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Oct 4Fabio Quartararo takes an 18-point world championship lead to Thailand with four MotoGP races remaining.
The Frenchman extended his slender lead despite finishing eighth in Japan after Francesco Bagnaia sensationally crashed out on the last lap.
Read on to find out all you need to know about how to watch this weekend’s Thailand Grand Prix live on BT Sport.
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2022 Thailand MotoGP: Race preview
A captivating MotoGP season produced another classic race last weekend as Quartararo extended his championship lead to 18 points in Japan.
Closest rival Bagnaia was in stunning form going into the race, but he crashed attempting to overtake the reigning world champion and current leader in a major moment in the title race.
“I was lucky that I didn’t touch Fabio in my crash, so I didn’t disturb his race, because it has been a big mess from me, and I’m not happy about it,” he said.
Aleix Espargaro also failed to register any points after finishing 16th, leaving Quartararo to inch closer to the title for a second successive year despite finishing eighth.
Australian Jack Miller capitalised on the contenders slipping up, finishing three seconds ahead of South African KTM rider Brad Binder to clinch victory in Motegi.
Miller and Binder were joined on the podium by Pramac’s Jorge Martin.
The returning six-time world champion Marc Marquez started on pole for Honda but finished fourth in his first race in three and half months following surgery on his arm.
The upshot of a remarkable Japanese Grand Prix is that Quartararo leads Bagnaia by 18 points and Espargaro by a further seven. Fourth-placed Enea Bastianini is 49 points off the pace.
Double MotoGP race winner Danilo Petrucci will make a surprise return in Thailand as Joan Mir’s replacement as the Spaniard struggles with an ankle injury sustained in Austria.
“I know it won’t be easy, so I’m not putting any expectations on the experience, I just want to enjoy it,” he said.
“I’m also excited to be one of the few riders in history jumping from a MotoGP machine to a Dakar bike, a Superbike, then another factory MotoGP bike!”
With four races remaining in an unpredictable MotoGP season, strap yourselves in for another action-packed weekend in Thailand.
2022 Thailand MotoGP: Race times
Friday 30 September
Free Practice 1: 3am - BT Sport 2
Free Practice 1: 7.15am - BT Sport 2
Saturday 1 October
Free Practice 3: 3am - BT Sport 2
Qualifying: 6am - BT Sport 2
Sunday 2 October
Warm-ups: 4am - BT Sport 2
Moto3 race: 6am - BT Sport 2
Moto2 race: 7am - BT Sport 2
MotoGP race: 8.30am - BT Sport 2
Chequered Flag: 10am - BT Sport 2
2022 Thailand MotoGP: Track guide
The Chang International Circuit in Thailand’s Buriram province, is the location for round 17 of the 2022 MotoGP championship this weekend.
The 4.554km layout incorporates 12 turns and can host up to 100,000 spectators.
Marquez was victorious at the circuit in the last GP here in 2019 and holds the all-time fastest lap record.
How to live stream the 2022 Thailand MotoGP on a phone or tablet
Anyone wanting to watch the race weekend can open the BT Sport app during the times listed above and follow the link on homepage.
The app is available to download for free on iOS and Android phones and tablets.
How to live stream the 2022 Thailand MotoGP on a laptop
Head to btsport.com at the times listed above to find a live stream link to the action taking place across the weekend.
On Sunday, watch Race Day via the enhanced video player by following this link.
How to watch the 2022 Thailand MotoGP on TV
What if I can’t watch the 2022 Thailand MotoGP live?
No problem! Our brilliant enhanced video player is available on both the BT Sport app on mobile and tablet and btsport.com.
Our innovative Raceday Experience allows viewers to use our interactive timeline to go back and re-watch all the key moments, overtakes and crashes.
And you can get even closer to the action with Rider 360 - hop on-board the top riders’ bikes for the ultimate immersive experience. Plus, you can enjoy the coverage along with your friends by choosing the Watch Together option.
In an added bonus, subscribers can watch back Saturday’s qualifying session in full if they miss any of the action.
And most importantly, the entire race day will remain available to watch spoiler-free immediately after broadcast - as it will on our large screen device app. Bookmark this page and return at your leisure to tune in from the outset.
Make your device’s home page spoiler-free!
Our award-winning app on mobile and tablets allows you to customise your home page to avoid seeing spoilers after big events.
To make the switch to a spoiler-free home page, open up the app and click 'More' in the bottom corner.
Under 'Settings' change the 'Landing page' option from 'Home' to 'Spoiler-free replays'.
You will then need to exit and close your app. Once you reload the app, your home page will default to the 'Spoiler-free' tab in the Sports navigation menu.
Once you're done in spoiler-free mode, you can either revert your home page back to the default option - or simply navigate away from the spoiler-free tab and check out some of our other must-see content across the app.
