On Friday April 8, BT Sport will show the opening day live from 3pm.

On Saturday April 9, the live action on BT Sport starts at 3pm with Free Practice 3.

Qualifying live coverage is at 6pm.

On Sunday April 10, the live action begins on BT Sport at 3.15pm with the warm-ups for MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3.

Coverage of the MotoGP live race is at 4.30pm.

Marc Marquez to return at Austin MotoGP

Eight-time world cha🦹mpion Marc Marquez will be back in MotoGP action at this weekend's COTA round in Austin, Texas.

After missing the Mandalika race due to concussion suffered in a massive warm-up highside, his fourth fall of a punishing Indonesian event, Marquez was later diagnosed with another episode 💦of diplopia, forcing him to miss last weekend's Argentine r💟ound.

The double-vision problem previou💦sly kept Marquez off any kind of motorcycle for almost three months, from last October to mid-January.

Fortunately, the nerve damage to his right eye was less severe on this occasion and, after confirming no vision issues during a track test with a CBR600RR at Alcarras on Tuesd𓂃ay, Marquez will now return to action for Repsol Honda at one of his most successful circuits.

The decision has been 🧜taken 'after consultation ♏and clearance from his medical team'.

“Of course I am very happy to be back, it’s a great feeling to return and eᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚspecially to do it at one of my favourite tracks. No matter the situation, I really enjoy riding in Texas and have incredible memories there," Marquez said.

"We have s♓ome work to do after missing two rౠaces and the whole Argentina weekend so I am not here to set one target at the moment. There’s many things to do and consider, but the important thing is that we are back on the bike this weekend.”

Marquez has taken victory in all but one race (falling from the ܫlead in 2019) held at COTA since the Texan circuit's debut on the MotoGP calendar in 2013.

A run of three different winners and nine podium finishers means Aprilia's 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro currently leads the e🦂arly world championship standings with a score of just 45 (out ofꦬ a possible 75) points. 

For comparison, eventual champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo had scored 61 points after three rou🌠nds last season.

Marquez currently has 11 points f⛎or a fifth pl𓂃ace in the Qatar season-opener. 18 races and a potential 450 points remain.

Injuries have prevented Marquez comple🎐ting a full MotoGP season since winning🅠 his sixth premier-class crown with ease in 2019, lengthly complications from a broken arm at Jerez 2020 being followed by the late-2021 diplopia (after an enduro training accident) and now the Mandalika highside.

Marquez first suffered diplopia due to an accident at Sepang in 2011, costing him the chance to fight 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Stefan Bradl for the Moto2 title at🌳 the Valencia finale. Bradl, now a HRC t🅰est rider, replaced Marquez in Argentina.

Team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pol Espargaro is currently the top Honda rider in the world championship, holdin🅰g tenth place (20 points) and having take𓆏n the new RC213V's only podium to date with third at Lusail.

"Already it looks like there will be many people in the mix for the championship this year so we need to get back to scoring points and putting together weekends like the start of the year," said Espargaro, who fell 𒐪from fourth place in the Termas race. "It’s time to get some more points on the board and start building something.”