BIKES ON TRACK AND FILM
It couldn’t be closer at the sharp end of this year’s MotoGP Championship going into Sunday’s 12th round at Silverstone (BT Sport 2, 1pm), with Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi equal on 211 points apiece. Rossi has won the British Grand Prix five times but never at this circuit – taking his victories at Donington – while his rival is looking to make it three wins here in four years. Both riders also feature in Hitting The Apex, alongside Marc Márquez, Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and the late Marco Simoncelli. The documentary, presented by Brad Pitt, on the modern era of the sport is directed by Mark Neale, who has previous in this field having already made two MotoGP films. It is released in selected cinemas on Wednesday and on DVD on 7 September. Watch out, too, for Britain’s Danny Kent, a real talent who is currently leading the Moto3 championship (race: BT Sport 2, 2.30pm) and expected to step up a class in the near future, with Rossi and Márquez both encouraging him to make the move to Moto2.
ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Heather Stanning and Helen Glover look to continue their winning partnership that has seen them unbeaten as a pair since their gold at London 2012, in the rowing world championships (from Thursday, Eurosport, and Saturday, BBC1, 12.50pm). The event, at Lake Aiguebelette, France, also has the European Championships winners Matt Langridge and James Foad looking to take on New Zealand in the men’s pair; and Charlotte Taylor and Katherine Copeland in the lightweight women’s double sculls. They are in form, too, having set a record time at the World Cup in Varese earlier this year.
