Live ITV races finalised

Live coverage - part of ITV1's regular new Speed Sunday programme - will start at the BTCC's opening raceday at Thruxton, on April 11. The final four race meetings of the season at Knockhill, Brands Hatch, Snetterton and Donington Park will also be broadcast live.

At Thruxton and Donington, the third of the day's three BTCC races will be televised after highlights re-caps of races one and two. At Knockhill, Brands Hatch and Snetterton, races two and three will be live with a break in between. Race two coverage will include highlights of the day's first race.

Highlights of the BTCC's non-championship race on British Grand Prix raceday at Silverstone will be shown the following weekend within Speed Sunday. This is in addition to further week-delayed, one-hour highlights on ITV1 for all non-live championship rounds.

BTCC series director Alan Gow said: "ITV1's commitment to the BTCC underlines the championship's massive public appeal and will help make the BTCC the biggest show in town for every region of the UK that it visits. This sits extremely well with manufacturers, teams and sponsors, as does, of course, the incredible value for money they each receive from exposure on ITV1."

ITV1's controller of sport Brian Barwick added: "The BTCC fits perfectly into Speed Sunday's line-up alongside Formula 1 and the World Rally Championship. The racing has drama and action written all over it and is bound to be enormously popular with our viewers. We are sure our live coverage will prove to be very spectacular."


Thruxton, April 11, LIVE
Brands Hatch, May 2, HIGHLIGHTS
Silverstone, May 16, HIGHLIGHTS
Oulton Park, May 30, HIGHLIGHTS
Mondello Park, June 20, HIGHLIGHTS
British GP, Silverstone July 18, HIGHLIGHTS
Croft, August 1, HIGHLIGHTS
Knockhill, August 8, LIVE
Brands Hatch, August 22, LIVE
Snetterton, September 5, LIVE
Donington Park, September 26, LIVE