Gold Coast 500 finals opener shifted to 7two and 7mate as Seven clashes sport
Race-day coverage of the 2026 finals-opening Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 will air on Seven's digital multichannels this weekend, with V8 Sleuth reporting the Supercars event has lost the primary channel to horse racing, the Rugby League World Cup and AFLW.
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Finals opener off Seven's main channel
Free-to-air coverage of race-day action at this week's Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 has been shifted off the Seven Network's primary channel, with V8 Sleuth reporting that Supercars has lost out in a sports scheduling crunch. Horse racing, the Rugby League World Cup and AFLW are all also on Seven's screens this weekend, according to the publication's report of 19 October 2026. 1
The result, as detailed by V8 Sleuth, is that the opening round of the 2026 Supercars finals series will be televised via 7two on Saturday and 7mate on Sunday, with each of those multichannel broadcasts carrying the Top 10 Shootout and the 250km race on the respective day. Friday action at the Gold Coast 500 will be exclusive to Kayo Sports. 1
The weekend broadcast guide
V8 Sleuth has published the full free-to-air and pay TV guide for the 2026 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, with all times listed in AEDT. On Friday 23 October, Fox and Kayo coverage runs from 12:30pm. On Saturday 24 October, Fox/Kayo begins at 9:45am, with 7two carrying the event from 1:30pm to 6:30pm. On Sunday 25 October, Fox/Kayo starts from 10am, with 7mate on air from 1pm to 6pm. 1
Finals context: second year of the reset format
The 2026 finals series begins at the Gold Coast 500 before heading to the Sandown 500 and culminating on the streets of Adelaide for the Adelaide Grand Final, with the format unchanged from its inaugural 2025 running, according to Motorsport Australia's season preview of 19 February 2026. TV Blackbox, in its July 2026 preview of the Townsville 500, reported that ten drivers will compete in the second instalment of the finals series, starting at the Gold Coast 500 on Friday 23 October, before a champion is crowned at the bp Adelaide Grand Final on 29 November. 24
Under the format's debut season in 2025, the top four drivers had their points reset following the Sandown 500 ahead of the Grand Final, Motorsport Australia reported on 27 November 2025. Championship leader Broc Feeney entered that event as top seed on 5050 points, ahead of Chaz Mostert on 5030, Will Brown on 5015 and Kai Allen on 5000, with 300 points on offer across the three races and the finals driver with the most points at the end of the weekend to be regarded as 2025 champion. 3
Seven's season-long Supercars commitment
Seven's involvement in the 2026 season has been a live and free proposition across broadcast and streaming. TV Blackbox reported in July 2026 that Seven carried every lap of the Townsville 500 on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport, and that the finals series – from the Gold Coast 500 through to the bp Adelaide Grand Final – would be broadcast live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport. Seven Head of Motorsport Angela Rampal described the Townsville 500 as a calendar highlight at the time. 4
This weekend's multichannel placement stands in contrast to the commitment TV Blackbox reported earlier in the season, although the finals opener remains on free-to-air via Seven's 7two and 7mate services, and the Gold Coast 500 round remains available in full on Fox and Kayo, according to V8 Sleuth. 14
Where the Gold Coast 500 sits in 2026
V8 Sleuth notes the Gold Coast 500 is the penultimate free-to-air Supercars round of the season, with Adelaide the sixth and final FTA event including Network Ten's broadcast of the Australian Grand Prix. Motorsport Australia's season preview set out the wider 2026 Repco Supercars Championship as a 14-round, 37-race calendar over a record 7135km, with every session live on Kayo Sports and Foxtel, complemented by Channel Seven and 7+ coverage beginning at the season-opening Dunlop Sydney 500 at Sydney Motorsport Park. 12
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