{"id":22202,"date":"2023-01-12T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T14:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorsportgames.com\/?p=22202"},"modified":"2023-01-12T09:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T14:38:15","slug":"24-hours-of-le-mans-virtual-to-be-broadcast-digitally-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorsportgames.com\/24-hours-of-le-mans-virtual-to-be-broadcast-digitally-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"24 HOURS OF LE MANS VIRTUAL TO BE BROADCAST DIGITALLY AROUND THE WORLD"},"content":{"rendered":"

*Finale of this year\u2019s Le Mans Virtual Series to be broadcast January 14 and 15, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>MIAMI, JANUARY 12, 2023 \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Motorsport Games Inc. (NASDAQ: MSGM) (\u201cMotorsport Games\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d)<\/a> today announced the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual, the esports finale to the ever-entertaining Le Mans Virtual Series, takes place this weekend on January 14 and 15, 2023. The all-star entry list has attracted the interest of major broadcasters from around the globe including Motor Trend<\/strong> On Demand in North America, CNBC<\/strong> Pan Latin America and Pan Europe, Eurosport<\/strong> Player across Europe and M-Net SuperSport<\/strong> in the Sub-Saharan regions of Africa.\u00a0 With broadcasters streaming the event digitally through OTT platforms and on demand services, this exciting and extremely popular esports discipline will be available to millions of homes across the world.<\/p>\n

The event features motorsport and esports champions from all four corners of the world, including Formula One Champion Max Verstappen,<\/strong> who will be racing from Monaco, Formula 2 Champion Felipe Drugovich<\/strong> in Brazil and Formula 3 Champion Victor Martins<\/strong> in France, who will join IndyCar\u2019s Romain Grosjean and Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>, plus a host of real world and esports racing stars ready to take on the world\u2019s greatest virtual endurance race.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The storied Silverstone racing track in the UK will be the host venue for a special, live TV show covering this unique two-day event, and the studio will welcome an expert commentary team made up of FIA World Endurance Championship lead commentator Martin Haven, real world racing and esports experts Chris McCarthy and Lewis McGlade, plus highly experienced motorsport commentator Ben Constanduros.\u00a0 A number of \u201cpitlane\u201d reporters will be based around the world to capture interviews and live action including Hayley Edmonds in Paris and current WEC competitor, 2020 Le Mans Virtual driver and FIA F2 and F3 commentator Alex Brundle in the UK.<\/p>\n

The 180 competitors \u2013 representing 41 different nationalities \u2013 piloting the 45 cars (4 drivers in each car in rotation over the 24 hours) will be located on 164 different simulators across the world, and the digital interest from a wide variety of international broadcasters fully reflects the spread of drivers and teams.<\/p>\n

Eurosport<\/strong> will cover the full 2-day event live throughout its European regions on Eurosport Player<\/strong>, and global coverage will be on Motorsport.tv<\/strong>. With a large number of successful esports racers hailing from Eastern Europe, the twice-round-the-clock event will be shown live in Croatia (Max Sport), Poland (Motowizja FB and SportKlub), Slovakia (Arena) and Ukraine (Sports TV Ch2)<\/strong>, while countries such as Malta (TVMSports+) and Turkey (BeIN)<\/strong> will also broadcast live coverage.<\/p>\n

Motor Trend<\/strong> will cover the full race live in North America on its OTT service, while TYC in Mexico<\/strong> will show the first and last hour of the event within the populous country. Mnet <\/strong>SuperSport<\/strong> and Africa XP<\/strong> will take the broadcast live across Sub-Saharan and Pan-Africa regions, thus extending the coverage to four continents around the world. Finally, live coverage will be aired in Fiji (FBC)<\/strong> and Singapore (delayed) on Singtel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the live airings above, a wide range of territories will show a special 52-minute highlights show after the event, and information about these broadcasters including CNBC<\/strong>, Disney\/Fox<\/strong> in China and Sport 1<\/strong> in India will be communicated in due course.<\/p>\n

The ACO and FIA WEC\u2019s official YouTube and social media channels<\/strong> will be showing all the action live from start to finish, as will the Le Mans Virtual Series official website (www.lemansvirtual.com<\/a>). The broadcast begins at 1<\/strong>2:15 GMT (13:15 CET\/07:15 EST<\/strong>) and the famous French national flag will be dropped for the start of the biggest endurance esports event of the year at 13:00 GMT (8:00 EST \/ 14:00 CET)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For further information, graphics, images and results, see below.<\/p>\n

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About Le Mans Virtual Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le Mans Virtual Series is a global, elite esports series made up of five rounds which bring together endurance racing and sim racing\u2019 top teams to compete on some of the world\u2019s most famous racetracks. International FIA-licensed real-world drivers are teamed up with elite esports squads to take on endurance classics for a total prize fund of US$250,000, culminating in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual.\u00a0 Le Mans Virtual Series is a joint venture between leading racing game developer, publisher and esports ecosystem provider of official motorsport racing series throughout the world, Motorsport Games, and the Automobile Club de l\u2019Ouest (ACO) \u2013 the creator and organizer of the world-famous 24 Hours of Le Mans and promoter of the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC).<\/p>\n

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