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ChrisS
25th July 2008, 23:33
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/FIM+announce+provisional+2009+MotoGP+calendar

12th April Qatar Doha/Losail*
26th April Japan Motegi
3rd May Spain Jerez de la Frontera
17th May France Le Mans
31st May Italy Mugello
14th June Catalunya Catalunya
27th June Netherlands Assen**
5th July United States Laguna Seca***
19th July Germany Sachsenring
26th July Great Britain Donington Park
16th August Czech Republic Brno
30th August Indianapolis Indianapolis
13th September San Marino Misano
20th September Hungary Lake Balaton
4th October Portugal Estoril
18th October Australia Phillip Island
25th October Malaysia Sepang
8th November Valencia Ricardo Tormo Valencia

* Evening race
** Saturday
*** Only MotoGP class

China is dropped and Hungary is added, Motegi moves early in the season and is back to back with Jerez, Estoril moves near the end.

Donington moves to late July. Laguna is on the 4th of July weekend, that should help get more people at the track.

They spaced the May/June/July races better than this year and the summer break is only 3 weeks, this years 4 weeks seem endless.

As its always the case races that clash with F1 will be moved
edlalu
26th July 2008, 20:09
Anyone know why China got the boot?
ChrisS
26th July 2008, 20:25
The circuit was made for f1 and did not suit bikes. riders and international fans didnt like it and the locals didnt bother to show up with attendance around 15k-20k
jonny hurlock
29th July 2008, 13:44
looking at the calendar most of the races are not back to back weekends, only fear is that why Motegi and Jerez are week between each other, would it be easier that Qatar and Motegi have the back to back weekend race instead?
Corny
29th July 2008, 15:40
The circuit was made for f1 and did not suit bikes. riders and international fans didnt like it and the locals didnt bother to show up with attendance around 15k-20k
Though it was very good on TV..
NinjaMaster
30th July 2008, 09:29
looking at the calendar most of the races are not back to back weekends, only fear is that why Motegi and Jerez are week between each other, would it be easier that Qatar and Motegi have the back to back weekend race instead?
So long as the in between weekends are filled with World Superbike then it is a winner! :up:
Roby44
30th July 2008, 10:32
So long as the in between weekends are filled with World Superbike then it is a winner! :up:

For sure... Sundays without bike racing are so boring. Doing the ironing / housework just isn't the same as watching race...

60 days till I get to Phillip Island..Have I mentioned that lately... :p :
domaza
30th July 2008, 11:31
Wow, China out... for carmakers it is the biggest market - what about bikes? In TV it was OK!