Prepared for the new BT Sport coverage of MotoGP ? Heres a breakdown of their latest commentary team announcement... BT Sport now has a five-year deal with Dorna Sports for exclusive rights to televise motorcycle racing’s premier contest, the FIM MotoGP™ World Championship, starting from the 2014 season, with the opening race in Qatar on March 23. Race weekends with BT Sport will be presented by television presenter Melanie Sykes alongside MotoGP experts, former British and World Superbike Champions, Neil Hodgson and James Toseland. BT Sport will be reuniting commentators Ryder and Huewen. Julian Ryder, previously Eurosports 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. MotoGP commentator and presenter Gavin Emmett will be BT Sport’s MotoGP reporter. The channel’s comprehensive coverage of MotoGP launches on March 18 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.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:30:31 +0000
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