MotoGP | Here are the TV schedules of Sky and TV8 of the Emilia Romagna GP

Same story, same place, same bar. This is how a famous song by Max Pezzali began and that’s a bit of what MotoGP riders and fans will experience this weekend. After two weeks, the MotoGP caravan returns to Misano, where two weeks ago the San Marino and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix was held and where this weekend the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix will take place.

A Grand Prix that promises to be very tense, given that everyone will arrive with a veritable multitude of data, even if this time the weather could have a greater impact than it did in the last race, with those few drops of rain that fell between the seventh and eighth lap that allowed Marc Marquez to come back and induced Jorge Martin to make a mistake, as he tried to change bikes too early.

This time the rain could be constant for the whole day of Friday, but also for Saturday and Sunday the forecast is rather uncertain. Temperatures should also be lower, however, since Italy seems to have suddenly passed from summer to autumn in the last few days. For all this, however, we will have to wait for the weekend and see what actually happens.

The only certainties are those that the track gave us two weekends ago, starting with Marquez’s second consecutive victory. Even though his two successes came in very particular conditions (in Aragon the grip was almost zero), they allowed the Gresini Racing rider to get back to 53 points from the top, therefore in a position to be ready to take advantage if Pecco Bagnaia and Martin continue to make mistakes.

Thanks to the victory in the Misano 1 Sprint, despite Sunday’s blunder, the Prima Pramac Racing rider from Madrid has maintained the world championship lead, even though with two second places Bagnaia has reduced the gap in the standings to just 7 points. Seven like the races remaining until the end of the season, which leave the games still wide open, with the feeling that for the third consecutive year it could be the grand finale in Valencia that decides who will sit on the throne.

Below, you will find the full schedule, as well as TV and Motorsport.com LIVE coverage of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

MotoGP 2024: Emilia Romagna Grand Prix schedule

Two weeks after the San Marino and Riviera di Rimini Grand Prix, MotoGP returns to Misano for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the last European round before five that will be held on the Asian continent. The format is the classic Sprint weekend, but this time there is a small change on Sunday, with the program brought forward by an hour to avoid a clash between the premier class race, which will start at 1 pm, and the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.

Friday 20th September

FP1 Moto3: 9:00-9:35
FP1 Moto2: 9:50-10:30
FP1 MotoGP: 10:45-11:30
FP2 Moto3: 13:15-13:50
FP2 Moto2: 2.05pm-2.45pm
FP2 MotoGP: 15:00-16:00

Saturday 21st September

FP3 Moto3: 8:40-9:10
FP3 Moto2: 9:25-9:55
P MotoGP: 10:10-10:40
MotoGP Qualifying: 10:50-11:30
Moto3 Qualifying: 12:50-13:30
Moto2 Qualifying: 13:45-14:25
MotoGP Sprint: 3:00 PM

Sunday 22nd September

MotoGP Warm Up: 8:40-8:50
Moto3 Race: 10:00
Moto2 Race: 11:15
MotoGP Race: 13:00

MotoGP 2024: How can I watch the San Marino Grand Prix?

Sky Sport MotoGP HD (Sky channel 208) and Now: full live coverage of all the weekend’s sessions and the MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 races.

TV8 HD (channel 8 of digital terrestrial): Live coverage of the qualifications of the three classes and the MotoGP Sprint on Saturday. Delayed coverage of the races of the three classes on Sunday (Moto3 at 13:00; Moto2 at 14:15; MotoGP at 16:00)

MotoGP 2024: Motorsport.com’s LIVE coverage of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Saturday 21st September

MotoGP Qualifying: from 10:20 am
MotoGP Sprint: from 2.30pm

Sunday 22nd September

MotoGP Race: from 12.30pm

Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing Team

Photo credit: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

MotoGP 2024: discover the Misano circuit

The Misano circuit, built in 1972, has undergone several changes to become one of the most iconic on the calendar. Traditionally “home” to Valentino Rossi (the track is very close to Tavullia) and other drivers from the region, it is one of the Italian circuits on the calendar, and is a favourite with both grid members and fans.

Home to the Italian Grand Prix in the 1980s and 1990s, it now hosts the San Marino GP (and in two weeks, due to the cancellation of other events, will host the Emilia Romagna GP), and underwent a major renovation in 2007.

At 4.2 km, Misano is one of the shortest tracks on the MotoGP calendar, because the races here will be quite long in terms of laps. The MotoGP race on Sunday will be 27 laps, while the Sprint race on Saturday will be 13 laps. In addition, the Moto2 race will be 22 laps and the Moto3 race will be 20 laps, both on Sunday.