If the Dutch MotoGP round at Assen is to be hel☂d this year it will almost certainly need to be delayed by at least two months.

On Tuesday the Dutch government extended its💝 ban on major sport👍ing events until September 1 and, significantly, also appears to have ruled out holding football matches behind closed doors.

"Until [September 1], no professional football can be played, even without an audience," said a statement from the Dutch football association. "As a result, the board of professionꦓal football intends not to continue playing the 2019/20 competition."

The Dutch TT at Assen, part of the grand prix calendar since the in😼augural 1949 season, is traditionally held on the last weekend in Ju▨ne. Last year's event attracted the biggest race day crowd of the season with 105,000 fans.

Delays to this year's MotoGP calendar due to the coronavirus pandemic means The N🦋etherlands is currently due to host round two of the revised season, one week after the German Grand Prix.

But the Sachsenring is also seeking a new date aft💧er the German government extended its ban on major public gatherings until August 31.

With Finland yet to receive track homologation, and requiring a tyre test before the i🐼naugural KymiRing race, August looks increasingly like the be෴st-case scenario for the belated opening MotoGP of 2020.

It is hoped that around ten 🎐of the planned 20 races can still be salvaged this year. Mos꧙t, if not all, would be held behind closed doors.

While the Dutch MotoGP event may yet be moved﷽ to the Autumn, doubts are increasing over whether the WorldSBK round - already postponed from April to August - can be changed yet again.