![]() 2015 (418,000 13 races), to rank as the best F1 season for a single cable network since 1995 (ESPN: 755,000 viewers). Last season, NBCSN’s 2016 F1 coverage (14 races) averaged 429,000 viewers, up 3% vs. This week’s coverage of the Australian Grand Prix will also include a season preview from veteran motorsports essayist Sam Posey, as he discusses the retirement of 2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg, and the state of F1 without Bernie Ecclestone at the helm for the first time in 40 years. NBC Sports Group’s Formula One commentating team returns for a fifth consecutive season, with lead race announcer Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), veteran analyst and former driver David Hobbs, analyst Steve Matchett, a former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team, and F1 insider Will Buxton, who will provide live reports on-site for all 20 races this season. With most races on NBCSN, the four traditional NBC races (Monaco, Canada, United States, Mexico) continue and the remaining three races will be on CNBC for their live first airing. There’s nearly 200 hours of coverage throughout the year throughout the networks. The race coverage starts at midnight on March 26 with F1 Countdown, with lights out at 1 a.m. ![]() The walk is then approximately 4 long blocks to the terminal entrance at Pioneer and Conover streets.NBC Sports Group has released the air times for all 20 Grands Prix ahead of the 2017 season, with all races live on either NBC, NBCSN or CNBC.Ĭoverage begins with this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix full times and details for the race at Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit can be found here. Get off bus at Pioneer Street and Van Brunt Street. ![]() You must walk four blocks south of the train station to access the bus stop. The walk is then approximately 6 long blocks to the terminal entrance.Īlternatively take the 2/3/4/5/N/R subway train to Borough Hall and change for B61 bus which is on Atlantic Avenue (at Court Street). Get off bus at Conover Street and Dikeman Street. Take the F train to Smith/9th Street Train station and change for the B77 Bus. ![]() The circuit is located next to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, which is close to the Battery Tunnel (I-478-E) and the intersection with the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278-W) at Exit 26.Īs with most Formula E events, public transport is expected to feature prominently for race goers. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), La Guardia Airport (LGA), and Newark International Airport (ERW) are the closest airports, all with good transport links to the city. The New York ePrix Circuit is located in the Red Hook area of Brooklyn, New York. In 2019, further minor revisions were made, with the Turn 10 hairpin widened and relocated slightly closer to Turns 9 and 11, while the pit lane was moved to Bowne Street, alongside the main straight and allowing the finish line to be located in the same position as the start line. The Turn 8 and 9 chicane (Turns 12 and 13 on the revised course) was also eased, creating a more flowing layout. A four-turn complex was added where the previous Turn One hairpin had been, featuring a left-hander and three right-handed turns leading to the second straight. The Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan skyline form a backdrop, though the circuit itself has something of an industrial feel to it.įor the 2018 race, the circuit was lengthened to 1.475 miles, extending the course farther north and west to Summit Street and Hamilton Avenue. Curving west, the track then parallels Clinton Wharf towards the Buttermilk Channel coastline. The main and second straights utilise the north-south stretch of Bowne Street (which turns south after entering the terminal area), adjacent to Pier 11 of the terminal. In the end, a 1.214 miles course with 10 turns and running clockwise was actually built for the 2017 race. Originally a 13-corner, 1.214 mile circuit was proposed, running anti-clockwise around a different layout to that which was finally put in place. Finally, 2017 saw the dream become a reality, when Formula E hosted its first event in the city, with the Lower Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty as impressive backdrops. Over the years numerous attempts have been made to host street racing in New York, with multiple Formula 1 and Indycar street circuits mooted but never coming to fruition.
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