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

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.
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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