The MotoGP racing season returned in March 2024, and 11 meetings into this year's 20-race calendar, it appears to be a straight shoot-out at the top of the World Riders' Championship standings between two-time defending champion Francesco Bagnaia and his closest challenger, Ducati rival Jorge Martín.
A shake-up in the racing calendar and locations saw the season opener — won at the death by Bagnaia — return to Qatar's Lusail International Circuit, while the Grand Prix of Aragon also returned to the schedule. Bagnaia has also picked up victories in Jerez, Catalonia, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria, yet only leads Martin in the standings by five points.
Martin, meanwhile, may have only collected victories at the Portuguese and French Grands Prix in the earlier weeks of the season, but a host of second and third-placed finishes have the Spaniard right on Bagnaia's coat-tails and firmly in the fight to win a maiden MotoGP Championship title.
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Martin and Bagnaia's compatriots Maverick Viñales and Enea Bastianini are the only other riders to have won races so far in 2024, doing so in the USA and Great Britain respectively, but with the returning Aragon Grand Prix coming up next as the season approaches its final straight, the top two will be keen to pull even further away from the chasing pack.
With 20 races and 27 drivers giving their all to wrestle control of the World Riders' Championship away from Bagnaia, anticipation remains high in the 2024 MotoGP season. To keep tabs on all the action throughout the rest of the year, The Sporting News has you covered.
2024 MotoGP season schedule
The new season of MotoGP action got underway at Qatar's Lusail International Circuit, before the Portuguese Grand Prix saw Bagnaia's early lead in the championship standings take a serious hit from Martin and Bastianini.
After the Qatar and American Grand Prix races concluded in mid-March and April respectively, so began a long stretch of meetings across Europe which we're now coming towards the end of of, traversing various spiritual homes of motorsport and some iconic circuits to boot.
With Spain, France and Catalonia, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and Austria all boxed off, we've got the Aragon, San Marino and Emilia Romagna Grands Prix coming up next, before the 27 riders head east for the final, pivotal races of the 2024 season.
Meetings in Indonesia, Japan, Australia, Thailand and Malaysia will be decisive for the final rankings in this year's World Championship, which returns to Spain for the final race of the year with the Valencian Grand Prix at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
MotoGP race schedule in 2024
| Date | Race | Circuit |
| September 1 | Gran Premio de Aragon | Motorland Aragon, Spain |
| September 8 | San Marino and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix | Misano World Circuit, Italy (Emilia-Romagna/San Marino border) |
| September 22 | Emilia–Romagna Grand Prix | Misano World Circuit, Italy |
| September 29 | Grand Prix of Indonesia | Mandalika International Street Circuit |
| October 6 | Grand Prix of Japan | Mobility Resort Motegi |
| October 20 | Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit |
| October 27 | OR Thailand Grand Prix | Buriram International Circuit |
| November 3 | Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia | Sepang International Circuit |
| November 17 | Valencian Community Grand Prix | Circuit Ricardo Tormo |
How to watch the 2024 MotoGP season in the USA
- TV channel: truTV
- Live stream: Max, Sling TV
This season's MotoGP action is being shown exclusively on TNT Sports' channels after the US broadcaster picked up the rights at the last minute with every race being shown on truTv. Streaming will be available on Max.
Sling TV is also the place to go for live streaming of every race.
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How to watch the 2024 MotoGP season in Canada
- TV channel: REV TV
- Live stream: TSN+
REV TV are broadcasting English-speaking coverage of every MotoGP race this season, one of the country's biggest sports channels. French language coverage of the campaign is only available for certain meetings.
Although TSN have only broadcasted a handful of selected races on their terrestrial TV channel so far this season, the streaming service TSN+ does have coverage of every single meeting in 2024, both live and on catch-up.
How to watch the 2024 MotoGP season in the UK
- TV channel: TNT Sports, ITV4
- Live stream: discovery+, ITVX
UK-based MotoGP fans have two TV options to enjoy the action in 2024, with TNT Sports providing wall-to-wall coverage of each race via their subscription service and streaming service discovery+.
Free-to-air broadcasting this season will also be provided by ITV, and viewers can either watch live on ITV4 or stream via ITVX.
How to watch the 2024 MotoGP season in Australia
- TV channel: Fox Sports / 10 Network
- Live stream: Kayo Sports / Foxtel Now
Australia too has both free-to-air and subscription-based options for this season's MotoGP coverage, with Fox Sports and 10 Network providing terrestrial TV down under. Fox Sports subscribers can watch on TV or via the Foxtel Now streaming service, which will also provide the feed for Kayo Sports.
How to watch the 2024 MotoGP season in India
MotoGP fans in India can watch coverage of all the races on Eurosport TV, with streaming of the action both live and on catch-up also being provided by Viacom18.