Everything is ready for the third Sunday of the season: the races of the three classes live on TV on Sky Sport MotoGP and streaming on Now, deferred on TV8. Di Giannantonio still starts from pole, down in the Sprint after Marquez’s mistake. In the short race Martin returned to victory, then Bagnaia and Acosta, after Bezzecchi fell
After the qualifying session and the Sprint race on Saturday, the most awaited day of the weekend has now arrived, Sunday, also for the third round of the Mworld championship 2026. In fact, everything is ready for the United States Grand Prixwith the races of the three classes scheduled Sunday 29 March on the Circuit of the Americas (Cota) by Austinin Texas. In MotoGP he will start from pole position for the second time in a row Fabio Di Giannantoniowho as in Brazil was the fastest of all on the flying lap with his Ducati of the team VR46. But the Roman driver’s Sprint lasted only a few corners, ending up on the ground after a braking error Marc Marquez (sixth in qualifying). In an attempt to overtake his opponent, the world champion went long and fell, with Di Giannantonio unable to avoid it. Zero points for the two Ducatisti in the short race, as well as for Marco Bezzecchi. The winner of the first two races of the year crashed with three laps to go in the Sprint (second crash after Thailand’s). The official pilot Apriliasecond in official qualifying, will however start from fourth place in Austin due to a penalty for having obstructed Marquez in qualifying. Now, with one point more than Bezzecchi, his teammate is leading the championship Jorge Martinwho returned to victory for the first time in the Texan Sprint 511 days. The Spaniard, already very competitive in Thailand and Brazil, benefited from the choice of the medium tire on the rear, rather than the soft like the others. He will immediately try to repeat himself in the long race, where he will start with the Aprilia from seventh place on the grid. In the front row with Di Giannantonio, thanks to the penalty inflicted on Bezzecchi, they will be there Ktm Of Pedro Acosta and the Ducati of Pecco Bagnaia. The Spaniard finished third in the Sprint, where the Italian was a great protagonist and in the lead until half a lap from the end. Bagnaia immediately tried to escape and was about to return to success, only to be overtaken a few corners from the end by Martin, who had the best tire behind. In the Texan Sprint they met again Enea Bastianinifourth with Ktm Tech3And Alex Marquezfifth with Ducati Gresini. Good too Honda officers, with Joan Mir fifth in qualifying and then crashed in the Sprint, but also with Luca Marinisixth after 10 laps of the short race. However, there is still a lot to work on at home Yamahawith Fabio Quartararo outside the top-ten in both qualifying and the Sprint. Before the long race in Austin, Martin was back at the top of the championship with a one-point advantage over Bezzecchi and eight over Acosta. Among the Ducati riders, the best is Di Giannantonio at -20, Marquez at -23, Bagnaia at -38. As always, to precede the race from 19 laps of the premier class there will be those of the Moto3 and of Moto2.
MotoGP GP United States, where to watch the races in Austin
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The races of Moto3, Moto2 And MotoGP of Red Bull Grand Prix of the United States of Americascheduled Sunday 29 March 2026 on the Circuit of the Americas Of Austinin Texaswill be broadcast live in full by Sky on the canal Sky Sports MotoGP (channel 208even on the move SkyGo) and streaming on Nowwith MotoGP at 10pm. On TV8 in free-to-air the races will be broadcast deferred, with the top class at 12:00 11pm. The Cota (Circuit of the Americas), which has hosted the MotoGP since 2013is located a few km from the city of Austin, the capital of Texas, and measures 5,513 meters. With 20 curves11 on the left and nine on the right, is the first track of the year to be covered in an anti-clockwise direction. This track, where the Formula 1is really complete on a technical level, with two very long straights (like the one in the pits) and full of ups and downs, especially the important climb to get to the first braking section. A nice mix of medium-high speed corners, especially in the first part, and slower ones in the second half of the circuit.
MotoGP United States GP, Sunday TV programming
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Below are the Sunday opening hours Red Bull Grand Prix of the United States from Austinin Texaswith the complete television programming:
Sky Sport MotoGP (channel 208), Now and SkyGo (live)
Sunday 29 March 2026
- 5.40pm-5.50pm – MotoGP Warm Up
- 7.00pm – Moto3 Race 14 laps
- 8.15pm – Moto2 Race 16 laps
- 10.00pm – MotoGP Race 19 laps (live text on the Gazzetta website)
TV8 (free and deferred)
Sunday 29 March 2026
- 8.00pm – Moto3 14-lap race (delayed)
- 9.15pm – Moto2 16-lap race (delayed)
- 11.00pm – MotoGP Race 19 laps (delayed)
