The championship made a much-anticipated go to to Buddh Worldwide Circuit on the outskirts of Delhi final yr as a part of its growth in South Asia, with the race operating easily regardless of a number of hiccups and visa points within the run-up to the occasion.
Nevertheless, in the previous couple of months, there was uncertainty in regards to the second version of the Indian Grand Prix, with native reviews suggesting that promoter Fairstreet Sports activities hasn’t paid its dues to sure distributors, together with Dorna.
Though the choice has been made, an official announcement is not going to come till after 20 Could as soon as the deadline for India’s funds has handed.
MotoGP will as a substitute stage the inaugural Kazakhstan Grand Prix on 20-22 September, with the occasion having been postponed from its authentic June date due to flooding in the region.
MotoGP had beforehand not revealed a brand new date for the race at Sokol Worldwide Racetrack when asserting that the Kazakh occasion received’t be capable to go forward as scheduled originally of Could.
There was uncertainty over how MotoGP would be capable to slot within the occasion on a packed 2024 schedule, with 11 rounds scheduled within the second half of the marketing campaign from August to November.
Kazakhstan monitor for 2023 MotoGP season
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However the departure of the Indian GP has conveniently opened up some house on the calendar, with Kazakhstan now set to mark the beginning of a triple-header that can even embody races in Indonesia and Japan.
Barring any additional modifications, the 2024 MotoGP calendar will now comprise 20 rounds, the identical complete as 2023.
The collection had initially revealed a report breaking 22-round calendar for 2024, however the cancellation of first the Argentina GP and now the India race has introduced the quantity again down to twenty.
Argentina was scrubbed from the schedule due to government spending cuts underneath the nation’s new president.
Kazakhstan’s postponement from its authentic June slot has opened up a three-week hole between the Italian GP at Mugello and the Dutch TT at Assen, earlier than a second three-week hole follows the German GP at first of July.