MotoGP to present European calendar, 12-13 rounds
MotoGP is set to publish the European dates and venues on its coronavirus-disrupted 2020 calendar 'next w💫eek', Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has revealed.
Following a series of postpone☂ments and cancellations, the new schedule will run from mid-July (at Jerez) until the start of November.
A total of 12-13 rounds will take pl🍸ace during that time, including some back-to-back 𝓀events at the same track. The addition of any flyaway rounds is to be decided by the end of July.

MotoGP is set to publish the European dates and venues on its coronavirus-disrupted 2020 calendar 'next week', 𒆙;Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has revealed.
Following a series of pos🌠tponements and cancellations, the new schedule will run from mid-July (at Jerez) until the💦 start of November.
A total of 12🥂-13 rounds will ta🐓ke place during that time, including some back-to-back events at the same track. The addition of any flyaway rounds is to be decided by the end of July.
"The calendar we hope to present next week… starts, if everything goes 🔯well, on the 19th of July in Jerez," Ezpeleta said. "And the latest race on that ca🍎lendar will be at the beginning of November, with 12 or 13 rounds.
"But races outside of Eur𒈔ope is something we need to decide, stꦆill.
"There will be a number of [flyaway] races presented - the four non-European races that have not been cancelled: 🦄Thailand, Malaysia, Americas and Argentina - for which we will search for approval and we have a deadline of the end of July to tell everybody if we continue with them or stop.
"After the firsཧt two races [at Jerez], we will see if the calendar will be 12, 14 or a maximum of 16 rounds."
The European events expected to make the final list are: Jerez, Brno, Red Bull Ring, A🦄ragon, Barcelona, Misano and Valencia, with Le Mans a possibility.
Ezpeleta also gave an update on the safety protocol being🐭 developed for closed-door MotoGP events.
"We've made a very d♈efined protocol, working together with the different Ministers of Sport in different countries we will visit, to have an idea from any of the countries what we can do," h𓂃e said.
"Then in prꦅinciple, any rider coming to race will have a medical before, and if the doctor decides they need to have a test, they will do it before coming to the first race in Spain.
"Then later, before coming to the paddock, there will be another test, and then a pꦿrotocol with control every day, plenty of things in the paddock and especially insulation between each team.
"We have♓ also some measures for places to eat and everything, in principle, where people are coming from the hotel to the circuit, and circuit to the hotel.
"Obviously this is for how the situation is right now, if between now and July, t▨he situation in any country is 🎃more flexible, we'll allow for that.
"In principle, we want to isolate the paddock from other things and there will be no connect🔜ion between the permanent people working at the circuit and the MotoGP family.
"Finally, the Mo🔯toGP family will be around or less than 1300 people and we have increased by five the number of members of each manufacturer for t💯he MotoGP class.
"The numbers for Moto2🐎 and Moto💎3 remain the same as originally stated."
Ezpeleta had previously indicated that 40 people would be allowed for each factory MotoGP t𒉰eam, 25 for e🧔ach satellite team, plus 20 for a Moto2 team and 15 for Moto3.
Round | Date | Race | Circuit |
8 March | Qatar (MotoGP cancelled) | Losail | |
| France (postponed) | Le Mans | |
| Italy (postponed) | Mugello | |
| Catalunya (postponed) | Barcelona | |
| Germany (cancelled) | Sachsenring | |
| The Netherlands (cancelled) | TT Circuit Assen | |
| Finland (cancelled) | KymiRing | |
|
| Great Britain (cancelled) | Silverstone |
|
| Australia (cancelled) | Phillip Island |
|
| Japan (cancelled) | Motegi |
1 | 19 July | Spain (proposed) | Jerez (rescheduled) |
2 | 26 July | Andalusia (proposed) | Jerez |
3 | 9 August | Czech Republic | Brno |
4 | 16 August | Austria | Red Bull Ring |
5 | 13 September | San Marino | Misano |
6 | 27 September | Aragon | Aragon (rescheduled) |
7 | 4 October | Thailand | Buriram (rescheduled) |
8 | 1 November | Malaysia | Sepang |
9 | 15 November | Americas | COTA (rescheduled) |
10 | 22 November | Argentina | Termas de Rio Hondo (rescheduled) |
11 | 29 November | Valencia | Ricardo Tormo (rescheduled) |

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