Provisional 2009 MotoGP Calender Announced

Submitted by Kropotkin on Fri, 2008-07-25 09:15

As expected, the Chinese round of MotoGP at Shanghai is off the calendar, and as predicted earlier this week, the Hungarian Grand Prix will take place in late summer. But the calendar has a lot of significant shakeups: Motegi moves from late September to the spring, June is a lot less busy, with only 2 lots of back-to-back races in 2009, rather than three pairs which we saw this year. The British Grand Prix moves from June to late July, and Estoril switches back to October.

Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
April 12th*	Qatar	Losail
April 26th	Japan	Motegi
May 3rd	Spain	Jerez
May 17th	France	Le Mans
May 31st	Italy	Mugello
June 14th	Catalunya	Catalunya
June 27th**	Netherlands	Assen
July 5th***	United States	Laguna Seca
July 19th	Germany	Sachsenring
July 26th	Great Britain	Donington Park
August 16th	Czech Republic	Brno
August 30th	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
September 6th	San Marino & Riviera di Rimini	Misano
September 20th	Hungary	Balaton
October 4th	Portugal	Estoril
October 18th	Australia	Phillip Island
October 25th	Malaysia	Sepang
November 8th	Valencia	Ricardo Tormo - Valencia