09
March
2016
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09:09
Europe/London

BT Sport signs Suzi Perry as new TV presenter

Summary

TV presenter Suzi Perry is joining BT Sport to present across a range of live sport and programming, including the FIM MotoGP™ World Championship.

TV presenter Suzi Perry is joining BT Sport to present across a range of live sport and programming, including the FIM MotoGP™ World Championship. Suzi joins a list of high profile presenters at BT Sport, including Jake Humphrey, Gary Lineker and Clare Balding.

Suzi has many years of experience presenting motorsport and will showcase her knowledge across BT Sport’s coverage including the FIM MotoGP™ World Championship, FIM Speedway and the World Rally Championships.Suzi will also present other programming strands for the channel which will be announced in the coming weeks.

The MotoGP season starts on Thursday March 17, in Qatar, with exclusively live coverage of all 18 races until the season finale in November. BT Sport show all of the practice and qualifying sessions live, full coverage of the Moto2™, Moto3™ and MotoGP races across Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Suzi will share presenting duties with Craig Doyle.

Suzi Perry, said: “I’m really excited to be joining BT Sport and working with their tremendous team. Motorsport continues to be massive in the UK and I can’t wait to bring BT Sport viewers all of the action from in front of the camera.”

Simon Green, head of BT Sport, said: “Suzi is an extremely popular and well respected TV presenter and I’m delighted she is joining our team.Our viewers will really benefit from her vast motorsport knowledge and experience across our growing portfolio of motorsport.”

Alongside FIM MotoGP™, BT Sport recently announced a three-year deal for exclusive live coverage of the FIM Speedway World Championships in the UK and Ireland. Other motorsport on BT Sport includes exclusively live coverage of the FIA World Rally Championships (WRC), Formula E and Indy Car on ESPN on BT Sport.

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