2013 MotoGP calendar

The FIM has updated next year’s MotoGP World Championship race calendar.

Apart from the opening round in Qatar being pushed back to the 7th of April, the only other change is the removal of the planned event in Argentina.

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An explanation for the absence of the South American race has been provided by series commercial rights holder, Dorna Sports:

On June 20th 2012, the Spanish government recommended that teams and riders sponsored by Repsol should not travel to the República Argentina due to safety reasons. Therefore, the celebration of the 2013 Gran Premio de la República Argentina remained under suspension until such recommendation would be kept in force.

 The deadline for Dorna Sports, commercial rights holder of the MotoGP World Championship, to officially propose the 2013 MotoGP Calendar to FIM was November 18th.

 On November 20th, the Spanish government notified through email sent to Dorna Sports the withdrawal of the above-referred recommendation, when the time for the Calendar presentation had already expired and therefore, there was no possibility to include a new MotoGP event.

The no-travel advice followed the enforced nationalisation of Spanish company Repsol’s operations in Argentina last April. We will probably never know whether or not it was deliberately rescinded two days after the FIM deadline expired, but the MotoGP organisers remain hopeful that Argentina will make it on to the 2014 schedule.

2013 MotoGP World Championship - Calendar
Date Country Circuit
07 April Qatar* Doha / Losail
21 April United States Austin
05 May Spain (STC) Jerez de la Frontera
19 May France Le Mans
02 June Italy Mugello
16 June Spain Catalunya
29 June Netherlands** Assen
07 July Germany Sachsenring
21 July United States*** Laguna Seca
18 August United States Indianapolis
25 August Czech Republic Brno
01 September Great Britain Silverstone
15 September San Marino and Riviera di Rimini Marco Simoncelli Misano
29 September Spain Aragón Motorland
13 October Malaysia Sepang
20 October Australia Phillip Island
27 October Japan Motegi
10 November Spain Ricardo Tormo-Valencia
* Evening race
** Saturday race
*** Only MotoGP class
STC - Subject to contract

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