The 24-hour race at Le Mans is without doubt one of the highlights of the calendar for motorsports followers and this 12 months round 260,000 spectators are anticipated to observe in particular person. However for a lot of, travelling to Circuit de la Sarthe in France nonetheless isn’t an choice. And by now, it’s too late anyway: the race is occurring this weekend. 

For the uninitiated, Le Mans is maybe the hardest motor race there may be: a complete day of continuous racing. It’s gruelling for each automotive and drivers.

Right here’s every part it is advisable to learn about catching the motion on TV and on-line.

What time does the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2022 begin?

The race itself begins at 4pm native time (France) on Saturday 11 June.

Within the UK, that’s a 3pm BST begin time, and 10am on the US east coast, and 7am on the west coast. 

Clearly, being a 24-hour race, it is going to conclude at 4pm native time on Sunday 12 June.

Can I watch or stream Le Mans without spending a dime?

Sure you possibly can, though you received’t be capable of see all the race dwell.

Within the UK, you possibly can watch it on Quest (Freeview channel 12, or 114 for Quest HD) however solely from 2-5pm on Saturday, so solely the primary two hours of the race.

For extra protection, you could wish to watch on the French free-to-air L’Equipe channel. Protection is from 8.50am-8.30pm on Saturday 20:30, in addition to 9:45pm-12.30am.

Then, protection continues on Sunday 12 June, from 4:30am-4:45pm.

You’ll want to observe by way of the web site, and to do this you’ll have to create an account. Click on on the menu, then se connecter. Then click on on pas encore inscrit? and enter your e mail tackle and a password (which will need to have at the very least one uppercase letter, a quantity and a logo in it).

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For those who’re not in France, you’ll additionally want a VPN to observe, in any other case you received’t see the video in any respect: NordVPN or Surfshark are each wonderful choices, and we already checked that the NordVPN’s Paris server efficiently unblocks the video.

In fact, commentary will probably be in French, however when you don’t converse French you possibly can hearken to commentary in English individually from the Radio UK web site.

Eurosport 1 is free to air in Germany, and the complete race will probably be proven dwell for German viewers by way of satellite tv for pc. If in case you have a Freesat field and might tune your dish to obtain it outdoors Germany you possibly can watch, but it surely’s removed from easy to observe the German model of Eurosport on-line, even when you have a VPN.

How can I watch the complete 24 hours of Le Mans on TV?

For those who’re in Europe, together with within the UK, you possibly can watch the complete race dwell on Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 1 HD. 

To look at Eurosport 1 (wherever besides Germany) you’ll want the suitable package deal or bundle for Sky, BT TV or Virgin. Nevertheless, when you don’t have any of these providers, you possibly can watch Eurosport by way of the Discovery+ app, however there’s no option to entry the channel with out paying.

A subscription to Discovery+ prices £6.99 per thirty days or £59.99 per 12 months.

US & Canada

For these within the US and Canada your best choice is to observe on MotorTrend TV, a cable channel now owned by Discovery and possibly the simplest option to watch all the race. The race itself begins at 10am EST, or 7am PT. For those who don’t have cable, it’s additionally accessible on DirecTV Stream, Philo, Hulu, Fubo, Fubo Elite, YouTube TV and Vidgo.

You may as well stream to most gadgets with the MotorTrend+ streaming service which prices $4.99 per thirty days or $44.99 per 12 months. There’s a helpful seven-day free trial, which after all is sufficient to watch the complete 24 hours of the race. 

How can I stream Le Mans 2021 on-line?

If you wish to stream the whole thing of 24H Le Mans as a one-off occasion you should purchase a go on the official WEC web site for 9.99 € (round £9). Nevertheless, this isn’t accessible to observe within the US or Canada as it’s region-locked, and can due to this fact (once more) require a VPN service. Two good decisions are NordVPN and Surfshark. 

You may as well view the stream via the
official 24H Le Mans app for Android and iOS, however just like the WEC app, that may even ask you to pay €9.99 to subscribe to observe the race dwell. It can solely offer you dwell timings and a few highlights movies in any other case.