How to watch MotoGP: start times and live streaming in Portugal

This weekend, Portugal will host the first round of the 2023 MotoGP Championship: the long wait is over.

Of course you want to know How you can watch the race, so here’s everything you need to know about the event, plus a full calendar for 2023, plus your streaming and TV viewing options.

When does the Portuguese MotoGP race start?

• Sunday, March 26 V 14:00 Moscow time (also 14:00 local time)

Free practice is broadcast on Fridays and Saturdays, followed by qualification. Here is the schedule for the weekend. For those in the UK, remember that clocks advance on Sunday mornings, so Sunday is in British Summer Time and Friday and Saturday are in GMT.)

• Friday 24 March Practice 1: 10:45-11:30, Workout 2: 15:00-16:00
• Saturday 25th of March Free practice: 10.10-10.40, Qualification: 10.50-11.30
• Sunday 2March, 6 Warm up: 9:45-9:55; Start of the race – 14:00.

Here are the start times around the world. The race starts at 9am for East Coast residents and 6am for West Coast residents.

Is MotoGP shown on free TV?

In some countries this is true, but in most places you will need the correct pay TV package.

In the UK, for example, BT Sport has exclusive live broadcast rights until 2024.

Highlights of the race are available on ITV4. You can follow the race in Portugal on Monday 27 March at 22:15. They will also be on ITV X.

If you don’t have BT broadband, you can still get BT Sport by purchasing Monthly subscription, which costs £29.99. But for those with BT broadband, Adding a TV package is easy.

In the US, NBC has exclusive rights to broadcast MotoGP for the 2023 season. Broadcasts will air on either NBC or CNBC, as well as NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Only some of them will be shown live (for example, the American Grand Prix on April 16 at 2:30 pm ET, and most are broadcast later after the race on the same day).

Here is a list of broadcasters in different countries and regions that (as far as we know) will be showing MotoGP races in 2022:

• GREAT BRITAIN: BT Sport 2
• USA: NBC and CNBC – full list of broadcast times here
• Australia: Foxtel / Kayo Sports
• Canada: Rev TV (via cable providers)
• Africa: Supersport
• Asia: Fox Sports
• Belgium: channel +
• Benelux: Eurosport
• Brazil: Fox Sports
• Czech Republic Slovakia: Nova Sport
• France: C8
• Germany: Servus TV
• Greece: CosmoteTv
• Indian subcontinent: OSport
• Indonesia: Trans7
• Italy:
• Japan: G+
• Japan: Hulu
• Latin America: ESPN
• Mexico: ESPN2
• Netherlands: Ziggo Sport
• Poland: Polsat Sport
• Portugal: Sports TV
• Russia: motorsport.tv
• Spain: DAZN
• Sweden: via satellite
• Switzerland: SRF
• Thailand: PPTV HD

Wherever you are, you can get MotoGP VideoPass, which lets you stream live and on-demand coverage of each GP on your devices—and on TV if you have an Android TV, Apple TV, Roku, or Amazon Fire TV.

It costs 199.99 € for the whole season. Streaming is in Full HD—not UHD, unfortunately—but also includes 45,000 videos to watch since 1992.

Watch MotoGP via VPN

Using a VPN allows you to watch MotoGP even if you are outside your country when the race is in progress. Alternatively, this means that you can watch races live for free by watching a streaming service showing the race on free TV and streaming it on their website. You just start the VPN, connect to a server in your country and from abroad you can watch as if you were at home.

Of course, this also works the other way around and allows you to watch the races on TV networks that are streamed online but are region-locked. You may still need an account for this TV service, but with a good VPN like NordVPN you can bypass these regional blocks.

We can’t show you how to unblock each streaming service or which VPN unblocks each one, but here’s a quick guide so you can see how easy it is to use a VPN to appear to be in the same country as the streaming service. even if you are really somewhere else. Keep in mind that you’ll need an account with the streaming service and, if applicable, a valid subscription if you can’t watch it (like most of them).

1.

Sign up for NordVPN

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By default, the Full plan is selected, but if you only need a VPN, click Standard. At the top, select a plan for two years, a year, or a month.

Follow the instructions to create an account and pay.

2.

Install the NordVPN App

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If you are using a phone or tablet, just go to the app store (Google Play for Android) and search for NordVPN, then install it.

If you’re using Windows, sign in to your NordVPN account in a web browser, go to the Downloads section, and click Download App next to Get NordVPN for Windows. Run the downloaded file to install it.

3.

Launch NordVPN

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Launch the app and sign in with the email address and password you entered when you created your NordVPN account. On Windows, you should see this screen, but other applications are very similar.

Either use the location list (the word icon in the top left) or scroll the map to connect to the country where the streaming service is based. Here we are connecting to London, UK for BT Sport 2.

Allow NordVPN to establish a VPN connection when prompted. You may need to enter your Windows password or passcode on your mobile device.

4.

Wait until the VPN is connected

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You should see a message that the VPN is connected. You can see this from the green UNITED and padlock over the United Kingdom.

5.

Open the streaming service app

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Open your streaming service app or go to their website.

Log in to your account (create one if you don’t have one) and then go to MotoGP coverage. It should work fine as the VPN gives the impression that you are in the UK even if you are somewhere else in the world.

MotoGP 2023 calendar