The 2024 MotoGP season returns with its 17th race on the calendar, and given it's the fourth-last meeting of the year with the World Championship still wide open, things are understandably hotting up as the 27 riders in this year's competition arrive at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit for the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

World Championship front-runners Jorge Martin and defending champion Francesco Bagnaia are still almost neck-and-neck at the top of the standings, with Bagnaia's victory at the Japanese Grand Prix two weeks ago narrowing the gap between the pair to just 10 points. Martin still leads the way though, and is in pole position to win his first MotoGP world title.

The Australian Grand Prix has been one of the staples on the MotoGP circuit going back decades, first being held at this very circuit in 1989 and almost every year since, barring a two-year hiatus during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021, and a spell at the Eastern Creek Raceway in New South Wales between 1991 and 1996.

Ahead of the 17th race of the 2024 MotoGP season, The Sporting News has you covered with all the timings, TV and streaming details to follow if you want to keep up with all the action from Melbourne as we prepare for the 34th running of the Australian Grand Prix.

How to watch MotoGP Australian Grand Prix: TV channel, free live stream

TV Channel: Fox Sports, Channel 10

Live Stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, Foxtel Now, 10 Play

The Australian Grand Prix is the 17th race of the 2024 MotoGP World Championship season and takes place at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria on Sunday, October 20.

MotoGP fans can follow all the action from the practice sessions, through qualifying into Raceday with a TV subscription to Fox Sports, as well as streaming both live and on catch-up with Foxtel and Foxtel Now.

Free to air coverage of the race is available on Channel 10 and streaming service 10 Play.

Kayo Sports, however, is the best place for Australian MotoGP fans to follow every minute of the action via their streaming service. Every single session from race week in Melbourne is covered with a Kayo subscription, and new users to Kayo can currently sign up to a FREE trial.