2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour: 6-8 February - Page 7

D.R.T. · 17 Jun 2014, 03:25 (Ref:3422863)

THE Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour (February 6-8, 2015) will be broadcast live in its entirety on the Seven Network in 2015.

http://bathurst12hour.com.au/news-sevennetwork

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Live streaming of the entire race and the full program of support categories and 12-hour qualifying will continue and will be available via the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour website.

TCR · 17 Jun 2014, 03:40 (Ref:3422866)

Great exposure for the event. Will be able to set my Tivo to record the entire race and watch it back when I get home

peckstar · 17 Jun 2014, 04:15 (Ref:3422872)

some wags on facebook suggesting 9 hours of racing and 3 hours of ads

I wonder which Ch 7 talking head will host the coverage?

D.R.T. · 17 Jun 2014, 04:18 (Ref:3422873)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

some wags on facebook suggesting 9 hours of racing and 3 hours of ads

I wonder which Ch 7 talking head will host the coverage?

The beauty of having free access to online coverage as well.

Looks like Radio Le Mans crew will be retained for both the trackside and tv aspects of the coverage.

peckstar · 17 Jun 2014, 04:24 (Ref:3422876)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

The beauty of having free access to online coverage as well.

Looks like Radio Le Mans crew will be retained for both the trackside and tv aspects of the coverage.

"The English Radio Le Mans commentary team is also expected to return, with Seven likely to use a combination of the internationals and local talent for its broadcast."

Maybe not as you hope

and you have made the assumption that the live stream will be different to the Ch 7 coverage. Unknown at this stage

D.R.T. · 17 Jun 2014, 04:43 (Ref:3422879)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

"The English Radio Le Mans commentary team is also expected to return, with Seven likely to use a combination of the internationals and local talent for its broadcast."

Maybe not as you hope

RLM with local australian commentary - kinda exactly what happened in 2013 with SBS

peckstar · 17 Jun 2014, 04:47 (Ref:3422880)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

RLM with local australian commentary - kinda exactly what happened in 2013 with SBS

yep, but as per my original question, I wonder who that ch 7 talking head will be

racer69 · 17 Jun 2014, 05:57 (Ref:3422889)

I wouldn't have thought you would be able to do a commercial TV production justice by using a commentary platform that is simulcast on radio without ads & primarily aimed at their (Radio Le Mans) European and American audience.

Great news nonetheless, and kind of out of the blue.

Tourer · 17 Jun 2014, 06:27 (Ref:3422893)

It's definitely good news - good on James O'Brien for getting the deal done and good on 7 for picking up an event that's growing in stature.

old fart · 17 Jun 2014, 07:38 (Ref:3422909)

A very interesting article from the Western Advocate : http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/st...posure/?cs=115

DAVID PATERSON · 17 Jun 2014, 07:44 (Ref:3422912)

This is good news, I'll be watching the whole thing. Kudos to James O'Brien and good job C7h.

peckstar · 17 Jun 2014, 08:42 (Ref:3422937)

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Originally Posted by old fart

A very interesting article from the Western Advocate : http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/st...posure/?cs=115

wow they have better "researchers" than v8 supercars,

**GTRMagic** · 17 Jun 2014, 10:54 (Ref:3422989)

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A very interesting article from the Western Advocate : http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/st...posure/?cs=115

Do the hotels and other accommodation crank up the prices on the B12 weekend too?

Scrut · 17 Jun 2014, 11:49 (Ref:3423024)

Great news, can't wait.
Anything said about Saturday practice and qualifying being
televised ?
Hope the Radio Le Mans crew get the commentary gig.

peckstar · 17 Jun 2014, 11:54 (Ref:3423028)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Do the hotels and other accommodation crank up the prices on the B12 weekend too?

if they do its not to the same level

The room that we have got before for the 1000km race was $1760 for 4 nights.
Can get it for next years 12 hour for $1,150
Can get it for the weekend after the 12 hour for the same price ($1,150)

Reload · 18 Jun 2014, 02:30 (Ref:3423288)

Great news and the snowball effect of hopefully the TV deal bringing sponsors to the event, sponsors wanting to appear on cars etc.

**GTRMagic** · 18 Jun 2014, 04:13 (Ref:3423296)

So... if the grid capacity gets reached... will the organisers start bumping competitors from the big boys class, or start taking away the invitationals?

Reload · 18 Jun 2014, 04:36 (Ref:3423297)

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So... if the grid capacity gets reached... will the organisers start bumping competitors from the big boys class, or start taking away the invitationals?

Will we see another huge amount of entries early on, the organisers slap on an entry freeze and then hit a brick wall ?

**GTRMagic** · 18 Jun 2014, 05:27 (Ref:3423300)

Maybe there's a market in buying up entries now and selling them to unsuccessful entrants later

D.R.T. · 18 Jun 2014, 05:34 (Ref:3423303)

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Originally Posted by Reload

Will we see another huge amount of entries early on, the organisers slap on an entry freeze and then hit a brick wall ?

No doubt we will see heaps of entry's early on but I would hope from last years experience that once they reach 55 - they still accept entries on reserves list.

From memory it was only the MARC Focus' that caused the entry freeze in 2014.

racer69 · 18 Jun 2014, 05:48 (Ref:3423307)

Surely the best option is to take entries from everyone until the closing date, and then select the best 55 starters from there if there is more than 55 entries, and obviously have a few reserves named as well. The 2014 system of 'freezing' the entry didn't really work out very well.

I don't think you would want to automatically just cull the invitationals when a major player like Fiat is willing to put $$$ into the event.

Reload · 18 Jun 2014, 06:43 (Ref:3423314)

A Bentley or two........maybe ???

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**GTRMagic** · 18 Jun 2014, 07:27 (Ref:3423316)

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A Bentley or two........maybe ???

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Mr Quinn would have to be up for one surely?

DAVID PATERSON · 18 Jun 2014, 07:32 (Ref:3423317)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Do the hotels and other accommodation crank up the prices on the B12 weekend too?

Though I haven't been to B12 for a couple of years, the prices were normal, but there was a minimum stay of 4 nights.

DAVID PATERSON · 18 Jun 2014, 07:34 (Ref:3423319)

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Originally Posted by racer69

Surely the best option is to take entries from everyone until the closing date, and then select the best 55 starters from there, if there are more than 55 entries and obviously have a few reserves named as well. The 2014 system of 'freezing' the entry didn't really work out very well.

I don't think you would want to automatically just cull the invitationals when a major player like Fiat is willing to put $$$ into the event.

Couldn't agree more, with the entire post.

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