MRTI: Broadcast schedule, talent revealed for NBCSN shows

By Tony DiZinnoMar 7, 2014, 12:52 PM EDT
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Andersen Promotions and the IMS Productions teams have announced a broadcast schedule and TV talent for the three Mazda Road to Indy series: Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires and Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. All three will be shown on NBCSN, and be produced by IMSP.

The 14 rounds of Indy Lights action will be showcased in 10 shows which will include full coverage of single race events, and highlight coverage of the 40-minute “sprint” race rounds within full coverage of the standard 60-minute feature races at the four double-header events. Seven of the 10 shows will air either immediately before or after the IndyCar Series race broadcast, with the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway airing live on May 23.

Pro Mazda and USF2000 competition will continue to be featured in four one-hour highlight shows, featuring an equal split between the two over the course of the show. One race per series will be featured, and one highlighted in the 60-minute time slot.

Kevin Lee, pit reporter for NBCSN’s IndyCar coverage, will anchor all shows with color commentary coming from Anders Krohn. Krohn, the Norwegian better known as “The Viking” raced in Indy Lights from 2010 through 2012 and has additional experience in Pro Mazda; he currently runs and operates CoForce International, which provides racing and corporate development services for young drivers. Jake Query will be on pit lane.

All Indy Lights races will be carried live on the IMS Radio Network to Sirius XM Satellite Radio, indycar.com, indycarradio.com and the INDYCAR app from Verizon.

Mark Jaynes, who has held over a decade-long role as an announcer for the network, will continue his duties as anchor with driver Pippa Mann as analyst, IndyCar Series pit reporter Nick Yeoman on pit lane alongside Rob Howden, owner of Howden Media Group, who is the “official” voice of the Mazda Road to Indy serving as PA announcer and ceremonies host for the three ladder series. IMS Radio Network coverage will also include Pro Mazda and USF2000 news and results.

Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires 2014 Broadcast Schedule
 
DATE EVENT TIME COVERAGE 
April 4 Streets of St. Petersburg   4:00-5:00 pm ET Delayed
April 13 Streets of Long Beach   2:30-4:00 pm ET Same Day
April 27 Barber Motorsports Park   5:30-6:30 pm ET Same Day
Week of May 19 Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC)   TBD Delayed
May 23 Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Oval) 12:00-1:00 pm ET Live
July 6 Pocono Raceway   4:00-5:00 pm ET Same Day
July 20 Streets of Toronto   6:00-7:00 pm ET Same Day
August 3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   6:00-7:00 pm ET Same Day
August 17 The Milwaukee Mile   6:00-7:00 pm ET Same Day
August 24 Sonoma Raceway   7:00-8:00 pm ET Same Day
 
2014 Highlight Show Broadcast Schedule: NBCSN
DATE TIME FEATURED RACEPRO MAZDA FEATURED RACEUSF2000
May 24 1:30-2:30 am ET Barber Motorsports Park Streets of St. Petersburg
June 13 2:00-3:00 am ET Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC) Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC)
August 24 2:00-3:00 am ET Streets of Houston Streets of Toronto
Sept. 5 2:00-3:00 am ET Sonoma Raceway Sonoma Raceway

Formula 1: Ricciardo nurses power unit trouble to win in Monaco

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By Kyle LavigneMay 27, 2018, 11:18 AM EDT
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Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo had dominated the Monaco Grand Prix weekend heading into Sunday, topping every practice session and laying down a lap-record 1:10.810 to secure the pole.

The race itself was also going according to plan for Ricciardo, as he got the jump off Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel on the start to lead into Sainte Devote.

However, on Lap 28, after the leaders all made their lone pit stops of the race, Ricciardo’s day nearly came unglued when he reported a loss of power on his RB14.

With the Red Bull team monitoring the issue, Vettel was able to close back in on Ricciardo and began stalking him for the lead.

However, Ricciardo brilliantly utilized a combination of late-braking and sustained cornering speed to keep Vettel at bay and secure his first victory at the Monaco Grand Prix.

The victory, Ricciardo’s second of the 2018 Formula 1 season, serves as sweet redemption after a pit stop error cost him a possible victory in 2016, when he settled for second behind Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.

Vettel, meanwhile, saw his challenge hampered after a Lap 72 Virtual Safety Car for a crash between Sauber’s Charles Leclerc and Toro Rosso’s Brendon Hartley – Leclerc suffered brake failure on the run up to the Nouvelle Chicane, and collected Hartley in the process.

When the VSC ended, Vettel could not get his Pirellis back up to temperature, and Ricciardo pulled away in the final laps.

While Vettel ended up second, Hamilton rounded out the podium in third, despite struggling with a graining issue on his Pirelli ultrasofts in the second half of the race. Hamilton held off Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who also fended off Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas for fourth – the trio finished up third (Hamilton), fourth (Raikkonen), and fifth (Bottas).

Esteban Ocon was sixth for Force India, with Pierre Gasly coming home a strong seventh for Toro Rosso. Nico Hulkenberg ended up eighth for Renault, while Max Verstappen came home ninth after starting last – Verstappen ran long on his first stint before switching to hypersofts on Lap 48. He ran the hypers all the way to the end to finish ninth.

Carlos Sainz Jr. was the final points finisher, coming home tenth for Renault.

Results are below.

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