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MotoGP is entering the second half of its exciting season and, despine Francesco Bagnaia getting closer and closer to his second consecutive championship, there is plenty to look forward to.
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will play host to this weekend’s action, a constant fixture of the MotoGP calendar for the past 27 years. Fabio Quartararo won last year’s race at the venue, in a dominant display.
As usual, there will be plenty action in all three days of the weekend, with three practice sessions, two in qualifying and two races, a Sprint on Saturday and the Grand Prix on Sunday. The second session of the weekend, taking place on Friday afternoon will determine
Here is the timetable for the weekend, with all time on British Summer Time, which is GMT +1.
Free Practice 1
Friday, September 1st
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Practice
Friday, September 1st
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free Practice 2
Saturday, September 2nd
9:10 AM - 9:40 AM
Qualifying 1
Saturday, September 2nd
9:50 AM - 10:05 AM
Qualifying 2
Saturday, September 2nd
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Sprint
Saturday, September 2nd
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Race
Sunday, September 3rd
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
For more information on the schedule of the weekend, as well as a preview for the race, you can read here.
MotoGP Barcelona 2023 Live Stream – Broadcast on MotoGP.com
Contents
As ever, the race will be broadcast on the official MotoGP website, which is available worldwide to subscribers of the VideoPass feature. The broadcast will not only cover all MotoGP sessions, but those of the junior categories – namely Moto2 and Moto3 – as well.
Matt Birt and Louis Suddaby will be on commentary duties for all sessions. Simon Crafar will be on the pitlane to report news from the riders and their teams. After the conclusion of the races, he will be tasked with interviewing some riders as well.
MotoGP Barcelona 2023 TV – Broadcast in the United Kingdom
For all British viewers, the race will be broadcast on TNT Sports 2. The channel will be live pretty much for the entirety of the weekend with coverage of all session for all classes. For the races, the MotoGP pre-race show will start thirty minutes prior to the start, both on Saturday and Sunday.
Suzi Perry will be the head of the presenting team, accompanied by Michael Laverty and Sylvain Guintoli. Gavin Emmett will be on lead commentary for the races and Neil Hodgson will be giving colour commentary.
Only highlights will be available free-to-air for the British public. Those will be shown on Monday at 8:00 PM, on ITV4, and will contain both races from the weekend in an hour-long program.
MotoGP Barcelona 2023 TV – Broadcast in the United States
In the United States, NBC has the rights to the MotoGP World Championship, but none of the races will be broadcast live. Instead, viewers are going to have a 90-minutes feature on Sunday at 3:00 PM Eastern Time on CNBC, which will cover both the sprint and the Grand Prix. Commentary will be taken by the crew of MotoGP.com.
MotoGP Barcelona 2023 TV – Broadcast in Australia
All sessions for MotoGP will be live in Australia and they will be broadcast by Foxtel, as well as its streaming platform, Kayo. Live coverage for the sprint race will start at 13:35 PM on Saturday, while the channel will go live on 10:58 PM on Sunday for the Grand Prix.
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