In the face of ongoing disruption due𒁏 to the coronavirus outbreak, Dorna has released an updated version of the 2020 MotoGP caleꩲndar.

With Qatar already cancelled for the premier-class and round two in🍌 Thailand postponed, the MotoGP riders are now set to hold their first race at what would have been round three in Austin, Texas on April 5.

A new place on the calendar for Thailand - the biggest eve♒nt of last s๊eason with 226,655 spectators - has been found by taking over the planned October 2-4 date for Aragon, which will now be held a week earlier on September 25-27.

The reschedu🌳led Buriram round is thus back wherꦚe it has been for the previous two years; one weekend before the Japan-Australia-Malaysia tripleheader.

All of which means the MotoGP class still plans to hold 19 of its 20 rounds this seas🐲on, although the new calendar remai⛎ns very much at the mercy of government entry restrictions (which halted Qatar) or limits placed on large public gatherings (the postponement in Thailand).

This weekend's grand prix will still go-ahead for the Moto3 and Moto2 classes๊, since teams and riders were already in Qatar for their final﷽ test when the 14-day quarantine rules were placed on recent visitors to Italy.

But many Italians linked to the MotoGP class 🌠had already returned home after the premier-class test and so would have been caught up in the new restrictions.

'Italy clearly plays a vital role in the Championship and in the MotoG🎃P class - both on track and off - and therefore the decision has been taken to cancel premier class competition [in Qatar],' read a Dorna statement.

There had been reports that Q𒉰atar still hoped to host a MotoGP-only event later this year. However, that scenario is not included in today's calendar...

*Evening race.

**Subject to circuit homologation