After a dominant display in 2018, Marc Marquez looks to keep hold of the MotoGP crown, as the championship springs back to life in Qatar.

This year though, Marquez has a new partner at Repsol Honda in Jorge Lorenzo, a pairing that will be fascinating to watch as the season progresses. For UK fans, live coverage of the series remains on BT Sport.

2019 is the first of BT’s new three year MotoGP contract, and with it Suzi Perry is on-board as BT’s presenter at every race this season. The main personnel change for BT is that James Toseland is no longer with the team.

On the free-to-air front, highlights of the championship move from Channel 5 to Quest, with the 60-minute show airing in an earlier time slot on Monday evenings.

Staying on tarmac, Formula E makes the jump to BBC Two for the Hong Kong E-Prix as part of their commitment to air one race on terrestrial television. In a throwback to ITV’s coverage of the series, Jennie Gow presents from the BBC’s Salford studios.

Jamie Chadwick and Marc Priestley are alongside Gow in the BBC studio, instead of Billy Monger as originally billed. Prior to the live airing, delayed coverage of qualifying airs via the Red Button for the first time.

To be honest, there is an argument that the Formula E World Feed on its own would have been a better approach, especially as the World Feed output has matured since ITV covered the series in its inaugural years. Saying that, adding a bit of colour to the broadcast is par for the course for BBC’s sporting output on linear television, so it is not too surprising.

Meanwhile, the IndyCar Series moves from BT Sport to Sky Sports F1 in a multi-year deal, with Sky covering qualifying and the race live. The expectation is that Sky are taking IndyCar’s World Feed without any bespoke wrap-around content. UK viewers will hear the likes of Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy calling the action.

There is a lot of action across the weekend, with IndyCar overlapping with both MotoGP and the climax of Rally Mexico.

MotoGP – Qatar (BT Sport 2)

02/03 – 19:45 to 20:45 – Season Preview

08/03 – 10:30 to 18:15 – Practice 1 and 2

09/03 – 10:15 to 13:15 – Practice 3

09/03 – 14:00 to 16:15 – Qualifying

10/03 – 11:30 to 19:00

=> 11:30 – Warm Ups

=> 13:15 – Moto3

=> 15:00 – Moto2

=> 16:30 – MotoGP

=> 18:00 – Chequered Flag

MotoGP – Qatar (Quest)

11/03 – 18:00 to 19:00 – Highlights

Formula E – Hong Kong

Shakedown, Practice and Qualifying also air live on YouTube…

09/03 – 07:45 to 08:30 – Shakedown (BT Sport 1)

09/03 (Saturday night) – 23:15 to 00:15 – Practice 1 (BT Sport 3)

10/03 – 01:45 to 02:45 – Practice 2 (BT Sport 3)

10/03 – 03:30 to 05:00 – Qualifying (BT Sport 3 and Eurosport)

10/03 – 06:00 to 07:30 – Qualifying Delayed (BBC Red Button)

10/03 – 07:30 to 09:30 – Race

=> live on BBC Two until 09:15

=> live on BT Sport 3

=> live on Eurosport 2

10/03 – 07:30 to 09:10 – Race: Voltage (YouTube)

IndyCar Series – St Petersburg (Sky Sports F1)

09/03 – 19:30 to 21:00 – Qualifying

10/03 – 16:30 to 20:30 – Race

World Rally Championship – Mexico (All Live)

Every stage also live via WRCPlus.com

07/03 – 16:45 to 18:15 – Shakedown (BT Sport Extra 1)

08/03 – 01:30 to 03:00 – Stage 1 (BT Sport Extra 1)

08/03 – 15:00 to 02:15 – Stages 2 to 9 (BT Sport Extra 3)

09/03 – 13:15 to 02:45 – Stages 10 to 18 (BT Sport Extra 1)

10/03 – 14:00 to 19:45 – Stages 19 to 21 (BT Sport Extra 2)

World Rally Championship – Mexico

08/03 – 02:00 to 03:00 – Stage 1 (BT Sport 3)

09/03 – 05:00 to 05:30 – Day 1 Highlights (BT Sport 2)

09/03 – 17:00 to 18:00 – Stage 12 (BT Sport/ESPN)

10/03 – 05:00 to 05:30 – Day 2 Highlights (BT Sport 3)

10/03 – 18:00 to 19:30 – Stage 16 [Power Stage] (BT Sport/ESPN)

11/03 – 16:00 to 16:30 – Day 3 Highlights (BT Sport 3)

11/03 – 19:00 to 20:00 – Highlights (5Spike)

Asia Talent Cup – Qatar (BT Sport 2)

09/03 – 13:15 to 14:00 – Race 1

10/03 – 10:30 to 11:30 – Race 2

Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series – Hong Kong (BT Sport 3)

10/03 – 00:15 to 01:15 – Qualifying

10/03 – 05:45 to 06:45 – Race

As always, I will update the schedule if anything changes.

Updated on March 5th with changes to the BBC’s Formula E line-up. Updated further on March 8th, with Quest’s MotoGP deal announcement.