Motorsport: 24 Hours of Le Mans LIVE on Eurosport

Sydney, 18 June – It’s that time of year again when some of the most exciting cars in automotive racing come out to play and the world’s best drivers strive to etch their name in the history books.

Yes it’s the 24 Hours of Le Mans – the 90^th edition of the great race – and Eurosport is dedicated to bring you best broadcast of the most prestigious endurance race in the world. All 24 hours of the race LIVE.

Australian V8 Supercar driver Jason Bright will be one of three Aussies in action at the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans when he makes his debut appearance at the world’s greatest and longest-running car race.

Bright, currently fifth in the V8 Supercar standings, will partner Rui Aguas and Vincente Potolicchio in the highly fancied Ferrari 458 GT, with countrymen Ryan Briscoe and John Martin also eying victory in their respective Honda HPD ARX-03b LMP2 and Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 entries.

Eurosport’s LIVE broadcast of the 24 Hours of Le Mans starts with free practice at 2am and the first of three qualifying sessions at 6am on Thursday 20/6. On Saturday 22/6, Eurosport will cover the warm up and the ‘Race of Legends’ sessions LIVE at 5pm and 6pm, before LIVE coverage of the main event from 10.45pm.

Eurosport will also be producing LIVE daily magazine shows from our on-site studio at the Le Mans circuit.

The show will host a different special guest each evening and will feature circuit presentation, interviews with team directors and VIP’s from the pits and paddock, analysis, all the latest news, behind-the-scenes reports and a daily focus on amateur driver, Hollywood actor and renowned rev-head Patrick Dempsey.

The Grey’s Anatomy star, who first raced the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2009, returns in his Porsche 911 GT3 RSR and said he was excited to be back at the wheel at Le Mans.

“It’s been a long story to get here….after 2009, which was an extraordinary experience and it’s a remarkable event steeped in history. So to come back we have worked very hard but we’ve managed to get here and it’s a great team,” Dempsey said.

Eurosport’s LIVE coverage of 24 Hours of Le Mans includes:

For up to date information about Eurosport’s coverage of the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans go to our website at au.eurosport.com

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* Schedules are as of June 18 2013 and are subject to change. Times are AEST.

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