Where to Watch the 2022 Bapco 8 Hours of Bahrain
Favourite TV seat at the ready, here's where to watch the season finale
Round six of the FIA World Endurance Championship – the season finale Bapco 8 Hours of Bahrain – is underway this week with free practice on Thursday ahead of Friday’s practice and qualifying and Saturday’s 14:00 race start in Bahrain.
Notably, Friday morning’s FP3 will be available on the Eurosport App and discovery+ in Europe as well as on Motortrend+ in North America. It will also be streamed live on YouTube here.
In the local region, Pan-MENA, the race will be shown live both satellite and digital on SSC Extra 1 and delayed on SSC2.There are many further ways to enjoy the race.
If you’re not one of the lucky names on this entry list – fear not you can still enjoy the action.
Tickets can still be bought for the race here.
The race can also be enjoyed in Bahrain and almost anywhere else with The Official FIA World Endurance Championship App – downloadable from Google and Apple.
The App has full coverage of news and English-language commentary over race weekend and is the perfect platform to bring news, live coverage and updates to fans around the world, although please note that it is geolocked in USA and Canada.
For a world-class FIA WEC experience, fans can buy the Premium Season Pack available inside the App. Premium users can watch FIA WEC races live, see exclusive content filmed by onboard cameras, customise functions, and follow their favourite drivers and teams. They also enjoy access to full replays of every race.
For a big screen experience, the television broadcast schedule can be seen here.
To note...
In Europe
Eurosport carries the full race live across Europe on its linear channels.
In France, the race will also be shown live in full by L’Equipe Live and in part on La Chaîne L’Equipe.
ORF SPORT + will carry the entire ace live in Austria.
RTL NITRO will show the race in Germany.
For individual country broadcasters and their schedules in Europe click here
In the Rest of World
Douyin and WeChat will show the full race live in China.
J Sports will show the full race and qualifying live in Japan.
Star+ will show the race live in Central and South America and the Caribbean (except Mexico where it’s shown on Fox Sports).
discovery+ will show the full race and qualifying live across UK & Ireland, Nordics, Spain, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Italy and the Indian Subcontinent and Eurosport Extra in Poland.
Motortrend will show the race live in the USA and Canada
Click here for the full broadcast schedule
Further information is available on the circuit website here.
Social Media
Facebook: FIAWEC
Instagram @fiawec_official
Twitter: @fiawec
YouTube: FIAWEC
The official hashtag for the race is #8HBahrain
