BT Sport will continue to exclusively cover the MotoGP World Championship in the UK live after announcing a new three-year deal with series owners Dorna Sports.
The telecoms giant became the exclusive home of MotoGP in Britain in 2014, the coverage moving from free-to-air broadcaster BBC, which had shown the series since 2004.
The broadcaster will use a largely unchanged team featuring Suzi Perry, Craig Doyle, Gavin Emmett, ex-racers Colin Edwards, Neil Hodgson, James Toseland, Keith Huewen, with former British Superbike race winner Michael Laverty joining this season.
BT will also cover the inaugural season of the British Talent Cup, a Dorna initiative in the same vein as the Asia Talent Cup which aims to discover and nurture young riders from the UK.
“Dorna's managing director Manel Arroyo said of the new deal: “We are delighted to have extended our agreement with BT Sport for another three years.
“During our current agreement with BT Sport, MotoGP fans in the UK and Ireland have been treated to live coverage of all sessions of all grands prix on the BT Sport channels, with a fantastic team or presenters onsite to bring all the behind the scenes news and action from the paddock.
“We look forward to BT Sport continuing to provide fans in the British Isles with such high quality coverage of the championship during the 2019-2021 seasons, as well as their promotion of the MotoGP World Championship to a wider audience.
“We also look forwards to cooperating with BT Sport around the newly launched British Talent Cup, which will debut in 2018.
“This is an example of BT Sport and Dorna working together to support and develop young riders from the British Isles in the first step on their journey towards the MotoGP World Championship.”
BT has confirmed Hodgson will join Huewen in the commentary box for the upcoming season, after Julian Ryder announced his retirement from the role at the end of 2017.
