Air Race World Championships for London Live

London Live, the capital’s TV channel, has acquired the rights to broadcast this year’s Red Bull Air Race World Championships live from Ascot Racecourse.

Taking place on 16th August 2015, London Live will broadcast two 60-minute live shows of Red Bull Air Race World Championships the final rounds airing at 2pm and the Final and Winner’s Ceremony at 4pm.  As well as the race itself, the live programmes will feature interviews with contestants and organisers from the sport, and capture the atmosphere throughout the day as the capital’s residents enjoy their adrenalin fuelled day out.

“We know our viewers loved the exclusive behind the scenes access we’ve given them to live events this year, and we’re thrilled to bring the fastest motor sport series in the world to the capital’s audiences.  The Red Bull team are renowned for making top quality and highly entertaining content and we know that events such as the Soap Box series and Vans RebelJam will be a perfect complement to our successful comedy and film strands.” – Lucy Myers, Programme Director for London Live

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship features the world’s best pilots in a motorsports competition based on speed, precision and skill. Using the fastest, most agile and lightweight racing planes, pilots navigate a low-level aerial race track made up of air-filled pylons, flying at speeds reaching 230mph while withstanding forces of up to 10g. The objective is to complete the course, navigating the 65 feet high specially designed inflatable pylons known as Air Gates in the fastest possible time. Red Bull Air Race pilots must pass between the Air Gates in the correct position taking care not to touch them with their wings. The pilots compete for points at each Red Bull Air Race and the one who accumulates the most at the end of the season is crowned Red Bull Air Race World Champion.

London Live have also acquired the rights to broadcast 15 hours of content from the energy drinks global, multi-platform media company Red Bull Media House. Including their most well-known productions filmed in the capital, such as the Red Bull Soap Box Race 2015 and 2013 from Alexandra Palace, the 2014 Red Bull Air Race and the Launched at Red Bull Studios series.

In addition to this, London Live will be showing the UK premiere of Vans RebelJam, which is an event celebrating the BMX street culture in London. The York Hall Leisure Centre turned into a world-class street bakery inspired course where riders are scored in three categories: Best Style, Hard Tricks and Best Line.

Live from Ascot: Air Race Qualifiers will broadcast at 5.30pm on Saturday 15th August,  Live from Red Bull Air Race will broadcast at 2 – 3pm & 4 – 5pm on Sunday 16th August.

London Live – Freeview 8, YouView 8, Sky 117 and Virgin 159