Classique Legend last year – trainer Kris Lees has a strong hand with three runners, including the consistent Wandabaa, who looks the one to beat after placing in three of her five starts this preparation.

[TV.Cynic]

Supercars roar back on Seven

Darwin Triple Crown this weekend on Seven and 7plus

The 2021 Repco Supercars Championship is back live and free on the Seven Network this weekend with the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown. In a 7SPORT first, fans will not miss a second of the high-octane action with Seven’s coverage to continue uninterrupted during commercial breaks via cutting-edge picture-in-picture (PiP) technology.

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.

“The Merlin Darwin Triple Crown is the first of five Supercars events fans will enjoy live and free over the next few months, including the big one – the Repco Bathurst 1000 in October.

“This weekend, for the first time ever on 7SPORT, viewers will be able to watch every second of every Supercars race uninterrupted, thanks to the use of PiP technology during commercial breaks.

“We have a long and proud history of delivering world-class coverage of Supercars and introducing innovations such as Racecam, which debuted in our coverage of the 1979 Bathurst 1000, and other market-leading broadcast technologies. PiP technology is an exciting innovation all fans are sure to love and just another reason why Seven is Your Home of Motorsport.”

Shane van Gisbergen will be looking to consolidate his series lead when the Supercars’ title race resumes at Hidden Valley Raceway on Saturday, but a star-studded chasing pack led by Jamie Whincup, Chaz Mostert, Will Davison, Cameron Waters and Mark Winterbottom will go full throttle to shake up the Championship standings.

Leading sports broadcaster Mark Beretta will host Seven’s Supercars coverage from Darwin, which will include race 12 on Saturday, and races 13 and 14 on Sunday. The live and free broadcast kicks off at 12.00pm AEST on both days on Channel 7 and 7plus, while on Saturday Adelaide viewers will need to switch to 7mate at 1.30pm local time.

Motorsport icons Mark Skaife, Craig Lowndes, Garth Tander and Marcos Ambrose will also be part of the coverage, along with fan favourites Charli Robinson and Mark Larkham in pit lane.

Fans can enjoy a trip down memory lane this weekend as 7’s Motorsport Classics makes its debut at 11.30am AEST on Saturday and Sunday on Channel 7, 7mate and 7plus.

In an unmissable series , host Jack Perkins revisits some of the greatest moments in Australian motorsport from the Seven vault, with thanks to Shannons. This weekend’s opening two episodes relive the incredible 2010 Homebush title decider on the streets of Sydney Olympic Park and the breakthrough wins that helped launch the iconic careers of Mark Skaife, Craig Lowndes and Scott McLaughlin.

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 from 8.30pm AEST and then on demand.

Saturday’s highlights will also be shown on Channel 7 directly following Seven’s AFL broadcast (GWS Giants v Carlton at Giants Stadium) in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, from 11.00pm AEST. They will be shown in Perth on Channel 7 at 11.10pm local time.

Sunday’s highlights will screen on Channel 7 at 1.00am Monday local time in all capital cities.

Three two-hour encores of both days’ highlights will also run in all capitals next week on 7mate, starting at 3.30pm local time on Monday, 12.00am on Tuesday and 10.00am on Friday.

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

• NTI Townsville 500, Reid Park Street Circuit, 10-11 July
• Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight, Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek, 21-22 August
• Repco Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit, 8-10 October
• Season finale: Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, 4-5
December

[TV.Cynic]

@TV.Cynic

Sunday’s highlights will screen on Channel 7 at 1.00am Monday local time in all capital cities.

The coveted 1:00 am timeslot

[tonks8526]

Watching the Darwin Triple Crown today and Seven are taking a full simulcast feed from Fox Sports I think. Just with added ad breaks during races. They even did a PIP ad break during the Supercars first race.

I haven’t seen them do any of their own segments (like they did earlier in the year and what 10 did previously). Mark Beretta is even featuring in the Fox Sports coverage interviewing drivers so I think Seven/Fox Sports are essentially just doing a combined coverage produced by Supercars media with no opts-out for the two different networks.

[foxyrover]

@tonks8526

PIP ad break

Do the affiliates (Prime, SCA, GWN, WIN, etc.) take the PIP breaks, or do they have normal breaks?

[foxyrover]

@tonks8526

Seven/Fox Sports are essentially just doing a combined coverage produced by Supercars media

Correct:

@Jeffmister

Mark Skaife will be the main commentator for the Darwin Triple Crown round next weekend while Neil Crompton recovers from prostate cancer surgery (he’s expected to return for the Townsville round in early July). Skaife will be joined by Garth Tander and Chad Neylon who’ll split co-commentary duties.

However, the noteworthy thing about the Darwin round (from a Media Spy discussion POV) is that the same broadcast will air on both Fox and Seven (during their broadcast window). This means Mark Beretta and Jess Yates will appear on both networks. Aside from the Bathurst 1000 when Seven will incorporate their own segments around the Supercars feed, the one-production model will be implemented for the other rounds that will air on FTA (ie; Townsville, the Sydney night race and Gold Coast)

Supercars

Supercars commentary team tweaked for Darwin - Supercars

[tonks8526]

Thanks, hadn’t seen that post. Didn’t even realise there was a thread for it!

[bacco007]

@foxyrover

Do the affiliates (Prime, SCA, GWN, WIN, etc.) take the PIP breaks, or do they have normal breaks?

Prime have normal breaks

Foxtel Top Left, Prime7 Bottom Left. 7plus Right

[Abesty]

Caps:

Channel Seven - Supercars Sponsor Billboard (June 2021)

[Biscuit45]

@Abesty

Two different 7SPORT logos for the Opener and Closer…

[killy06]

The second one is not a 7 Sport logo, it’s meant to be read as a “7, your home of sport”.

[TV.Cynic]

Supercars made simple for everyone

Supercars 101 begins tomorrow on 7plus and 7Sport

Fans at all levels can get on the fast track to better understanding Supercars from tomorrow, when the Seven Network launches Supercars 101 with thanks to NTI, a new digital show that demystifies the technical side of the world’s greatest touring car championship.

Hosted by Supercars fan favourite Mark Larkham with support from the Tickford Racing Team, Supercars 101 will cut through motorsport’s jargon and technicalities so everyone can engage in one of sport’s most thrilling competitions.

Supercars 101 will run on Wednesdays on 7plus and the 7Sport social platforms, with this week’s episode exploring a Supercar’s fundamental features and what separates it from a standard road car.

Larkham said Supercars 101 was designed to make motorsport accessible for a whole new legion of fans.

“If you’re new to the sport or a general sports fan, this series will unravel the jargon and complexity into simple talk because I reckon if you know what really matters about the cars, the people, the places and how we go about our game, you’ll enjoy our sport a whole lot more,” he said.

“ Supercars 101 really hits my sweet spot and I’m genuinely looking forward to bringing this new series to life – it’s for you.”

Other upcoming topics on Supercars 101 include the all-important driver-engineer partnership, safety and driver equipment, race tyres and the different circuits featured on the Repco Supercars Championship calendar.

Seven’s live and free coverage of the 2021 Supercars Championship continues on 10-11 July with the NTI Townsville 500 at Reid Park Street Circuit.

Supercars 101 | Back on Seven

[VictorianSun]

Maybe this will be the same as the soccer broadcasting?

[foxyrover]

What?

[Sully]

Like the idea tbh

[OnAir]

@TV.Cynic

Supercars made simple for everyone

It’s glorified commuting. The car at the front at the end wins. Next.

[Sully]

Is this really promotion-worthy? I mean seriously, who is going to be watching an encore, on 7mate, at 5 in the morning!?

This in-program ticker (which appears during pre game / half time / post game and other shows on all AFL telecasts at least), promotes literally everything Seven Sport within an inch of its life!

[BigVic]

Nobody watches TV at 5am in the morning!

[littlegezzybear]

I wonder then, why Nine and Seven have a 5:00am news bulletin, if no one is watching?

[JohnsonTV]

Golf’s Australian Open and Australia PGA Championship will return this summer, a year after they were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Aust Open golf to return in November