MotoGP cancels Sachsenring, Assen and KymiRing
MotoGP has announced its first complete cancell𝐆a🌱tions due to the coronavirus with the Dutch, German and Finnish rounds being removed from the 2020 calendar.
After Qatar was cancelled for the MotoGP class (but went ahead fo🔯r Moto2 and Moto3) the followin𓄧g Thai, US and Argentina rounds were postponed until the end of the season.
With no improvem🍰ent in the situation, the Spanish, French and 𓂃Italian races were also postponed, but with no new date.

MotoGP has announced its first complete cancellations due to the cor🧔onavirus with the Dutch, German and Finnish rounds being removed from the 2020 calendar.
After Qatar was cancelled for the MotoGP class (but went ahead for Moto2 and Mo♎to3) the following Thai, US and Argentina ꦉrounds were postponed until the end of the season.
With no improvement in the situation, the Spanish, French and Italian races were also postponed, 🧸but with no new date.
That left Sachsenring on June 21 as the proposed opening round follow🍬ed by Assen a week later and the debut of the KymiRing on July 12.
But all three were als🍨o forced to seek a postponement after their respective governments extended a ban on sporting events/large gatherings.
There was a slim hope that at least one of the trio might be saved as a 'closed-doors' 💛;round later in the year, but Dorna has today confirmed that all three haꦍve been cancelled.
“I🎉t is with great sadness that we announce the cancellation of these three important Grands Prix on the Moto🎀GP calendar," said Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta.
"The German GP is raced on a truly unique track with an incredible history, and the KymiRing is an exciting new venue set to welcome Grand Prix motorcycle racing back to Finland for the first tim﷽e since 1982.
"And the iconic TT Circuit Assen had the unique honour of being the only venue to have held a round of the motorcycle racing Grand Prix World Championship every year,﷽ uninterrupted, since the Championship began in 1949.
“On behalf of Dorna I would like to thank all the f🍌ans for their understanding and patience as we wait for the situation to improve. We very much look forward to returning to the Sachsenring and the TT Circuit Assen in 202💃1, and eagerly await the Grand Prix debut of the new KymiRing next season.”
The next event to inherit the opening MotoGP r🐲ound status is now Brno in the Czech Republic on August 9, although it's ♏theoretically possible that one of the postponed events could be slotted in before, should travel restrictions ease in time.
However, more event cancellations are expected, with a best-case scenario of around ten ra🎉ce🌜s forecast for this season…
Official 2020 MotoGP Calendar (including free weekends) | |||
Round | Date | Race | Circuit |
| 8 March | Qatar (MotoGP cancelled) | Losail |
| Spain (postponed) | Jerez | |
| France (postponed) | Le Mans | |
| Italy (postponed) | Mugello | |
| Catalunya (postponed) | Barcelona | |
| Germany (cancelled) | Sachsenring | |
| Netherlands (cancelled) | Assen | |
| Finland (cancelled) | KymiRing | |
1 | 9 August | Czech Republic | Brno |
2 | 16 August | Austria | Red Bull Ring |
23 August | |||
3 | 30 August | Great Britain | Silverstone |
6 September | |||
4 | 13 September | San Marino | Misano |
20 September | |||
5 | 27 September | Aragon | Aragon (rescheduled) |
6 | 4 October | Thailand | Buriram (rescheduled) |
11 October | |||
7 | 18 October | Japan | Motegi |
8 | 25 October | Australia | Phillip Island |
9 | 1 November | Malaysia | Sepang |
8 November | |||
10 | 15 November | Americas | COTA (rescheduled) |
11 | 22 November | Argentina | Termas de Rio Hondo (rescheduled) |
12 | 29 November | Valencia | Ricardo Tormo (rescheduled) November seen as cut-off for European races |
| 6 December |
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| 13 December |
| Mid-December seen as cut-off for races outside Europe |

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