We have finally arrived in the week of Le Mans Classic 2018, where my friends at Tuthill Porsche are supporting five 911s in the 2.0L Cup as part of the Porsche 70th anniversary celebrations. For those who cannot make it in person, the organisers have just announced unprecedented online coverage of this remarkable event.

Le Mans Classic will feature its biggest ever live and free online streaming during July 7 and 8, when sixteen cameras will broadcast for sixteen hours, covering twelve races which can be followed live at www.lemansclassic.com. The cameras wil share the action from the entire 13.6km circuit, and the broadcast is managed by AMP Visual TV: the organisation behind coverage of the Le Mans 24 Hours for the last thirteen years.

Live coverage of Classic Le Mans 2016 attracted more than 300,000 online spectators worldwide, and this should easily be eclipsed in 2018. Bruce Jones, Jim Roller and Martin Haven, will provide the English language commentary.

I don’t yet know when the coverage starts or how long it lasts daily, but the race schedule at the circuit for the two days is as follows – it is reasonable to assume that the cameras will not be showing some of the night sessions:

Le Mans Classic 2018 Race Schedule July 7:

10:00-11:10 – Jaguar Classic Challenge (race)
11:20-12:20 – Group C Racing (race)
14:02-15:17 – Porsche Classic Race Le Mans (race)
16:16-16:59 – Grid 1 (race 1)
17:55-18:38 – Grid 2 (race 1)
19:34-20:17 – Grid 3 (race 1)
20:54-21:37 – Grid 4 (race 1)
22:11-22:54 – Grid 5 (race 1)
23:26-00:09 – Grid 6 (race 1)

Le Mans Classic 2018 Race Schedule July 8:

00:40-01:23 – Grid 1 (race 2)
01:59-02:42 – Grid 2 (race 2)
03:14-03:57 – Grid 3 (race 2)
04:29-05:12 – Grid 4 (race 2)
05:44-06:27 – Grid 5 (race 2)
06:59-07:42 – Grid 6 (race 2)
08:14-08:57 – Grid 1 (race 3)
09:33-10:16 – Grid 2 (race 3)
10:48-11:31 – Grid 3 (race 3)
12:26-13:09 – Grid 4 (race 3)
14:01-14:44 – Grid 5 (race 3)
15:17-16:00 – Grid 6 (race 3)

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