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XL Video Supports Two Major German Motorsport Events
In July, XL Video equipped the two largest German motorsport events with video walls. The company was engaged as a full service provider for both the Formula One racing from 10 - 12 July at the Nürburgring and for the motorbike grand prix at the Sachsenring from the 17 to the 19 July. Due to the very short interval of time between the two races, most of XL Video's video trucks drove straight from the Nürburgring once the task of dismantling the installation was complete to the Sachsenring to begin setting up for the next event.
For the first event at the Nürburgring since the extensive rebuilding and expansion of the site to create an experience centre - a success if the record attendance figures, with over 250,000 spectators over the course of the weekend, are any indication - XL Video deployed almost 500 square metres of LED equipment. This included two 80-square-metre LED video trucks, five 50-square-metre LED video trucks and two Mitsubishi DV 10 modular video walls that were mounted on the roof of the pit lane. At the Sachsenring, 13 video walls with a combined LED video display area of 420 square metres provided spectators with the perfect view of the unfolding drama. For the motorbike grand prix at the Sachsenring, XL Video deployed six Mitsubishi DV 10 and Lighthouse R7 modular video walls as well as a 10-square-metre Hibino 6mm large indoor video wall in the ADAC's VIP tent. The weekend's racing at the Sachsenring was also extremely well attended, drawing almost 215,000 spectators.
XL Video had already been involved in these, the two largest motorsport events in the German racing calendar, on several occasions in the past. The company was engaged in 2007 as a general service provider at the Nürburgring and now has a contract with Nürburgring GmbH to provide large image video equipment for all Formula One races at the track until 2011. In the case of the Sachsenring, XL Video has been handling the motorbike grand prix continuously since 2001 at the behest of ADAC Saxony/Motorsport Division. Here, too, XL Video has been commissioned to provide video equipment until at least 2011.
In picture: video walls from XL Video at the Nürburgring photo: XL Video
4th August 2009
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