Live sport returns to the broadcaster, in the UK and France.
Eurosport has picked up rights to show all 10 rounds of America’s premier motorcycle championship, the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, in the UK and France.
The series, which will begin behind-closed-doors, will also be available to watch on Eurosport in 54 countries and territories in Europe.
MotoAmerica Superbike Championship 2020 season schedule:
29-31 May – Round 1: Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
26-28 June – Round 2: Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
31 July-2 August – Round 3: Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia
7-9 August – Round 4: Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum, Pennsylvania
28-30 August – Round 5: Ridge Motorsports Park, Shelton, Washington
11-13 September – Round 6: New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, New Jersey
18-20 September – Round 7: Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama
9-11 October – Round 8: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana
23-25 October – Round 9: Laguna Seca, Monterey, California
13-15 November – Round 10: Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas
Andrew Georgiou, president, Eurosport and global sports rights & sports marketing solutions, said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to bring world-class live sport back to Eurosport. We have undisputed strength in motor sports, driven by both our Eurosport Events portfolio as well as Eurosport’s partnership with some of the biggest series in motorsport. We see great potential in partnering with the championship in more than 50 markets across Europe to harness the scale of Eurosport’s platforms to maximise reach and engagement around the series.”
MotoAmerica president and three-time 500cc World Champion, Wayne Rainey, added: “We have a lot of fans in Europe so it’s great that they will be able to watch the MotoAmerica Series this season on Eurosport. This is a big deal for our series to have Eurosport involved.”
Eurosport’s coverage of round one of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship from Road America, Wisconsin starts on Saturday evening at 9pm CEST / 8pm BST with the Supersport race and resumes the following day at 8pm CEST / 7pm BST.