Current Events: 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans race finish

This weekend has one of the most exciting weekends in motorsports, in recent years; for one, the Canadian Grand Prix had me jumping up and down and yelling at the television in one of the craziest F1 finishes of the year after pouring rain looked like it would end this race early. If that wasn't enough, the 24 Hours of Le Mans winner was determined by less than 15 seconds earlier Sunday morning. For those of you who have the last few hours DVR'd...spoiler Alert!


Special thanks/credit go out to MT89Motorsport2 for hosting online footage from this event all weekend, keep up the good work.

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What to watch this weekend (June 9th - 12th)

• Formula 1 - Canadian Grand Prix; from Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal, Canada. Practice. Friday @ 2pm - 3:30pm (SPEED/SPEEDHD) live
• Chasing Classic Cars. Friday @ 9pm - 11pm (Discovery's HD Theater) replays
• Isle of Man TT 2010 - Episode 7 of 2010's seasonal coverage. Saturday @ 12pm - 1pm (Discovery's High Def Theater)
• Formula 1 - Canadian Grand Prix; from Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal, Canada. Qualifying. Saturday @ 2pm - 3:30pm (SPEED/SPEEDHD) live
• 24 Hours of Le Mans - The legendary race for the Intercontinental Le Mans cup. from Le Mans, France. Saturday @ 8:30am - 11:30am {The Start}, 3:30pm - 8:00pm {Evening}, 11:00pm - 12:00am{Night} and Sunday 12:00am - 6:00am {Night into Day}, 6:00am - 9:30am {The Finish} (SPEED/SPEEDHD) live
• IndyCar Series - Firestone Twin 275s Race #1. From Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas. Saturday @ 8pm - 12am (VS/VSHD) live
• WRC - Rally Argentina. Days 1 through 3. Sunday @ 11:30am - 1pm (Discovery's HD Theater) not a live telecast - preview starts at 10:30am
• Formula 1 - Canadian Grand Prix; from Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal, Canada. Race. Sunday @ 1pm - 3pm (FOX/FOXHD) live
• Top Gear (UK). Season 14 Episode 2 & 3. Sunday @ 6pm - 8pm (BBC America/BBC America HD) replay

After a dry weekend we have another loaded baked potato; from the F1 race taking place just north of our boarders to the the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans - the undisputed king of international endurance races. Last week Vettel showed that he's no one hit wonder by taking the flag at Monaco and this week Audi is showing they came to France to retain the Le Mans Cup, with the all new R18. After catastrophic late-race engine failure by the Peugeot LMPs in 2010, they're looking to get the finish they were on pace for last year. While the Audi R18s were leading the field (and Peugeot) during free practice, Romain Dumas' R18 came in contact with a GT-class Aston Martin during qualifying yesterday, with time counting down to Saturday morning's green light. Nissan is powering a few LMP entries this year as well, so there should be plenty of variety to see in every class.

Be aware that this weekends F1 race coverage will be moved to FOX (and it's heavy advertising commercial breaks), due to SPEED Channels' Le Mans coverage, so you may want to find a rip of the Canadian GP with BBC commentary early next week. Enjoy the weekend.

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