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Press releases from some of the MotoGP teams and Michelin ahead of this weekend's race at Brno:
Brno circuit according to Santi Hernandez and Ramon Aurin
Race engineers to Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa, respectively, run through the key points of the historic Czech circuit.
Repsol Honda Team en route to Brno for Czech Republic GP
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Press releases from the Moto3 and Moto2 teams ahead of this weekend's race at Brno:
BASTIANINI AND DI GIANNANTONIO BOTH GUNNING FOR GLORY AT FAST AND FLOWING BRNO
Right after the Austrian Grand Prix, the Gresini Racing Team Moto3 heads to Brno this weekend for round eleven of the Championship, the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic. An event in which both Enea Bastianini and Fabio Di Giannantonio will try to get another good result after the excellent performance displayed last Sunday at the Red Bull Ring.
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As expected, Romano Fenati has been formally released from his contract with the Sky VR46 team. The Italian was suspended from the team after an incident at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. That was a temporary measure, but it has now been made permanent.
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The penultimate piece of the 2017 puzzle has fallen into place. Today, the Pull&Bear Aspar team announced that they have signed Alvaro Bautista to race for them for the 2017 season.
The deal had long been anticipated, Bautista confirming at the Sachsenring that he was in talks with Aspar, and expected a contract to be signed. The final details were sorted out in Austria, and an announcement made the day before the Czech Grand Prix is to get underway in Brno.
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In a timely coincidence, after announcing that Pol Espargaro has signed to ride for them for 2017 and 2018, KTM today issued a press release containing updates on their latest test at the Brno circuit, with Mika Kallio and Karel Abraham. The press release appears below:
Next MotoGP Test at Brno – Team pushing hard to progress
MotoGP Test 2016 – Brno (CZE)
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The FIM have today at last finalized the 2016 MotoGP calendar. The two circuits which were still subject to contract, Brno and Jerez, have now had their contracts confirmed. The calendar is unchanged from the provisional calendar published between Sepang and Valencia last year.
FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix
2016 Calendar, 10 February
The FIM and Dorna are pleased to confirm that the FIM Grand Prix World Championship calendar published as provisional on November 2 is now final.
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The future of the Brno round of MotoGP has been secured for the foreseeable future. On Monday, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta signed a contract with the "Spolek pro GP ČR v Brno", an association set up to promote the Czech Grand Prix, to host the race at the Masarykring in Brno from 2016 until 2020.
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With Christmas nearly upon us, and very little happening in the world of motorcycle racing, time for a round up of recent news. Here's what's been going on in recent weeks, as well as some recommended reading and listening for over the holiday period.
Brno vs Indy - On or Off?
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The FIM have released another provisional calendar for the MotoGP series, in response to yet another shake up of the F1 calendar by Bernie Ecclestone. With F1 and MotoGP having an informal agreement not to have their dates clash, and with MotoGP losing out in terms of TV audience whenever they do, the MotoGP calendar released in September had too many conflicts with F1.
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The FIM today released a provisional calendar for MotoGP in 2016, featuring much that was expected and a few surprises. The calendar will once again have 18 races, with Indianapolis dropped and Austria taking its place. The biggest change in the calendar is the moving of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, which vacates its late August slot for the middle of July.
