BT Sport Unveils MotoGp Plans: BT Sport has unveiled details of its programmes and presenters for the 2014 FIM MotoGP World Championship season. Page Content It says it will be the most extensive coverage of the sport ever seen in the UK. BT Sport has a five-year deal with Dorna Sports for exclusive rights to televise motorcycle racing’s premier contest, starting with the 2014 season opening race in Qatar on 23 March. Race weekends will be presented by television presenter Melanie Sykes alongside MotoGP experts – and former British and world superbike champions Neil Hodgson and James Toseland. Julian Ryder, previously Eurosport’s MotoGP commentator of more than 14 years, will be joined by former British champion and motorsport commentator Keith Huewen, along with Motorcycle News chief grand prix correspondent Matt Birt. And MotoGP commentator and presenter Gavin Emmett will be BT Sport’s MotoGP reporter. Simon Green, head of BT Sport, said: “MotoGP is the top, two-wheeled motorsport. It’s massive in the UK and we’re heading into it at full throttle and following every second of the action. We’re sure we’ll appeal to committed fans, but we also think we will win over and welcome new fans to the sport.” Coverage launches on 18 March with a special preview show, featuring interviews with all the top riders and action from the key official pre-season tests. For each of the 19 race meetings in 2014, BT Sport will show the free practice and qualifying sessions live, full coverage of the Moto2 and Moto3 races and the elite MotoGP race across Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A new hour-long programme, MotoGP Tonight, will be broadcast at 20:00 (GMT) on Tuesdays, after every Grand Prix weekend. This will be presented by BT Sport’s Craig Doyle and former Olympian and European and Commonwealth Games 400m champion and biker Iwan Thomas. Live race weekend coverage on BT Sport will usually start on Friday mornings and will include all practice sessions and races throughout the weekend, with around five hours of coverage each day. The opening night-time event in Qatar will be an exception to this, with additional coverage on Thursday 20 March from 15:00 to 19:45. BT Sport is also creating a second screen MotoGP experience as part of the BT Sport app. Users will be able to watch the main coverage and choose from seven other camera views, including four fitted to bikes hitting more than 200mph, a helicopter view, and live timing and tracking screens.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:31:10 +0000
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