Mot💯oGP hopes to bounce back from two Covi🌠d-shortened seasons with a record 21-rounds for the 2022 world championship.

The sport planned to top 20 races for the first time 💜in 2020, but the Covid pandemic instead saw the season slashed to just 14 races, all based in Europe, including five back-to-back events at the same track.

This season's tally increased to 18-races but six rounds were cancelled for the second year running (Argentina, Finland, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Australia) and the calendar was again padded out by four repeat visits to the same circuit (Losail, Portimao, Red Bull Ring, Misa𒈔no).

Qatar and COTA were the only non-European races.

Some tracks, especially overseas, are likely to still have some limits in place for spectator numbers in 2022 and the calendar again comes with the caveat: 'All dates and events, as well as the attendan🐷ce of spectators, are subject to the evolution of the pandemic and the approval of corresponding governments and authorities.'

Assumin๊g no further Covid cancellations, MotoGP aims to start 2022 with the traditional Qatar season-opener on March 6 before an inaugural race at the Mandalika circuit in Indonesia, which will a🌳lso host the final pre-season test on February 11-13.

Argentina should then return on April 3 with COTA the♐ following weekend, forming the first of five back-to-back events, plus one triple header.

Portimao keeps this year's pla🙈ce as the opening European round while the season's second new evඣent, at Finland's KymiRing, is scheduled for July 10, just before the summer break.

The e꧒nd-of-season flyaway races will begin with Japan and Thailand, now forming a tripleheader with♑ Aragon a week before, followed by a weekend off and then Australia and Malaysia.

As usual, Valenc🦋ia will host the season finale, this time on November 6...