MotoGP 2023 dates
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MotoGP will have its second attempt at staging a 21-race season in 2023, with debuts for the Kazakhstan Grand Prix and a race in India. Show Motorcycle racing’s grand prix category was already scheduled to run 21 races this year, but Finland’s KymiRing dropped off the calendar to make it an even 20 – before reportedly beginning administration procedures. The Finnish venue is nowhere to be seen on the provisional 2023 schedule, replaced by the Sokol International track in Kazakhstan, which is due to host its first MotoGP round in mid-July. Meanwhile, the new race at the ex-Formula 1 Indian venue Buddh International – confirmed as being pencilled in for 2023 earlier today – is set to take place on Sep 24. These new additions come at the expense of calendar mainstay Aragon, the Spanish venue having hosted at least one MotoGP race each season since 2010. But Aragon is likely to return in future seasons as part of MotoGP’s idea of rotating the established races it has on the Iberian Peninsula. As announced before, Qatar’s traditional start-of-season slot has been taken by Portuguese venue Algarve (Portimao) due to construction work at Qatar’s Losail track. This will be followed by races in America and the USA, before MotoGP’s usual ‘European season’ begins in late April at Jerez. The Qatar race switching to November means that MotoGP will have a ‘flyaway’ run of seven races towards the end of the season, albeit the campaign will then conclude at Valencia in Europe. The schedule features a pair of ‘triple-headers’, as well as particularly tight turnarounds between some races on different continents – with less than a week between the Portugal opener and Argentina, and between Qatar and the Valencia finale. Provisional 2023 MotoGP calendarMarch 24-26 Portuguese GP What did you think of this story?21 races. 18 countries. The provisional 2023 FIM MotoGP™ World Championship calendar is here! The wait is over and the 2023 provisional calendar can now be announced, with more races and more countries than ever before. Competition begins in Portugal at the stunning Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in March before the Championship heads to Termas de Rio Hondo and Austin, TX, for the Americas GP, kicking the season off in style. From there, it’s back to Jerez as the European leg begins, with the classics coming thick and fast: Le Mans will host the 1000th Grand Prix before the paddock returns to Mugello, the Sachsenring and Assen. Kazakhstan is set to debut in July ahead of a second break in the middle of the season, with the Central Asian country becoming the 30th country to host a motorcycle Grand Prix since 1949 – and Sokol International Racetrack the 74th venue to stage a premier class race. From there the paddock returns west for the British and Austrian GPs, ahead of a new date for the Catalan GP at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as the event moves to September. The paddock then bids farewell to Europe in Misano ahead of another flyaway stint, beginning in another new country fresh for 2023: India. Buddh International Circuit’s debut will make it the 75th venue at which the premier class have raced, and India becomes the 31st country to host a motorcycle Grand Prix. From there, the paddock heads further east to Japan and the classic Motegi before a weekend free to gear up for a triple-header. As MotoGP™ continues to push to reduce its carbon footprint, India and Motegi mark the start of a longer stint in Asia – significantly reducing the paddock’s potential mileage. The first triple-header in Asia is Mandalika – Phillip Island – Buriram, before another weekend free to recharge ahead of the final three showdowns. The season ends with a thriller of a triple-header: from Malaysia the journey back west begins, with Qatar hosting the penultimate race of the season under the floodlights at Lusail as the venue welcomes the sport back to the Middle East. Then, to round out the season with its classic final fiesta of the year, the Circuit Ricardo Tormo brings the competition to a close back in Europe. 18 countries, 21 races and another chapter of history waiting to be written: this is 2023!
* Night race ** Subject to Homologation FIM & Dorna Communications Where is MotoGP 2023?MotoGP has announced that it will hold its first ever race in Kazakhstan in 2023, at the new Sokol International racetrack.
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