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Old 16 Apr 2023, 18:21 (Ref:4151852)   #1
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How on Earth do I watch a WEC race?

Help other fans out and let then know how you watch the racing. Including the daddy race Le Mans.

I do Eurosport. It is live, it doesn't have adverts, the replays are up straight after the race. Commentary team is the official one. Sometimes I sync with RLM. I tend to mix this up. So my summary:

Eurosport
  • Required location: Europe
  • Live and catch-up
  • Race, Qualifying and Practice
  • No Adverts (although you can watch the stream with if you like)
  • I watch online. I stream to a tiny computer that is linked to a telly
  • I presume that the advert version is available through TV providers, but I think that not all races are covered fully live, sometimes just the start and end.
  • Catch-up posted very quickly
  • Stream quality is great (not like the old Eurosport days)
  • Paid, but reasonable subscription price (sorry can't remember exactly what)
  • Commentators: Martin Haven, Graham Goodwin and Anthony Davidson
  • I think it also has lots of onboards, especially at Le Mans, but I didn't see any for Portimao.

Radio Le Mans
  • Location: Global.
  • Live and catch-up podcasts
  • Catch up pods normally available a day or two after and available via your favorite podcast provider.
  • Quality is OK. Sound levels vary (whatever they claim!)
  • It is the traditional and the same that is available at La Sarthe.
  • Nice to sync. up when live.
  • Commentators: Crikey, especially for Le Mans quite a few. Can someone help me out here? Hindy normally does the first and last stint. Trussers is known for doing the full 24 hours.
  • Sometimes forget there is a race on when riding their hobby horse.
  • Kept the station going and are like old friends.

Have I missed anything.

How do you watch?

Here is the guide from FIAWEC site:
https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/how-a...-portimao/7620

Including a detailed list (for Portimao, but I guess it doesn't change much):
https://press.fiawec.com/assets/file...dece2cc80.pptx
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Old 16 Apr 2023, 18:24 (Ref:4151854)   #2
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Was out today, sounds like a cracking race, any way of watching it on Youtube or catch up somewhere?
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Eurosport had their full coverage up so quickly after shown. No ads, the full business.
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Probably at the end of coming week on the FIA WEC Youtube channel.
On the Eurosport or Discovery+ app/website you can watch the race back.
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Fwiw in the colonies, motortrend on demand also has the full replay available as of this post, 64 minutes after checker flag.
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Old 16 Apr 2023, 18:56 (Ref:4151859)   #3
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Little more motortrend on demand info:
Location - United States. Not sure of Canadian offerings
Cost - $5 monthly, $45 annually, free 2 week trial with unused email (requires (not new) credit card, up to you to cancel)
Stream source - official wec - martin Haven, graham Goodwin, ant Davidson
Quality - as good as your internet source
Commercials - No!
Sessions - qualifying and race. Practice not streamed
Replay - usually races are immediately available, though comprehensiveness is lacking.
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Conclusion - I don't fret over watching wec in the States. Quite happy to put my money where my mouth is and pay for a service that carries what I like.
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Old 16 Apr 2023, 19:09 (Ref:4151861)   #4
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Thanks

I didn't realize it was official WEC with no ads (although thinking about it, why not!). Nice.

What else do you get with Motor Trend? Other than this and Ed. I'm thinking I might invest (it would save the flights to Europe for me to enjoy ), although I do use Eurosport for their cycling too.
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Old 16 Apr 2023, 20:33 (Ref:4151877)   #5
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Practice is sometimes on youtube:
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11:05am BST* (*other time zones are available).
I've not watched. I presume this is pretty good and the normal official crew of Martin, Graham and Ant. ???
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And of course, we can include timing...
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Old 16 Apr 2023, 21:14 (Ref:4151887)   #8
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I've not watched. I presume this is pretty good and the normal official crew of Martin, Graham and Ant. ???
Yes, exactly the same set up as qually and race
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Old 16 Apr 2023, 21:24 (Ref:4151889)   #9
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Little more motortrend on demand info:
Location - United States. Not sure of Canadian offerings
Cost - $5 monthly, $45 annually, free 2 week trial with unused email (requires (not new) credit card, up to you to cancel)
Stream source - official wec - martin Haven, graham Goodwin, ant Davidson
Quality - as good as your internet source
Commercials - No!
Sessions - qualifying and race. Practice not streamed
Replay - usually races are immediately available, though comprehensiveness is lacking.
Bonus - Wheeler dealers including originals with Ed China

Conclusion - I don't fret over watching wec in the States. Quite happy to put my money where my mouth is and pay for a service that carries what I like.
Nice, think the last time I had it with the fathers day weekend 12 bucks a year deal it was still with commercials like they just ran the tv stream through the app
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpZHht0egYI
The entire race was apparently streamed for Brazil on the official WEC youtube channel, using a VPN and switching to a Brazilian IP seems like the easiest way to watch to me.
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I buy the WEC Le Mans streaming package and it specifically mentions this year it is not available in North America.Only place in the world you can’t get access.
BTW I can’t recommend it enough.For 13€ you get live and on demand access to all practice/qualifying sessions and the race.If watching the race live doesn’t suit your time zone they post each hour separately shortly after that hour is done so you can easily go through it in blocks of time.
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I watched bits of Sebring on Eurosport itself.
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The 'Discovery+ Entertainment & Sport' channel is available on a month-by-month basis via Amazon Prime.

This gives you access to all the Eurosport extra channels to watch the full race without adverts.

Plus lots of other Discovery content.

Also saves adding another app and set of logins to your SmartTV etc.
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Discovery + can also be accessed through amazon prime. You will need to pay but you can watch it via prime

Only thing I am not sure if the features on Prime are the same as on the Discover + app and website i.e on demand re watch of the race, option with no add breaks

I think discovery + might be better option than the WEC App. Discovery is 7 pounds per month and the WEC app is 7 euros per race. And i find the WEC app still clunky as well as their web browser so discovery might be better optimised for user friendliness and video quality. You also get other sports and other shows/documentaries for a monthly for the price of a race on the WEC app
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I buy the WEC Le Mans streaming package and it specifically mentions this year it is not available in North America.Only place in the world you can’t get access.
BTW I can’t recommend it enough.For 13€ you get live and on demand access to all practice/qualifying sessions and the race.If watching the race live doesn’t suit your time zone they post each hour separately shortly after that hour is done so you can easily go through it in blocks of time.
I always liked the official package. Had teething problems very early on. That hour split was useful.
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Do the Discovery + (ent & sport) direct with them for the £6.99 month in UK

Use through a Firestick and now have an unltd sim card and router as time split split between locations in UK (and have ditched broadband and expensive internet that wasn't that great plus TV package especially as not there quite a bit).
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I watched Sebring trackside - the best place to watch a race imo! Not sure about Bahrain and such. Travel is the only disadvantage when not having a race in your backyard so I'll have to come up with a plan for next year (maybe I'll plan a trip to Brazil???)
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I didn't realize it was official WEC with no ads (although thinking about it, why not!). Nice.

What else do you get with Motor Trend? Other than this and Ed. I'm thinking I might invest (it would save the flights to Europe for me to enjoy ), although I do use Eurosport for their cycling too.
Not much unless you foam at the mouth over silly build shows. Otherwise lots of roadkill and hot rod related stuff, top gear USA, mecum auctions etc. They used to have 2002-2017ish top gear, but I think bbc has gone back to hogging those rights.
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If you're a Sky Q or Sky Glass customer you get Discovery+ for free.
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But it doesn't have the sports package (or it didn't last time I checked)
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If you’ve got BT sport you can get Discovery plus for free which does come with the sports package
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With virgin i get bt sports channels but not discovery +
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It could well be that you need to buy the sports channels direct from BT rather than through Sky or Virgin
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