The Japanese GP, waiting for typhoon Nanmadol

The next one Japanese Grand Prix which will be held this weekend in Motegi because the measure of the middle of the three consecutive Grand Prix could be compromised by the entry of a typhoon which is considered “unprecedented” by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and which will complicate the arrival of staff. and the material of the Motorcycle World Championship and the Grand Prix itself.

The material left from the Alcañiz paddock on Sunday evening and on Friday morning at the latest it should arrive at the Motegi paddock where, starting at 1:15 pm local time, the day will begin to be shortened to a free practice for three categories to hide in health before the season has become a plus of poverty.

This 2022 the Japanese GP is back on the MotoGP calendar as it was not visited in 2020 or 2021 due to restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic and since September 7 the great entry restrictions for international travelers have been lifted, it’s worth the card with the vaccines. recognized by the Japanese health agency and there is no need to go through PCR or quarantine

Flights canceled for Elizabeth II’s funeral

The team’s time trial has already been ‘charged’ by cancellations of flights due to depart from London’s Heathrow airport this Monday to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. The airport and the airlines operating from there have to respect the established restrictions and are subject to changes to avoid congestion at certain times on Monday.

This Monday it made landfall in the southwest

But when it arrived in Japan, it reached the southwest, on the island of Kyushu, the third largest of the Japanese archipelago, the strong Nanmadol, the fourteenth typhoon of the season, with winds of 235 km/h and heavy rain Evacuation alerts were issued affecting 9.6 million citizens of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures. This Monday it weakened further in Fukuoka and is expected to turn east and head this Tuesday towards the island of Honshu, the main island of the country where the capital of Tokyo and the Motegi circuit in Tochigi prefecture are located. Bullet train services are fully or partially suspended and a red alert (second highest level) and yellow alert (third level) due to rain are currently activated.

If transoceanic travel is always a logistical challenge, this time the risks are heightened because there is only a week between the European GP and another Asian one and now the bad weather has been added.

And they came this year with contingencies in March on the transfer from Indonesia to Argentina due to the breakdowns in two cargoes that delivered material and the impossibility of finding a timely solution due to the Russian-Ukrainian war – most of the cargoes were Russian monopoly. companies – and forced to suspend the first day of training at Termas de Río Hondo. That served as a lesson and they tried to recover their health by reducing the first day of the Japanese GP a few months ago, but what they did not expect was the worst typhoon ever known.

In principle, the material was transferred to Zaragoza by road on Sunday and this Monday four planes were chartered from the Aragonese airport, two with a stopover in Doha (Qatar), and the other two in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) , before continuing their flight to their destination at Narita, Tokyo’s airport, where they are expected to land throughout Thursday weather permitting.