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Japanese MotoGP round cancelled due to pandemic
Japan will not have a MotoGP round for the first time since 1986 after organizers yesterday cancelled the October 18 race at Motegi due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will keep the series in Europe until mid-November.
The race is a home one for champion Honda as well as manufacturers Yamaha and Suzuki. It is the sixth on the 2020 calendar to be cancelled. Carmelo Ezpeleta, chief executive of promoter Dorna, said in a statement that the championship would focus on doing as many races as possible in Europe until mid-November. “Overseas events, if at all possible, should be scheduled after mid-November — which would be too late in the year for the Grand Prix of Japan to be held,” the Spaniard said. MotoGP is hoping to begin racing in Spain, which usually hosts four rounds of the championship, at the Jerez circuit in July. Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Britain and Australia have all been cancelled while France, Italy and Catalunya have been postponed.
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