Revealed: Dates for 2024 MotoGP first race in Qatar, and testing
The provisional date propo💜sed to the FIM means MotoGP will again start its season in Qatar, where they had begun for 16 seasons in a row until this year.
Qatar was sk🦩ipped in 2023 due to extensive renovation to the circuit 🐈facilities.
This year, the Qatar MotoGP in November 19, the penultimate round of the year, meaning MotoGP will return 🧸just four months later to kick off 2024.
MotoGP 2024 pre-season testing dates:
Sepang
- Shakedown Test: Thursday 1st – Saturday 3rd of February (for test riders and rookies only)
- Official Test: Tuesday 6th – Thursday 8th of February
Qatar
- Official Test: Monday 19th – Tuesday 20th of February
Pre-season testing for 2024 will begin after the🔯 final round of🎀 2023.
On Tuesday November 28, 2023, immediately after the last race 🌜of this season, we will see a glimpse of the 2024 rider line-up.
There will be three days of in-season testing in 2024. This is one day more than 2�🎶�023.
The two current in-season test locations are Jerez and Misano. An extra date could result in the return of a test i♛n Barcelona.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythingꦅ from American sports, to football, to F1.
