SRT: 'Europe heavy' calendar, but Dorna 'pushing hard' for flyaways
The Petronas Yamaha team isn't giving up hope of having a ♔home Malaysian MotoGP in 2020.
An updated calendar, reshaped by the coronavirus, fe🦂atures 13 all-European rounds at eight different circuits, with the fate of the four remaining flyaways - including Sepang - still to be decided.
"The initial calendar is Europe-heavy, but Dorna are pushing hard for non-European races too, with a deadline of the end of July to finalise the s💝chedule," said Petronas Yamaha team principal Razlan Razali

The Petronas Yamaha team isn't giving up💎 hope of h𝓡aving a home Malaysian MotoGP in 2020.
An updated calendar, reshaped by the coronavirus, features 13 all-European rounds at eight different circuits, with the fate of the four remꦕaining flyaways - including Sepang - still to be decided.
"The initial calendar is Europe-heavy, but Dorna are pushing hard for non-European races too, with a deadline of the end of July to finalise the sch❀edule," said Petronas Yamaha team prไincipal Razlan Razali
"There is still the possibility that we will make vis൩its to America, Argentina, Thailand and/or Malaysia.
"Given how much progress has been made in th𝔉e past seven weeks, there’s a lot of potential for many positive things to happen in the next seven weeks before the deadline.😼"
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has stated that flyaway races will only be held - in a window from November 22-December 13 - if f꧂ans are allowed to attend, for cost reasꦦons.
Buriram and Sepang are seen as having the best chance, but while Gun N' Roses famously sang about November Rain, December rain could be an issue for a rescheduled Malaysian Grand Prix - laღst year's inaugural Sepang 8 Hours endurance race (December 14) being reduced to just three hours of competitive action by a sustained downpour.
Meanwhile, Raza𝄹li hopes that the closed-door restrictions that will greet MotoGP's opening pair of races at Jerez in mid-July can eventually be eased.
"Whilst we will be returning to race action, it will look rather different at the track," he said. "The first races will be without fans and with fewer people i🍰n the paddock than previously.
"In ti☂me, we hope to work back to normality but for now there are restrictions in place."
Fabio Quartararo will be competing in his second and final season for P༒etronas Yamaha this year, before moving to the factory team.
Sepang is yet to announce any riders ⛦for 2021, but is tipped to run Valentino Rossi alongside current rider Franco Morbidelli.
Revised 2020 MotoGP Calendar (including free weekends) | |||||||||
Round | Date | Race | Circuit | ||||||
| 15 July | Official Test | Jerez | ||||||
1 | 19 July | Spain | Jerez | ||||||
2 | 26 July | Andalusia | Jerez | ||||||
| 2 August |
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3 | 9 August | Czech Republic | Brno | ||||||
4 | 16 August | Austria | Red Bull Ring | ||||||
5 | 23 August | Styria | Red Bull Ring | ||||||
30 August | |||||||||
6 September | |||||||||
6 | 13 September | San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini | Misano | ||||||
7 | 20 September | Emilia Romagna e Della Riviera di Rimini | Misano | ||||||
8 | 27 September | Catalunya | Barcelona | ||||||
4 October | |||||||||
9 | 11 October | France | Le Mans | ||||||
10 | 18 October | Aragon | Aragon | ||||||
11 | 25 October | Teruel | Aragon | ||||||
1 November | |||||||||
12 | 8 November | Europe | Ricardo Tormo | ||||||
13 | 15 November | Comunitat Valenciana | Ricardo Tormo (Final European race) | ||||||
22 November | |||||||||
29 November | |||||||||
| 6 December |
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| 13 December |
| Deadline for any Flyaway races. | ||||||
MotoGP 2020: List of 'To Be Confirmed' events | |||||||||
1 |
| Thailand | Buriram | ||||||
2 |
| Malaysia | Sepang | ||||||
3 |
| Americas | COTA | ||||||
4 | 22 November | Argentina | Termas de Rio Hondo | ||||||
MotoGP 2020: List of Cancelled events | |||||||||
1 |
| Qatar (MotoGP class) | Losail | ||||||
2 |
| Italy | Mugello | ||||||
3 |
| Germany | Sachsenring | ||||||
4 |
| Netherlands | Assen | ||||||
5 |
| Finland | KymiRing | ||||||
6 |
| Great Britain | Silverstone | ||||||
7 |
| Japan | Motegi | ||||||
8 |
| Australia | Phillip Island |

Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez🦩’s injury issues.