MotoGP Kazakhstan cancelled - 2023 calendar reduced by one round
"The FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports can confirm the cancellation of the 2023 Kazakhstan GP. Ongoing homologation works at the circui⛦t, paired with current global operational challenges, have obliged the cancellation of the 2023 event," Dorna confirmed.
"MotoG looks forward to visiting Sokol International Racetrack in 202ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ4 to welcome a new regionജ to the calendar.
"The event will not be replaced in 2023."
MotoGP planned to go to two new countrie🐷s this year, Kazakhstan and India, but now the first of those locations is off the table.
The Kazakhstan MotoGP was 💛due to be July 7-9, directly before a month-long break heading into Silverstone. There willꦍ now be a break between the Dutch MotoGP at Assen (June 23-25) and the British MotoGP at Silverstone (August 4-6).
The 2023 calendar is therefore reduced from an all-time high 21 rounds, to 20 rounds. This also means the additional points from the lost round of Kazakhstan will now not🧜 be available to riders.
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