With the halt to racing caused by the coronav꧃irus wreaking havoc on team finances, Dorna has confirmed it will be providi🌼ng assistance to the Independent MotoGP outfits to 'guarantee their economic well-being.'

While manufacturer-owned Factory teams should be able to weather the storm,꧒ satellite teams are heavily reliant on pay-per-race funding from sponsors.

The move should therefore ensur♔e that when racing does eventually res💮tart, it will be with a full grid of participants.

'Through the International Road-Racing Teams Association, MotoGP Independent Teams willᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ each receive considerable advance payments during the months of April, May and June, irrespective of whether activity is restarted or notꦍ,' read a Dorna statement.

'This꧒ is in order to guarantee the economic w𝔉ell-being of the Independent Teams and their staff, as well as to secure their subsistence for the future.'

Teams competing in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes will 𓄧also receive assistance.

'In addition, IRTA has already made payments to all Moto2 and Moto3 teams to support them during this difficult period. Further measuresꦚ for the intermediate and lightweight class teams will be considered in due course.

'As previously stated, Dorna Sports is working hard to try and ensure that this crisi♊s leaves all those in the MotoGP World Championship with only one consequence; that of a modified calendar.'

The late♉st calendar mod♔ifications can be seen below, but with racing not expected until June or July at the earliest, more changes (and a shortened event line-up) are expected...