How to watch the Live action from COTA

The fourth visit to the Circuit of the Americas in Austin this weekend is set to be another thrilling instalment of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Racing in to the night at the challenging 3.427-mile circuit in the heart of Texas, the multi-class grid of the fastest and most spectacular endurance racing cars on earth will reach a crucial stage of the title battle.

For those that cannot be there to witness the action as day turns to night on Saturday evening there are a variety of broadcasters that will show the race both live and uninterrupted.

Fox Sports 2 in the US will have live action from COTA, and with plenty of American interest such as teams - Extreme Speed Motorsports and Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK, and drivers – Scott Sharp, Ed Brown and Ricky Taylor among them, the interest in the stars and stripes drivers will be high this weekend.

Fox Latin America channel will dedicate live coverage of the second half of the race throughout Central and South America as the RGR Sport team chases more LMP2 glory just two weeks after their unforgettable win on home soil.

In Europe fans can get the full Spirit of Le Mans live experience by staying up through the night and in to Sunday morning with both Motors TV and on a pan-European basis - Eurosport 1, while Eurosport 2 in France will also be showing dedicated live coverage of the six hours.

The French L’Equipe21 channel and the Austrian ORF broadcaster will also take the race fully live.

There is a new channel joining the ranks of broadcasters in Europe too, as Danish TV2 Sport show full coverage as the nation cheers on Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim as they look to follow up their Mexican pole position with a first victory of the season in Texas.

The global reach of the WEC is emphasised by broadcasts of the race live in many other countries including in Japan where the J-Sports channel will enable fans to follow the fortunes of Toyota Gazoo Racing as they aim for a first victory with the new Toyota TS 050 HYBRID LMP1 car.

Live coverage of the sixth round of the FIA WEC will also be shown in Australia on Fox Sports 5 where Mark Webber fans will be hoping for back-to-back victories for their hero in Texas and a third consecutive win this season.

As ever the race will be available on-line via the dedicated official FIA WEC application at LINK and also via Eurosport player/Eurosport.de, Fox Sports Go and the LeTV online broadcaster in China.

See the full broadcast list here