GP Austria 2026: Sky/Now and TV8 schedules

They race at the Red Bull Ring

After the Misano weekend, the MotoGP World Championship immediately heads towards Austria, specifically Styria, for the Red Bull Ring event.

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Marc Marquez has joined Jorge Martin in the Riders’ standings and the 2024 world champion will have to cope with forearm problems that emerged on Sunday at Misano. Marco Bezzecchi will try to redeem Sunday’s crash, while Fermin Aldeguer’s weekend is worth watching closely, second a year ago and very fast at Misano.

The event will be broadcast live in full on Sky Sport MotoGP, on TV8 the Sunday races will be delayed, while all Saturday sessions from MotoGP Qualifying onwards until the premier class Sprint will also be broadcast live on free-to-air TV. On FormulaPassion.it you will find live text coverage of all sessions featuring MotoGP on track. Below are the TV schedule details and the characteristics of the Red Bull Ring circuit.

GP Austria 2026: session times and TV schedule

Friday, September 18
09:00-09:35 Moto3 Free Practice 1
09:50-10:30 Moto2 Free Practice 1
10:45-11:30 MotoGP Free Practice 1 (live text on FormulaPassion.it)
13:15-13:50 Moto3 Practice 1
14:05-14:45 Moto2 Practice 1
15:00-16:00 MotoGP Practice (live text on FormulaPassion.it)

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Saturday, September 19
08:40-09:10 Moto3 Practice 2
09:25-09:55 Moto2 Practice 2
10:10-10:40 MotoGP Free Practice 2 (live text on FormulaPassion.it)
10:50-11:05 MotoGP Q1 (live on TV8 and live text on FormulaPassion.it)
11:15-11:30 MotoGP Q2 (live on TV8 and live text on FormulaPassion.it)
12:45-13:00 Moto3 Q1 (live on TV8)
13:10-13:25 Moto3 Q2 (live on TV8)
13:40-13:55 Moto2 Q1 (live on TV8)
14:05-14:20 Moto2 Q2 (live on TV8)
15:00 MotoGP Sprint 14 laps (live on TV8 and live text on FormulaPassion.it)

Sunday, September 20
09:40-09:50 MotoGP Warm-Up
11:00 Moto3 Race (delayed on TV8 at 14:00)
12:15 Moto2 Race (delayed on TV8 at 15:15)
14:00 MotoGP Race (delayed on TV8 at 17:00 and live text on FormulaPassion.it)

Characteristics of the Red Bull Ring circuit

Track length: 4.3 km
Corners: 11, 3 left, 8 right
Width: 13m
Longest straight: 626m

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