The FIM has updated next year’s MotoGP World Championship race calendar.
Apart from the opening round in Qatar being pushed back to the 7th of April, the only other change is the removal of the planned event in Argentina.
An explanation for the absence of the South American race has been provided by series commercial rights holder, Dorna Sports:
The no-travel advice followed the enforced nationalisation of Spanish company Repsol’s operations in Argentina last April. We will probably never know whether or not it was deliberately rescinded two days after the FIM deadline expired, but the MotoGP organisers remain hopeful that Argentina will make it on to the 2014 schedule.
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Apart from the opening round in Qatar being pushed back to the 7th of April, the only other change is the removal of the planned event in Argentina.
An explanation for the absence of the South American race has been provided by series commercial rights holder, Dorna Sports:
On June 20th 2012, the Spanish government recommended that teams and riders sponsored by Repsol should not travel to the República Argentina due to safety reasons. Therefore, the celebration of the 2013 Gran Premio de la República Argentina remained under suspension until such recommendation would be kept in force.
The deadline for Dorna Sports, commercial rights holder of the MotoGP World Championship, to officially propose the 2013 MotoGP Calendar to FIM was November 18th.
On November 20th, the Spanish government notified through email sent to Dorna Sports the withdrawal of the above-referred recommendation, when the time for the Calendar presentation had already expired and therefore, there was no possibility to include a new MotoGP event.
The no-travel advice followed the enforced nationalisation of Spanish company Repsol’s operations in Argentina last April. We will probably never know whether or not it was deliberately rescinded two days after the FIM deadline expired, but the MotoGP organisers remain hopeful that Argentina will make it on to the 2014 schedule.
| 2013 MotoGP World Championship - Calendar | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Country | Circuit |
| 07 April | Qatar* | Doha / Losail |
| 21 April | United States | Austin |
| 05 May | Spain (STC) | Jerez de la Frontera |
| 19 May | France | Le Mans |
| 02 June | Italy | Mugello |
| 16 June | Spain | Catalunya |
| 29 June | Netherlands** | Assen |
| 07 July | Germany | Sachsenring |
| 21 July | United States*** | Laguna Seca |
| 18 August | United States | Indianapolis |
| 25 August | Czech Republic | Brno |
| 01 September | Great Britain | Silverstone |
| 15 September | San Marino and Riviera di Rimini | Marco Simoncelli Misano |
| 29 September | Spain | Aragón Motorland |
| 13 October | Malaysia | Sepang |
| 20 October | Australia | Phillip Island |
| 27 October | Japan | Motegi |
| 10 November | Spain | Ricardo Tormo-Valencia |
| * Evening race | ||
| ** Saturday race | ||
| *** Only MotoGP class | ||
| STC - Subject to contract | ||
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