Explained: MotoGP to tweak 2023 weekend format

MotoGP will immediately introduced a slightly-tweaked version of their 2023 format.
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The new 🌺weekend sched꧑ule will come into effect at Silverstone this weekend on August 4-6, the next round of the championship.

New MotoGP format

Friday morning: 45-minute Free Practice 1
Friday afternoon: 60-minute Practice (session timed for entry 𝐆into Q2)

Saturday morning: 30-minute Free Practice 2
Saturday morning: 15-minute Qualifying 1
Saturday morning: 15-minute Qualifying 2
Saturday afternoon: Sprint race

Sunday: Warm-up
Sunday: Race

The key change is that the first session of🌄 the weekend, now a 45-minute Free Practice on Friday morning,ꦡ will no longer be timed for entry into Qualifying 2.

This was approved by the Grand Prix Commission after a unanimous agr♕eement by every MotoGP team.

From now on, a second session on Friday afternoon called Practice will be the only timed session for entry into🌱 Q2.

Riders and teams will then ge𝓡t a 30-minute Free Practice 2 session on Saturday morning, ꦉbefore the usual sprint race.

Sunday is unchanged.

James was a sports jour﷽nalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ev🤪erything from American sports, to football, to F1.

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