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Due to travel restrictions for coronavirus. ;(
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Moto2 and 3 are still going ahead as they're already there.
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Cancelled or rescheduled?
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Cancelled due to quarantine restrictions in place if you have been in Italy in the last 2 weeks. Six italian riders in the 2020 motogp line up and one in particular is quite high profile.

Taken from the the Motogp website:

FIM, IRTA and Dorna regret to announce the cancellation of all MotoGP™ class sessions at the Grand Prix of Qatar, including the race.

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has resulted in Qatar travel restrictions being brought into force that affect passengers from Italy, amongst other countries. As of today, all passengers arriving at Doha on direct flights from Italy, or having been in Italy in the past 2 weeks, will be taken straight to quarantine for a minimum of 14 days. Italy clearly plays a vital role in the Championship and in the MotoGP class - both on track and off - and therefore the decision has been taken to cancel premier class competition.
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Thailand race postponed as well.

I wonder if the season may not start til Jerez.
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(doh)
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Austin now postponed til November.
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Bugger

It's going to be a good November for bikes!
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duke63 wrote:Austin now postponed til November.
Le Mans 24 Hour Motorcycle postponed to September 5 and 6, 2020 now too
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C00kiemonster wrote:
duke63 wrote:Austin now postponed til November.
Le Mans 24 Hour Motorcycle postponed to September 5 and 6, 2020 now too

Interesting. Always fancied the 24 hr. Might have a look at that nearer the time, if the world is functioning again.
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The world is shutting down.

There are going to be companies going bust all over the place at this rate.
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WSBK Losail this weekend has been cancelled too.

I think we can assume all stuff for the foreseeable future is cancelled really.

Strange that F1 is on this weekend given all the other cancellations.
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McLaren have dropped out though....if one or two more follow suit then it'll possibly have a cascade effect on the remaining teams.
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Austin has closed for the foreseaable future
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What with the likelihood of seeing no racing for some months to come, Ducati offer possible solution of running two rounds over two consecutive weekends at the same track.

Would certainly be interesting and better than no racing at all.

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That was the schedule as MCN Sport went to press
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My gut feeling is that international travel for things like racing won't be happening this year.
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Who'd show up?
I mean from a spectator standpoint.
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