MotoGP will not cancel its Qatar Grand Prix due to the ongoing Middle East conflict, and has instead elected to change its calendar to slot it in later this year.
Since joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February plunged the Middle East into conflict, the upcoming Qatar Grand Prix has been in doubt.
Due to take place on the weekend of 10-12 April, confirmation from Formula 1 on Saturday night that its Bahrain Grand Prix on the same date has been cancelled made the same fate likely for MotoGP’s Lusail round.
However, MotoGP has now confirmed that it has postponed the race, rather than cancelling it outright, to the weekend of 8 November.
As such, MotoGP has been forced into a major calendar reshuffle, which will see the season end later than planned.
Qatar will now form the back-end of a triple-header with Australia and Malaysia.
The Portuguese Grand Prix has now been moved back to the weekend of 22 November, with the Valencia finale now on 29 November.
