MotoGP – Australia canceled and return to Portimão

The rumor was already circulating in the Dutch GP paddock, it is now official: Australia will not appear on the calendar MotoGP for the second year in a row. The situation linked to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the resulting logistical and travel restrictions do not make it possible to guarantee the holding of the event. 

Instead, the Malaysian GP initially scheduled for October 29-31 will be brought forward a week for a Thailand/Malaysia Asian trip over two weekends in a row. 

Also, to maintain at least 19 meetings, Portimão will host the MotoGP again the week before the final in Valencia, this time it will be for the Algarve GP. 

Unless the situation worsens by then, this schedule should not change again. The date of the Argentine GP is still pending, but the slots will start to run out to go to the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, hit by devastating fires last February.

Calendar (July 6 version):

March 28 / Qatar
April 04 / Qatar
April 08 / Portugal 
May 02 / Spain
May 16 / France 
May 30 / Italy
June 06 / Catalonia
June 20 / Germany
June 27 / Netherlands
August 08 / Styria
August 15 / Austria
August 29 / Great Britain
September 12 / Aragon 
September 19 / San Marino
October 03 / Americas 
October 17 / Thailand
October 24 / Malaysia
November 07 / Algarve 
November 14 / Valencia

To be rescheduled: Argentina
Reserve GP: Indonesia (subject to Mandalika Street Circuit approval)