MotoGP: Live coverage of opening practice at Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo

LIVE: Follow all the action as practice gets underway for the MotoGP title-deciding race at Valencia. Click here for live timing, live video.

Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo (99) of Spain, Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez (93) of Spain and Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi (46) of Italy ride during the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 25, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

THE talking has finally stopped: it’s now time for Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi to battle it out on track for the 2015 MotoGP world championship as practice gets underway at Valencia.

Nine-time world champion Rossi leads Lorenzo by seven points ahead of the season finale but is the underdog this weekend, penalty points from his clash with Marc Marquez relegating him to a rear-of-grid start on Sunday.

The build-up towards Sunday’s championship-deciding race begins on Friday with two practice sessions, followed by qualifying on Saturday.

POINTS: Where Rossi must finish to win the 2015 MotoGP title

Watch MotoGP practice LIVE in HD and AD-FREE from 7:50pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 506, or head to our FOX SPORTS MotoGP Race Centre to follow all the action.

RACE CENTRE: Click here for live timing, live video streams, live rider tracker

Originally published as MotoGP: Live coverage of opening practice at Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo