The Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) has presented the provisional MotoGP calendar for 2017 season.
Under this new schedule, the date of the Sachsenring round has been moved forward two weeks to July 2. While this gives riders a month’s summer break between the Sachsenring and Brno, the downside is the back-to-back race at the TT Circuit Assen. This means that the calendar will now feature three lots of back-to-back race weekends. The British and Malaysian rounds are still subject to contract approval.
The Qatar Grand Prix will kick off the championship on March 26 and will continue as the only evening race in the calendar. The 11-race European series will commence at the Jerez circuit on May 7. This will be followed by the triple sequence of Japan, Australia and Malaysia followed by the finale at Valencia.
Here is the provisional MotoGP calendar for 2017 -
March 26 - Losail International Circuit, Qatar
April 9 - Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina
April 23 - Circuit of the Americas, US
May 7 - Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
May 21 – Le Mans, France
June 4 – Mugello, Italy
June 11 – Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya, Spain
June 25 – TT Assen, Netherlands
July 2 – Sachsenring, Germany
August 6 – Brno, Czech Republic
August 13 - Red Bull Ring, Austria
August 27 – Silverstone, Great Britain
September 10 - Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Italy
September 24 – MotorLand Aragon, Spain
October 15 – Twin Ring Motegi, Japan
October 22 - Phillip Island, Australia
October 29 – Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
November 12 - Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
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