Sepang 12 Hours
The final major endurance event of the year sees GT3 cars from around the world congregate in Malaysia for the Sepang 12 Hours. Also the final round of SRO’s inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge for manufacturers – following the Bathurst 12 Hour and 24 Hours of Spa – Sepang will not only be a stern test of mental endurance but also of driver fitness, with temperatures rising well above 30°C and even higher still in the cockpit. With McLaren and BMW splitting the big enduro wins between them so far this year, will Audi be able to repeat their podium sweep from last year?
• LIVE, Sepang – Saturday 10 December from 03:30 to 16:30
Monza Rally Show
When Valentino Rossi gets in a rally car, it’s usually spectacular. ‘The Doctor’ crashed out of his first World Rally in Wales in 2002 and tamed the fast roads of New Zealand with an excellent 11th place finish on his one and only attempt in 2006. However, it is in front of his adoring Italian fans at the Monza Rally Show where Rossi has been at his best on four wheels, taking his fourth win in the end-of-season event last year ahead of Hyundai WRC star Thierry Neuville and MX racer Tony Cairoli. Should he win for a fifth time this year, he would go above Rinaldo Capello on the all-time winners list – as if his status needed cementing any further.
• LIVE, Monza – Sunday 4 December at 14:00.
Supercars Championship
The 2016 Supercars championship has been as thrilling as any that have gone before it, with all four manufacturers – Holden, Ford, Nissan and Volvo – each taking victories. Defending champion Mark Winterbottom has only won once all year and many expected five-time champ Jamie Whincup to run away with it, but new team-mate Shane van Gisbergen has made a smooth transition to life at Triple Eight, taking five wins from 21 races, only missing out on a first Bathurst 1000 win by 0.14s. Can the Kiwi get the job done, or will Whincup and Craig Lowndes elbow their way back into the equation?
• Highlights, Rd 14, Sydney – Saturday 10 December at 20:30.• Best of Part 1 – Saturday 24 December at 20:00.• Best of Part 2 – Sunday 25 December at 20:00.
British Truck Racing Association Championship
The final round of the BTRAC sees the five-tonne monsters take on one of the finest circuits in the UK. Stuart Oliver’s eventful weekend at Anglesey has given the upper hand to Ryan Smith, a winner in the European Truck Racing Championship at Most in the Czech Republic, but despite only needing one point from the five remaining races, he will be under no illusions until the chequered flag drops – particularly when the first corner the trucks are set to tackle on cold tyres is the world-renowned Paddock Hill Bend...
• Highlights, Rd 9, Brands Hatch – Wednesday 7 December at 21:00.
European Le Mans Series – Best Of
Catch up with all the action from Europe's premier multi-class sportscar championship, which expanded to run six rounds for the first time since 2007. After a costly retirement from the opening race at Silverstone, TDS by Thiriet Racing began to hit their stride and took three wins in succession at Imola, the Red Bull Ring and Paul Ricard to reel in championship leaders G-Drive’s Harry Tincknell, Simon Dolan and Giedo van der Garde. After American outfit Dragonspeed prevailed in a thrilling battle with WRT to win at Spa, who would collect the honours at Estoril? The LMP3 title was decided in favour of United Autosport at Spa, but it was still wide open in GTE, with the JMW Motorsport Ferrari’s excellent form after being disqualified from Silverstone jumping them ahead of the Beechdean Aston Martin.
• Highlights, Rd 9, Brands Hatch – Saturday 3 December at 20:00.
International GT Open – Best Of
Catch up with all the very best action from the pan-European GT3 series for Pro-Am pairings. The season began with a bang in Estoril, as Alexander West and Fabrizio Crestani clashed while battling for the lead on the final lap, which set the tone for a dramatic season full of action at every turn. From the torrential rain at Spa-Francorchamps, a starring guest appearance from the Reiter Lamborghini Gallardo at Silverstone and no less than nine different winners, this was GT racing at its very best.
• Highlights, Saturday 3 December at 10:35.
EuroFormula Open – Best Of
Catch up with all the very best action from this low-cost European F3 alternative, as Leonardo Pulcini, Ferdinand Habsburg and Colton Herta announced themselves as stars of the future. Although these youngsters are only just starting out in their motorsport careers, each demonstrated fantastic car control and race-craft, no better demonstrated than in the magnificent slipstream-fest at Monza which came down to the final lap.
• Highlights, Sunday 4 December at 10:35.
24H Series – Best Of
Catch up with all the very best action from Creventic’s 24H Series for GTs, sportscars and touring cars. The series caters for all abilities, from professional racers to gentleman drivers getting their first taste of endurance racing at some of the most exotic locations in world motorsport, from the Dubai Autodrome to the Circuit de Catalunya, Paul Ricard, Zandvoort and Silverstone. With huge grids of up to 100 cars, this is a spectacle not to be missed.
• Highlights, Saturday 17 December at 13:40.
