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Sky Sports increases its coverage of motorsport when it starts to broadcast FIA Formula 2 Championship (previously known as GP2) and FIA Formula 3 Championship on Sky Sports F1. 2014. January – BT Sport acquires the rights to broadcast the World Rally Championship for the 2014 season. BT Sport begins showing MotoGP. Coverage is more extensive ...
Keith Alan Huewen (born 23 August 1956 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex) is an English former professional Grand Prix motorbike road racer, [1] [2] and ex sports commentator with BT Sport where he primarily commentated on MotoGP. [3] Huewen lives in Northampton and is a serving member on the board of Riders for Health a charity founded by motorcycle ...
The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship in existence. [2]
2021 Moto3 World Championship. 2021 MotoE World Cup. Fabio Quartararo (pictured in 2022) was the 2021 MotoGP World Riders' Champion. Francesco Bagnaia finished runner-up on his first year with Ducati Lenovo Team. Joan Mir, the defending champion, finished third. Valentino Rossi retired at the end of the season after a 26-year career.
TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe and BT Group, they first launched on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at Warner Bros. Discovery's complex in Chiswick Business Park, London, having been based at Here East, the former ...
The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship. There were five classes when the championship started in 1949; 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and sidecar (600cc).
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes: MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3. Classes that have been discontinued include 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing ...
Colin Edwards II (born February 27, 1974), nicknamed the " Texas Tornado ", is an American former professional motorcycle racer who retired half-way through the 2014 season, but continues in the sport as a factory test rider. He is a two-time World Superbike champion and competed in the MotoGP class from 2003 to 2014.