The meeting at the first corner is imminent.
For this twelfth year of Formula 1 and sixth of Moto GP on
Canal +
, all the teams announced at a press conference this Monday morning that they were in the starting blocks.
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After a 2023 season, which recorded good audiences, identical to the previous one, the schedules of the encrypted channel will accelerate the pace to cover motor sports competitions.
The expert mode, ever more developed for subscribers, will be accompanied by a lot of new features which will appeal to amateurs and the curious.
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The Laurent Rigal and Julien Fébreau match
From February 21, Julien Fébreau, flagship F1 commentator, will be in charge of pre-season testing for the first time live!
Alongside Franck Montagny, the pair will decipher these winter tests eight hours a day to provide the necessary keys to understanding before the first Grand Prix which will take place the following week.
The voice of motor racing, known for his legendary “Accelerate, accelerate” intoned to Pierre Gasly, will have an immersive new feature for this championship.
Throughout the race, Julien Fébreau will be able to communicate with the pit wall.
A radio exchange system and on-board cameras to receive strategic and emotional elements from team bosses.
The “Grand Prix” program, constructed
“like an episode of a series,”
will summarize each race with driver statements, decryption and on-board images.
Immersion at Ferrari
Canal + has largely established itself in sports documentaries.
“Bleu, blanc vite”, dedicated to the two French drivers, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, at Alpine will this year take the form of a digital series.
A more immersive way to tell their adventures, from meals to journeys without forgetting their preparations.
This season, the Canal + teams had an excellent feeling when they infiltrated Ferrari.
Two documentaries look at the red team, starting with “A Winter in Maranello”, broadcast from February 24.
An immersion which will reveal, in part, the arrival in 2025 of Lewis Hamilton, previously at Mercedes.
During the Monaco GP, it is his future co-driver who will headline the other production in “As close as possible to Charles Leclerc”.
To complete, “F1 Academy” will retrace the rise of Doriane Pin, a promising driver at Mercedes.
On the automotive heritage side, the documentaries “Le Mans 55”, will discuss on March 2 on Planète +, the accident at the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1955 and two prime-times will be reserved for “Alain Prost, the last lesson”.
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We don't change winning teams.
If the team Julien Fébreau, Margot Laffite, Franck Montagny, Jacques Villeneuve, Laurent Dupin, Romain Grosjean and Naomi Schiff are present in Formula 1, it is the same for Moto GP.
Pauline Sanzey, a cathodic figure in all motor sports, will be surrounded for the Moto Gp championship by Charlotte Gabas, Laurent Rigal, Jules Danilo, Antoine Arlot and Louis Rossi.
The latter is also preparing a documentary “Even not bad” which focuses on the spectacular falls of the pilots.
A way to popularize violent images thanks to the testimonies of athletes but also of their loved ones.
The Moto GP, which will celebrate its 100th broadcast on Canal + in Mugello next May, will be made up of 21 races.
A pivotal season for Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, now decorated with the Legion of Honor, as well as for Marc Marquez and Johann Zarco who changed teams.
24 Grands Prix are expected in Formula 1. 45 races in total for these two motorsport competitions, not counting F2 and F3 but also Moto 2 and Moto 3. A promising cathodic season where Canal + has planned a well-oiled mechanics.