Torque.TV Announces Exclusive Broadband Coverage ofGoodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival
3 hours of historic motorsport programming begins airing May 21, 2008
New York, NY (May 21, 2008)
Torque.TV coverage includes:
* Lewis Hamilton, Britain's Formula One superstar, entertaining a wildly partisan crowd behind the wheel of a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 car.
* Racing legends Stirling Moss and Derek Bell battling it out in a '66 Ford Lotus Cortina and '65 Ford Mustang.
* Interviews with Motorsport Legends including Jackie Stewart, Stuart Graham, John McGuinness, Stig Blomqvist, Al Teague, Andy Green, Hannu Mikkola, Troy Bayliss & Wayne Gardner. "Goodwood Festival of Speed is called the world's largest and most diverse celebration of the history of motor sport. The Goodwood Revival is a spectacular celebration of the halcyon days of motor racing with all the spectacle and glamour of the past. Both are a perfect fit for Torque.TV," says Jesse Raiford, CEO. "The coverage by Gemini Pictures is as good as it gets - a classic fit for the full screen, high quality TV coverage demanded by Torque.TV viewers."
"We are thrilled to put Goodwood back in front of North American viewers, this time with Torque.TV, and to partner with the leading broadband Motorsport network," says Gemini Pictures Executive Producer Martin Stockham. "Both Goodwood events are world leading celebrations of motorsport. We have 100 crew on site for the Goodwood Festival of Speed alone as we supply images to the on location big screens and for UK and international broadcasters. With 150,000 people at the event, all wanting F1 rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton's autograph, the working situation was a challenge to say the least!"
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Gregory Stacy, Torque.TV Head of Programming, has been a fan of Goodwood Festival of Speed for many years. "To see these classic vehicles paired with some of the greatest drivers in Motorsports history, and actually being driven hard on the track is pretty exciting. Watching the GT40s and Ferraris going neck to neck feels like you're back in the sixties." Additional coverage includes:* A celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Ferrari
* Road warriors from the Isle of Man TT
* The extended and newly designed Goodwood Forest stage hill climb
* A re-creation of the Bonneville Salt flats with 12 record breaking vehicles
* Five of the six Bugatti Royales ever built.
About Torque.TV:
Brought to you by the nation's leading automotive and motorcycle producers, Torque.TV is the next generation of car, truck and motorcycle television delivering original programming and exclusive event coverage across a dozen channels. Ad supported, Torque.TV is free to anyone with a broadband connection and is viewable in broadcast/full-screen clarity on computer, plasma and digital television screens. For more information about Torque.TV go to: Torque.TV or www.torque.tv/press.
About Gemini Pictures:
Gemini Pictures is a full service production company and consultancy that, with co-producers BHP Sport, is the host broadcaster for the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival Meeting. Gemini also produces the award winning series Victory by Design, now up to ten installments for SPEED and is a major producer of aviation programming for Discovery Europe and Discovery UK. Gemini's corporate clients have included Breitling SA, Saab Aerospace and Lotus Cars while broadcast clients include ITV1, Channel 4 and Discovery in the UK and Discovery HD, SPEED and Torque.TV in the US. For more information: http://www.geminipictures.co.uk
About Goodwood Revival:
The Goodwood Revival is a magical step back in time celebrating the halcyon days of motor racing as it used to be in its heyday, with all of the accompanying spectacle and glamour of the era, with competitors and spectators alike dressed in period fashions. Goodwood Revival has been held on the restored, former Battle of Britain airfield race track since 1993. For more information: www.goodwood.co.uk/revival/intro.htm
About Goodwood Festival of Speed:
("FoS") The Festival of Speed is far more than just a hillclimb; it can justifiably claim to be the world's biggest and most diverse celebration of the history of motor sport and car culture. Taking place in the grounds of event creator the Earl of March's English stately home, the Festival of Speed is the only occasion where you will see the greatest competition cars and star drivers from all eras in action: everything from 19th century steam carriages to current Formula One; fabulous racing motorcycles; classic rally cars to 3000bhp dragsters; plus motor sport legends like Moss, Surtees, Fittipaldi and Andretti rubbing shoulders with today's hottest properties such as Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Petter Solberg. For more information: www.goodwood.co.uk/fos/intro.htm