Sky Sports and Now fire up the engines for the new F1 and MotoGP season
Sky Sport and Now fire up the engines for the new F1 and MotoGP season
Sky Sport and NOW turn on the engines for the new Formula 1 and MotoGP season. It starts on March 1° with the first Grand Prix of MotoGP in Thailand and on March 16 with the start of Formula 1 in Australia.
Sky s House of Sports è ready to tell with passion, expertise and the top of technology a season that promises to be the most compelling and uncertain ever. 11 months rich in adrenaline and speed, with over 1,000 hours live – of which more than 100 dedicated to columns and in-depth reports – spread over 42 exciting race weekends. In all, more than 200 live races with fantastic news for American motorsport fans: the NTT Indycar Series will be on Sky until 2027. In addition to Formula 1 and MotoGP, a long sequence of events is coming up with Superbike starting as early as tomorrow in Australia and races in Formula 2, Formula 3, Porsche Mobil 1 SuperCup, Moto2, Moto3, MotoE, World Rally Championship, European Rally Championship, GTWC, F1 Academy, CIV and many other championships to be followed live on Sky (also mobile on Sky Go) and streamed on NOW. An unmissable opportunity to experience all the iconic races of world motorsport including five events out of all of them: the Formula 1 GP in Monte-Carlo, the MotoGP stage in Assen, the Indianapolis 500, the Le Mans 24 Hours on Eurosport and the Rally d’Italia.
A daily and constantly evolving story thanks to the wealth of content available every day on the dedicated channels Sky Sport Formula 1 and Sky Sport MotoGP, on the all news channel Sky Sport 24, on demand, in the dedicated sections of the website skysport.it and thanks to the official social accounts of Sky Sport.
A narrative that is getting closer and closer to the fans, who every year also demonstrate in numbers the strong connection with the world of motors. The testimony è especially in the growth in the ratings of motorsport on Sky channels: during the’last season Formula 1 has in fact scored a +10% compared to the previous season. MotoGP is also growing, with a +12% compared to 2023.
Formula 1, which this year celebrates the 75th anniversary of its birth, restarts from a brand-new, hyper-technological central studio, the Remote Garage, which becomes 2.0 and is enriched with new functions, increasingly up to the challenge of new technologies and Artificial Intelligence. The faces and voices of the proven team return, from Carlo Vanzini to Marc Genè, Ivan Capelli and Roberto Chinchero on commentary, to the always attentive commentaries of Matteo Bobbi, the conduction of Davide Camicioli joined for the technical part by Vicky Piria, Mara Sangiorgio sent to the pits and the winning team of Race Anatomy F1. Space is also given to the stories of the new, great protagonists of a Formula 1 that looks to the future: among them, the special The Rookies, discovering the five drivers making their debut in 2025, an’exclusive interview with Kimi Antonelli, who opened the doors of his London home to Sky Sport, and a special to discover all the secrets of Leonardo Fornaroli who, after winning the Formula 3 world championship, is preparing for the new challenges of Formula 2.
The world of Motomondiale will also be without breaks and secrets: Guido Meda and Mauro Sanchini are celebrating their 10th season as a MotoGP commentary duo, with many new features, starting with TV Coach, a step forward in’use of SkySportTech with which track images will be analyzed in real time, thanks to the use of the most advanced version of image software of the MotoGP team video coaches. And then space for SankioTech, a new in-depth feature that takes advantage of Mauro Sanchini’s passion for motorcycle technology: we’ll talk about the functioning of suspensions, telemetry, aerodynamics, the secrets of riders’track helmets and much more. Alongside the pair of commentators, hostess Vera Spadini, Sandro Donato Grosso and Giovanni Zamagni from the pits, Rosario Triolo and Mattia Pasini to divide their time between Moto2 and Moto3 commentaries and forays into MotoGP, the Race Anatomy MotoGP team and, from this year, also the riders, protagonists of GPRoom: Scheduled forays into motorhomes where fans will discover the more private and domestic areas of life on the circuit.
