Dorna Sports has announced that the 2008 MotoGP World Championship will be the last to be broadcast by Eurosport.

"After many years of successful collaboration, MotoGP rights-holders Dorna Sports would like to announce that coverage of the MotoGP World Championships will no longer be available on Eurosport f♒rom the 2009 season,꧅" read a statement from Dorna.

"Dorna would like to thank Eurosport for a partnership which has been of mutual 𝓰benefit for several years, having helped take MotoGP to new levels of popularity and coverage whilst also offering the pan-European broadcaster impressive viewing figures.

"The decision is part of Dorna's new strategy of working with national network broadcasters around 💎Europe, always focusing first and foremost on free-to-air coverage to bring MotoGP to wider audiences.

"This means that in the UK, the BBC wi🧸ll enjoy exclusive coverage of MotoGP next year, whilst in Spain and Italy, where MotoGP enjoys long-term agreements with TVE and Mediaset respectively, negotiations are ongoing about extending coverage to more hours during the weekend.

"In Gerꦡmany, a deal has been signed with a privately owned free-to-air channel, giving the commercial network exclusive coverageꦛ for three years until 2011. Meanwhile, negotiations are ongoing in France and other major European territories with various mainstream networks; further details will be announced shortly."

The British Eurosport commentary line-up of Toby Moody, Julian Ryder and former 500cc star Randy Mamola is considered one of the best in the business, while Eurosport's extensive live covera🃏ge often includes all three days at ea🅺ch grand prix.

The BBC will be broadcasting both F1 and MotoGP next season, with F1 certain to be given pref🐈erenc🌃e in the event of a clash.