Stan Sport adds motorsports

Stan Sport is adding Motorsport to its slate with multi-year coverage of the NTT Indycar Series, World Rally Championship and the World Endurance Championship.

Stan Acting Chief Executive Officer Martin Kugeler said: “This announcement signifies an exciting new chapter as Motorsport joins the slate of content on Stan Sport. We are very excited to be hosting some of the most iconic races in the world from Indycar, World Rally Championship and World Endurance Championship. We know that Australian Motorsport fans are some of the most passionate and we are excited to bring that passion to life by delivering world-class, ad-free coverage all year round.”

Former Supercars champion, Scott McLaughlin, said: “I’m pumped that all my friends, family and the fans in Australia will be able to watch Indycar live on Stan Sport in 2022. I learnt a lot in my first year and can’t wait to see how we go in 2022 in what should be an epic year.”

2018 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2014 Indycar Series, champion, Will Power, said: “I’m super excited that Aussie fans can watch Indycar at any time, live and on demand in Australia on Stan Sport. 2022 is shaping up to be a great season with an exciting schedule.”

The 2022 Indycar Series, will feature a 17-race schedule which will see its bold and daring drivers compete in a series of temporary street circuits, road courses and ovals across the United States The series will begin on the streets of St. Petersburg (Florida) on February 27 and will be headlined by the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the 106th edition of the Indianapolis 500, on May 29. Every minute from every race of the 2022 Indycar Series will be shown exclusively ad-free, live and on demand on Stan Sport.

Featuring in the 2022 Indycar Series, will be two faces familiar to Aussie Motorsport fans, Will Power and Scott McLaughlin. Power, who was the 2014 Indycar Series, champion and in 2015 won his first ever Indianapolis 500, will race for Team Penske and is always in contention on his favoured street courses. Alongside Power at Team Penske is three-time V8 Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin who was awarded Indycar Series, Rookie of the Year last year and will be looking to secure his first-ever race win in 2022. Joining McLaughlin and Power will be a host of former Formula 1 drivers, including Roman Grosjean, Takuma Sato and Sebastian Bourdais.

The FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) is the world’s highest level of rally competition and pits drivers, co-drivers and production-based cars against some of the most brutally tough and unforgiving terrain on the planet. Consisting of thirteen events, run over three or four days, the WRC season will kick off with the iconic Rallye Monte-Carlo on January 20 and will move on to a range of challenging surfaces featuring gravel, asphalt, snow and ice and unique environments around the world.

Also coming to Stan Sport in 2022 is the FIA World Endurance Championship consisting of four different classes of vehicles competing in seven epic races varying between six and 24 hours in length. Kicking off the series in 2022 will be the opening event in Sebring, Florida, on March 12 – 13 with the series concluding on November 12 with the 8 Hours of Bahrain. The 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship series will be headlined by its flagship event, the 24 Hours of Le Mans (June 11), with the series also visiting popular and iconic tracks such as Spa, Monza and Fuji.