The Dorna, FIM and IRTA has announced another change in 2020 MotoGP calendar with Argentina GP moving to November date as Valencia GP gets another date.
After confirming Americas GP to a new November date due to the on-going travel issues for COVID-19 outbreak, MotoGP has now confirmed that Argentina GP will not take place on its schedule April 17-19 date for the same reason as it has been pushed to November.
Argentina were forced to cancel its MXP race and it increasingly looked like MotoGP will see a same fate. It has been confirmed to a November 20-22 slot, which was initially announced as the weekend for the 2020 finale, the Valencia GP.
But with Argentina GP now taking place on November 20-22 weekend, Valencia GP has been moved to November 27-29 as the calendar extends further as Carmelo Ezpelata had indicated. They are ready to extend it to December if needed.
The changed dates mean, the 2020 MotoGP is scheduled to now start with the Spanish GP at Jerez, which falls on May 3-5 date. The situation is Spain is also not great but the hope will be that it gets better by then with nearly two months to go.
The statement from MotoGP goes:
“The FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports regret to announce the postponement of the Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina, which was set to take place from the 17th to the 19th of April. Due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the event has been rescheduled for later in the season and will now take place from the 20th to the 22nd of November.
“The Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana will therefore now be held from the 27th to the 29th of November. The Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas retains its new date from the 13th to the 15th of November, a week before the rescheduled Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina.
“Following these schedule changes, the 2020 MotoGP™ class season is now set to begin with the Gran Premio Red Bull de España at the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto from the 1st to the 3rd of May 2020. Dates for the Moto2 and Moto3 test in Valencia and the MotoGP test in Jerez at the end of the year will be decided once the season is underway.”