Stream Exclusive, Live Flag-to-Flag Coverage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on the MotorTrend App in the U.S. & Canada
September 1, 2020
MotorTrend, in partnership with Discovery owned Eurosport, is bringing race fans every angle and every hour of this year’s 24 HOURS OF LE MANS. Beginning Thursday, September 17, fans can stream live coverage of practice and qualifying sessions, and then watch multicamera, live coverage of the 88th annual 24 HOURS OF LE MANS beginning Saturday, September 19 at 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 AM PT exclusively in the U.S. and Canada on the MotorTrend App, the only subscription streaming service dedicated entirely to the motoring world. See below for the MotorTrend App’s full, live broadcast schedule.
MotorTrend’s streaming service is the ultimate viewing destination for the 2020 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, providing a customizable live viewing experience for fans featuring in-car dashboard cameras from six vehicles, plus traditional, live flag-to-flag coverage of the world’s most iconic automotive sporting event. Additionally, the MotorTrend App houses a library of highlights and behind-the-scene moments from previous 24 HOURS OF LE MANS races for fans to binge in preparation for this year’s race.
Commentators for the MotorTrend App’s live coverage of the 24 HOURS OF LE MANS includes veteran pit lane reporters Jennie Gow, Guenaelle Longy, and Toby Moody. Gow, Longy, and Moody will have extraordinary pre-race access to the main drivers and provide expert analysis at key stages, providing passionate racing fans unique insight into the world’s most demanding automotive race.
Full 24 HOURS OF LE MANS Broadcast Schedule (*All Times ET)
Free Practice 2
MotorTrend App
Thursday, September 17 at 7:45 AM
Qualifying 1
MotorTrend App
Thursday, September 17 at 11:05 AM
Free Practice 3
MotorTrend App
Thursday, September 18 at 1:35 PM
Free Practice 4
MotorTrend App
Friday, September 18 at 3:35 AM
Hyperpole
MotorTrend App
Friday, September 18 at 5:15 AM
Warm Up
MotorTrend App
Saturday, September 19 at 4:15 AM
Pre-race Coverage
MotorTrend App
Saturday, September 19 at 7:45 AM
24 HOURS OF LE MANS
Streaming on the MotorTrend App (*Exclusively in the U.S. and Canada)
On television on MotorTrend TV (*Exclusively in the U.S.)
Saturday, September 19 at 8:15 AM
For viewers in Canada, the practice and qualifying sessions will be available on the MotorTrend App in addition to the 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, and linear TV viewers can catch the 24 HOURS OF LE MANS live on Velocity Canada beginning at 8:15 AM ET on Saturday, September 19, 2020.
For a limited time at $2 a month, the MotorTrend App is the place to be all year long for automotive entertainment with live coverage of motorsports’ biggest races and more than 8,000 episodes and 3,200 hours of world-leading automotive series and specials including NASCAR ALL IN, the most complete collection of classic TOP GEAR (200+ episodes and specials spanning seasons one thru 26), the upcoming all-new TOP GEAR AMERICA and every season of WHEELER DEALERS, ROADKILL, FAST N’ LOUD, OVERHAULIN’, BITCHIN’ RIDES, TEXAS METAL, IRON RESURRECTION and many more.
The MotorTrend App is available across iPhone, iPad, and Android mobile devices, as well as media players and streaming devices such as Apple TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, Amazon FireTV, in addition to Xbox One and Xbox 360 platforms, and on the web.
The 24 HOURS OF LE MANS is produced for the MotorTrend App and MotorTrend TV by Eurosport. For MotorTrend, David Lee is vice president of production and Mike Suggett is head of programming and development. Alex Wellen is global president and general manager of MotorTrend Group.
About MotorTrend Group
MotorTrend Group is the largest automotive media company in the world, bringing together Discovery’s fast-growing MotorTrend TV, formerly Velocity, and a vast automotive digital, direct-to-consumer, social, and live event portfolio, including MOTORTREND, HOT ROD, ROADKILL, AUTOMOBILE, and more than 20 other industry-leading brands. With a monthly audience of 26 million across web, TV, and print, and 110 million social followers, culminating in 2 billion monthly content views across all platforms, the company encompasses television’s #1 network for automotive superfans, a leading automotive YouTube Channel, and the MotorTrend App, the only auto-dedicated subscription video-on-demand service. MotorTrend serves to embrace, entertain, and empower the motoring world.
About Discovery
Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is a global leader in real life entertainment, serving a passionate audience of superfans around the world with content that inspires, informs and entertains. Discovery delivers over 8,000 hours of original programming each year and has category leadership across deeply loved content genres around the world. Available in 220 countries and territories and in nearly 50 languages, Discovery is a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens, including TV Everywhere products such as the GO portfolio of apps; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Eurosport Player, Food Network Kitchen and MotorTrend OnDemand; digital-first and social content from Group Nine Media; a landmark natural history and factual content partnership with the BBC; and a strategic alliance with PGA TOUR to create the international home of golf. Discovery’s portfolio of premium brands includes Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, and the forthcoming multi-platform JV with Chip and Joanna Gaines, Magnolia, as well as OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of locally relevant, premium sports and Home of the Olympic Games across Europe. For more information, please visit corporate.discovery.com and follow @DiscoveryIncTV across social platforms.
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