Revealed: Dates for 2024 MotoGP first race in Qatar, and testing

MotoGP plans to begin the 2024 season in Qatar on March 8-10 next year.
Maverick Vinales, MotoGP, Circuit of the Americas, 16 April
Maverick Vinales, MotoGP, Circuit of the Americas, 16 April

The 🍬provisional date proposed to the FIM means MotoGP will again start its season in Qatar, where they had b🐽egun for 16 seasons in a row until this year.

Qatar was skipped in 2023 due to extensive renovation to the circuit🧔 facilities.

This year, the Qatar MotoGP in November 19, the penultimate round of the yea♌r, meaning MotoGP will return just four months later tౠo kick off 2024.

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MotoGP 2024 pre-season testing dates:

Sepang

  • Shakedown Test: Thursday 1st – Saturday 3rd of February (for test riders and rookies only)
  • Official Test: Tuesday 6th – Thursday 8th of February

Qatar

  • Official Test: Monday 19th – Tuesday 20th of February

Pre-season testing for 2024 will begin af🥂ter the final round of♎ 2023.

On Tuesday November 𒅌28, 2023, immediately after the last race of this season, we will see a glimp﷽se of the 2024 rider line-up.

There will be three days of in-season testing in 2024. This is one day mor🔯e than 2023.

The ﷽two current in-season test locations are Jerez and Misano. An extra date could result in the return of a test in Barcelona.

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