On Tuesday, the promoter of the Indian GP announced that this year’s MotoGP race was cancelled and it’ll look to reschedule the occasion in March 2025.
Dorna had meant to fit the Kazakhstan GP, which was initially imagined to be held in June however had to be postponed due to severe floods in the region, into the weekend held by the Indian GP.
MotoGP officers have now confirmed the change, with the Kazakhstan spherical slotting into the 20-22 September date.
MotoGP cited “operational concerns” and unsuitable “climate circumstances” for not internet hosting the Indian spherical in September – with warmth and humidity on the Buddh Worldwide Circuit a identified challenge having been an issue in final yr’s inaugural Indian GP held on the similar time of yr.
Nevertheless, Autosport understands the true purpose for the cancellation of the 2024 occasion is monetary in nature, with the promoter in breach of the contract it signed with Dorna.
The beginning of the 2023 Indian Grand Prix
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
The organisation had beforehand been adamant that the 2024 race will go forward as deliberate and that any doubts concerning the race have been primarily as a result of ongoing common elections within the nation.
Dorna has acted rapidly to reschedule the Kazakh spherical into that slot, after the Sokol Worldwide Circuit and organisers confirmed the occasion will be coordinated for late September.
It means the inaugural Kazakhstan GP will begin the flyaway season as the primary leg of a triple-header with Indonesia (27-29 September) and Japan (4-6 October).
MotoGP will then take a one-week break earlier than resuming with one other triple-header of Australia (18-20 October), Thailand (25-27 October) and Malaysia (1-3 November). The 2024 MotoGP season is then resulting from conclude in Valencia on 15-17 November.
The MotoGP season continues this weekend with the Italian GP at Mugello.