Supercars Life
{{Short description|Australian television series}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
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Observational documentary
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| language = English
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| num_episodes = 54
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| executive_producer = Ryan Sanderson
| producer = AME Management
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| runtime = 30 minutes (including commercials)
| network = Fox Sports, Kayo Sports
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Supercars Life is an Australian television series based on the Supercars Championship that airs on Fox Sports.
Format
The series features a combination of behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and off-track features.{{cite news | url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2015/03/25/new-v8-supercars-tv-show-to-make-debut/ | title=New V8 Supercars TV show to make debut | work=SpeedCafe | date=25 March 2013 | accessdate=9 November 2015}} This includes fly on the wall footage of team operations on a race weekend as well as features on the personal lives of drivers away from the track. In each episode, a different selection of teams or drivers from the Supercars Championship are featured. Twenty episodes were produced in 2015, spread throughout the year in conjunction with the 2015 championship. Twenty further episodes were commissioned for the series' second season in 2016.{{cite news | url=http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/championship/supercars-life-returns-for-season-two/ | title=Supercars Life returns for season two | work=V8 Supercars | date=1 March 2016 | accessdate=14 March 2016}} In 2017, the series extended to one hour episodes, at the same time reducing from 20 to 13 episodes in the year.{{cite web|url=http://www.supercars.com/news/championship/supercars-life-expands-for-2017-fox-sports-tv/|title=Supercars Life expands for 2017|date=28 February 2017|publisher=Supercars.com|accessdate=1 March 2017}}
The show is produced by AME Management, with the support of Fox Sports. AME had in 2014 produced a similar series for 7mate, V8 Life. As opposed to the wider focus of Inside Supercars, the six episodes of V8 Life solely focused on the operations of the Holden Racing Team.{{cite news | url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2015/03/25/new-v8-supercars-tv-show-to-make-debut/ | title=Walkinshaw Racing launches reality TV series | work=SpeedCafe | date=26 June 2013 | accessdate=9 November 2015}}
History
In late 2013 it was announced that Fox Sports, in a shared deal with Network Ten, had acquired the broadcast rights for the series, that was then known as V8 Supercars, as of the 2015 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sports/v8-supercars/v8-supercars-signs-241m-media-rights-deal-with-fox-sports-foxtel-and-ten-network-from-2015/story-fn2ms9um-1226785594801 | title=V8 Supercars signs $241m media rights deal with FOX SPORTS, Foxtel and Ten Network from 2015 | work=Fox Sports Australia | date=18 December 2013 | accessdate=9 November 2015}} To accompany their new coverage of the category, in early 2015 Fox Sports launched both this series as well as the panel-based discussion series Inside Supercars. Supercars Life was first aired on 26 March 2015, in the build-up to the second event of the 2015 season; the Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint. The inaugural episode featured the Triple Eight Race Engineering and Prodrive Racing Australia rivalry at the 2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide, including interviews with team principals Roland Dane and Tim Edwards, as well as a feature on Scott McLaughlin. The series also featured these two teams for their coverage of the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, providing an insight into the key race strategies and decisions for both teams. The series' first episode in 2016 featured a season preview as well as a feature on Will Davison and his friendship with 2016 Dakar Rally winner Toby Price. As of Season 2, episodes are also repeated in New Zealand on Sky Sport. The third season once again opened with a championship preview, with the series also to include features on former champions Russell Ingall and Mark Skaife.
In 2018 and 2019, Supercars Life segments were embedded into race weekend broadcasts rather than airing as separate programmes. From 2019 segments were uploaded to the Fox Sports-owned streaming service Kayo Sports. In 2020, the show returned in a dedicated timeslot with seven dedicated episodes scheduled on Fox Sports and Kayo.{{cite news |last1=Bartholomaeus |first1=Stefan |title=New insight into Mostert Bathurst rescue |url=https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/new-insight-into-mostert-bathurst-rescue/ |accessdate=23 March 2020 |work=Supercars |date=23 March 2020 |language=en}}
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Episodes
=Season 1=
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| Ep #
! Airdate ! Featured event ! Featured teams ! Featured drivers |
|---|
| 1
|{{start date|2015|3|26|df=yes}} |Prodrive Racing Australia and Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2
|{{start date|2015|4|16|df=yes}} |2015 Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint |Holden Racing Team and Nissan Motorsport |Rick Kelly and Todd Kelly |
| 3
|{{start date|2015|4|30|df=yes}} |n/a |n/a |Michael Caruso, James Courtney, Lee Holdsworth, Scott McLaughlin, James Moffat, Jack Perkins, Scott Pye and Ash Walsh |
| 4
|{{start date|2015|5|14|df=yes}} |n/a |n/a |Will Davison, Scott Pye, and Jamie Whincup |
| 5
|{{start date|2015|6|4|df=yes}} |Will Davison, Scott Pye and Ash Walsh |
| 6
|{{start date|2015|6|18|df=yes}} |2015 NP300 Navara Winton Super Sprint |Holden Racing Team and Nissan Motorsport |Lee Holdsworth and Craig Lowndes |
| 7
|{{start date|2015|7|9|df=yes}} |
| 8
|{{start date|2015|7|30|df=yes}} |2015 Castrol Edge Townsville 400 |Holden Racing Team and Prodrive Racing Australia |David Reynolds |
| 9
|{{start date|2015|8|13|df=yes}} |n/a |Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup and Dale Wood |
| 10
|{{start date|2015|8|20|df=yes}} |2015 Coates Hire Ipswich Super Sprint |Garry Rogers Motorsport and Triple Eight Race Engineering |n/a |
| 11
|{{start date|2015|9|3|df=yes}} |n/a |Prodrive Racing Australia |Michael Caruso, Lee Holdsworth and James Moffat |
| 12
|{{start date|2015|9|10|df=yes}} |2015 Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint |Nissan Motorsport |
| 13
|{{start date|2015|9|24|df=yes}} |colspan="3" |Compilation episode (Episodes 1-12) |
| 14
|{{start date|2015|10|1|df=yes}} |2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500 |Holden Racing Team |James Courtney, Russell Ingall, Jack Perkins and David Reynolds |
| 15
|{{start date|2015|10|8|df=yes}} |n/a |Holden Racing Team, Prodrive Racing Australia and Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 16
|{{start date|2015|10|22|df=yes}} |2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 |Prodrive Racing Australia and Triple Eight Race Engineering |n/a |
| 17
|{{start date|2015|11|5|df=yes}} |Brad Jones Racing, DJR Team Penske and Walkinshaw Racing |n/a |
| 18
|{{start date|2015|11|19|df=yes}} |Garry Rogers Motorsport and Tekno Autosports |Scott McLaughlin and Shane van Gisbergen |
| 19
|{{start date|2015|12|3|df=yes}} |2015 WD-40 Phillip Island Super Sprint |Erebus Motorsport, Holden Racing Team and Rod Nash Racing |Will Davison, David Reynolds and Garth Tander |
| 20
|{{start date|2015|12|17|df=yes}} |Prodrive Racing Australia and Triple Eight Race Engineering |Craig Lowndes and Mark Winterbottom |
=Season 2=
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| Ep #
! Airdate ! Featured event ! Featured teams ! Featured drivers |
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| 1
|{{start date|2016|3|2|df=yes}} |n/a |Triple Eight Race Engineering |Will Davison, Chaz Mostert, Shane van Gisbergen and Mark Winterbottom |
| 2
|{{start date|2016|3|30|df=yes}} |DJR Team Penske and Garry Rogers Motorsport |n/a |
| 3
|{{start date|2016|4|13|df=yes}} |2016 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint |Team 18 and Erebus Motorsport |
| 4
|{{start date|2016|5|04|df=yes}} |2016 WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint |Michael Caruso and Dale Wood |
| 5
|{{start date|2016|5|18|df=yes}} |Rod Nash Racing and Super Black Racing |Chaz Mostert, Chris Pither and Mark Winterbottom |
| 6
|{{start date|2016|6|1|df=yes}} |2016 Woodstock Winton SuperSprint |n/a |
| 7
|{{start date|2016|6|15|df=yes}} |n/a |n/a |Renee Gracie, Andre Heimgartner and Mark Winterbottom |
| 8
|{{start date|2016|6|29|df=yes}} |2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown |Cameron Waters and Mark Winterbottom |
| 9
|{{start date|2016|7|6|df=yes}} |n/a |n/a |
| 10
|{{start date|2016|7|20|df=yes}} |
| 11
|{{start date|2016|8|10|df=yes}} |2016 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint |Garry Rogers Motorsport |n/a |
| 12
|{{start date|2016|8|24|df=yes}} |n/a |n/a |
| 13
|{{start date|2016|9|7|df=yes}} |2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint |Nissan Motorsport |n/a |
| 14
|{{start date|2016|9|14|df=yes}} |n/a |n/a |Will Davison, Jack Le Brocq, Cameron Waters and Jonathon Webb |
| 15
|{{start date|2016|9|28|df=yes}} |2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500 |Team 18 and Tekno Autosports |
| 16
|{{start date|2016|10|5|df=yes}} |n/a |Craig Lowndes, Scott McLaughlin, Chaz Mostert, Mark Winterbottom |
| 17
|{{start date|2016|10|19|df=yes}} |2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 |Triple Eight Race Engineering |n/a |
| 18
|{{start date|2016|11|2|df=yes}} |DJR Team Penske |n/a |
| 19
|{{start date|2016|11|30|df=yes}} |2016 ITM Auckland SuperSprint |Garry Rogers Motorsport and Super Black Racing |Scott McLaughlin |
| 20
|{{start date|2016|12|14|df=yes}} |Holden Racing Team and Triple Eight Race Engineering |n/a |
See also
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