MotoGP™ Virtual Race 2 – tune in today!

2020-04-18 15:06
At 15:00 (GMT +2) on Sunday the 12th of April, another cast of premier class superstars will be lining up for MotoGP™ Virtual Race 2. A few return from the first race – like reigning MotoGP™ World Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) – and a few new faces take on the competition too, including the likes of Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Team).

It's ten laps of the Red Bull Ring this time around, with the riders playing on the official MotoGP™19 Videogame from videogame developer, publisher and longstanding partner Milestone, as MotoGP™20 gets ready for launch on Friday the 23rd of April.

The five-minute time-attack qualifying session is broadcast before the race, with the show beginning at 15:00 (GMT +2). Fans can watch on motogp.com and esport.motogp.com, on selected TV broadcasters, and across social media platforms including YouTube (via the MotoGP and MotoGP eSport channels), MotoGP eSport Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook (via both the MotoGP and MotoGP eSport pages). An Instagram Live with the winner will debrief fans soon after the race too, at 16:00!

Broadcasters include SKY Italy, Canal+ in France, DAZN in Spain, Italy and DACHS, BT Sport in the UK, ServusTV in Austria and Germany, OTE in Greece, SwissTV in Switzerland, SportTV in Portugal, Sport5 Israel, Sportklub in Serbia, MTV Finland, NBC in the USA, ESPN in Latin America, Trans TV in Indonesia and Fox Asia, amongst others.

A reminder of the line-up:
Repsol Honda Team: Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez
Ducati Team: Danilo Petrucci, Michele Pirro
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP: Valentino Rossi, Maverick Viñales
Petronas Yamaha SRT: Fabio Quartararo
Pramac Racing: Francesco Bagnaia
LCR Honda Idemitsu: Takaaki Nakagami
Reale Avintia Racing: Tito Rabat

Will it be a new competitor taking the second ever Virtual Race win? Or a returning rider from Race 1? Find out at at 15:00 (GMT+2), and don't forget, the winner will then go LIVE on Instagram with MotoGP™ to debrief at 16:00!

Source: Dorna Sports

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