{"id":439386,"date":"2026-05-13T09:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/439386\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:43:08","slug":"time-schedule-monster-energy-grand-prix-of-catalunya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/439386\/","title":{"rendered":"TIME SCHEDULE: Monster Energy Grand Prix of Catalunya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than seven days after the conclusion of the French GP, we are ready to do it all again \u2013 this time at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/calendar\/2026\/event\/catalunya\/200bf59d-3db2-4e17-a903-4be204fa3496?tab=overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monster Energy Grand Prix of Catalunya<\/a>! We\u2019re expecting another weekend of wall-to-wall entertainment at over 200mph. Just one point separates the World Championship leaders, with everything to play for as the sixth chapter of the season is ready to begin. From Thursday\u2019s Media Day stories to Sunday\u2019s blockbuster, check out the schedule this weekend!<\/p>\n<p>THURSDAY: HEAR THE LATEST ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be a race weekend without MotoGP GearUp kicking things off on Thursday afternoon as Jack Appleyard and Louis Suddaby bring you up to speed from 15:30 Local Time (UTC +2). Then it\u2019s straight over to Thursday\u2019s Press Conference, where you can hear from Championship leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/riders\/marco-bezzecchi\/e622ec5b-5ccf-457c-a67f-ec028f0ddf6e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Bezzecchi<\/a> (Aprilia Racing), recent French GP winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/riders\/jorge-martin\/5b9af34e-da94-4ca2-9c4c-6be0fc8b1bbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jorge Martin<\/a> (Aprilia Racing and last year\u2019s Catalan GP winner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/riders\/alex-marquez\/41195f0f-9817-4a4d-913e-c1fbbb351d9b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Marquez<\/a> (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP)!<\/p>\n<p>FRIDAY: TRACK ACTION GETS UNDERWAY<\/p>\n<p>All talking stops on Friday as Moto3 heads out for FP1 at 09:00, swiftly followed by Moto2 at 09:50 before the MotoGP stars enjoy their first 45 minutes of action with FP1 at 10:45. After a short break, Moto3 return for an important Practice session, deciding direct entry to Q2 at 13:15. Moto2 Practice begins at 14:05 before MotoGP rounds off an incredible day of action at 15:00.<\/p>\n<p>SATURDAY: QUALIFYING AND A SPRINT SHOWDOWN<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re up bright and early on Saturday morning as Moto3 roars back into action at 08:40 for FP2 ahead of Moto2\u2019s turn at 09:25. The premier class is next up, enjoying their FP2 at 10:10 before an important qualifying gets underway from 10:50. Once the MotoGP grid is decided, we\u2019ll enjoy a short break ahead of Moto3 qualifying at 12:45 and Moto2 qualifying at 13:40. Saturday will be wrapped up with racing action as we go lights out in the Tissot Sprint at 15:00!<\/p>\n<p>SUNDAY: ELBOWS OUT IN BARCELONA!<\/p>\n<p>Sunday starts with MotoGP Warm Up, offering the first glimpse of the day\u2019s action before we go racing. First up, Moto3 takes to the track at 11:00 for an 18-lap scrap, before it\u2019s Moto2\u2019s turn at 12:15, with the intermediate class preparing to do battle across 21 laps. Then comes the main event as MotoGP goes lights out for the Catalan GP at 14:00. The action doesn\u2019t stop after the chequered flag falls, with analysis in After the Flag from 15:15 ahead of the post-GP Press Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Ready for more? Join us as Martin targets back-to-back victories, while Bezzecchi looks to strengthen his Championship lead. See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than seven days after the conclusion of the French GP, we are ready to do it all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-439386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}