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MotoGP 2018 live stream: Time, TV/live stream info for Italian Grand Prix

Valentino Rossi has his first pole since 2016 for Sunday’s MotoGP race from Mugello Circuit in Italy. We have all you need to know to watch the action.

by James Brady

Jun 3, 2018, 10:00 AM UTC

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The sixth race of the 19-race 2018 MotoGP season is set for Sunday morning, and it should be a good one from Mugello Circuit: the Italian Grand Prix, or Grand Premio d’Italia. Valentino Rossi picked up his first MotoGP pole position since 2016 after besting Jorge Lorenzo by less than a tenth of a second.

The race is set for bright and early Sunday morning, beginning at 8 a.m. ET and broadcast by beIN Sports in the United States. Live streaming for Sunday’s action can be had via fuboTV or beIN Sports Connect. beIN Sports will have pre-race coverage for the three hours prior to the actual start around 8 a.m.

That should also include some coverage of Moto3 and Moto2 races, beginning at 5 a.m. and 6:20 a.m., respectively.

Mugello is one of the more advanced circuits on the MotoGP calendar, featuring one very long straight, three distinct shorter straights, multiple off-camber corners and long curves. Sunday’s race will be 23 laps, for a total distance of 120.6 km (75 miles).

Rossi’s time in qualifying was 1:46.208, while Lorenzo was 1:46.243. Johann Zarco, who had pole the last time out and has had it twice this season, will start ninth on the grid. The top 11 drivers were all in the 1:46 range for their laps.

Maverick Vinales will start third on the grid, followed by Andrea Iannone, Danilo Petrucci, Marc Marquez, Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow, Zarco and Alex Rins to round out the top 10. Marquez is the current points leader with 95, then Vinales with 59, Zarco with 58, Rossi with 56 and Petrucci with 54.

Below is all you need to know to watch the MotoGP action on Sunday.