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A wide-ranging TV distribution package has been organised for the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Silverstone, with more than 400 million homes globally being able to access the best sports car racing in the world.

The figure is a substantial increase over 2013, with even more viewers able to view prestige manufacturers such as Audi, Toyota and Porsche going head-to-head in the 2014 battle of hybrid technology. Aston Martin, Ferrari and Porsche in GTE will be among the 27 cars due to take part in the six-hour event to be held on Sunday at the home of British motor racing, Silverstone in Northamptonshire.

In Europe the race is due to be shown live by channels Eurosport International and Eurosport 2, with a potential reach of over 200 million homes. Additionally, the race will be shown live by Motors TV (Europe wide), and as a 52’ highlights package by Sports Klub in Hungary and in the Balkan States, by ORF in Austria, TV2 in Denmark and Sport 1 in the Netherlands. Italy (Dinamica Channel) and Greece (OTE) will also show the highlights.

In the Asia Pacific area, Eurosport’s 13 territories will show the race live or live and delayed to its 7.8 million viewers, while J Sports in Japan (7.8 million) will satisfy the huge interest in fans of Toyota as well as those of engine suppliers Nissan. Australia’s Fox Sports will show the live and follow it with a 52’ highlights package, Mark Webber participation generating additional interest, while New Zealand’s TV3 will take the highlights.

Fox Sports 1 in the USA will offer the opportunity to its 90 million potential viewers to view superb racing, world-class names and non-stop track action via the highlights programme, while Fox LATAM will broadcast to 43 countries in Latin America. Brazil will also benefit from live (first and last hours) coverage.

With Bahrain being the penultimate round of the FIA WEC this year, there is increased interest in the Middle East and Bein Sports’ 2.5 million viewers will be able to see live coverage plus highlights.

In addition to the TV coverage, the race can be followed live and direct via the FIA WEC’s new second screen ‘App’ which will be available from Saturday onwards. Full details on how to access this will be available on the series’ website (www.fiawec.com), and a short version of the timing plus live will also be available on the WEC site.

Internationally famous endurance racing radioweb service, Radio Le Mans (www.radiolemans.com), will once again be available for its huge number of listeners all around the world. News access will also be available on EVS (Eurovision Sports News), SNTV, Reuters and Omnisports worldwide.

A full list of the worldwide TV distribution can be found HERE