The Italian manufacturer ducatiwith its champion pilot and also Italian, Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaiabegin the most intense season in the history of motorcycling, with 21 grand prix and 42 races with the right to score points, as the great favorites of the competition.
Never before have so many races been held at the same time and contrary to what usually happens, taste This will not be the opening round, as it gives way to the Portuguese layout of Portimaothat next weekend, on March 26, will begin a competition where all eyes are focused on the champions “Pecco” Bagnaia, Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M1), Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) and Joan Mir (Repsol Honda RC 213 V), among other big names in the category.
The 2023 season is full of news, but the main one is that it will change the training format to “open a gap” in a sprint race of MotoGP on Saturday, whose extension is half, approximately, of a normal race on each route of the championship, in search of more wonder and interest for all motorcycle fans.
Since 2007, the championship has always started at the Qatari Losail circuit, which eventually culminated in the establishment of the first night race of the championship, but the update of works initiated by the Arab layout forced it to temporarily change the date of the celebration , which goes from March to November 19, the penultimate appointment of the campaign, before the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community who, as usual, will be in charge of the “curtain drop” of the competition at the “Ricardo Tormo” circuit in Cheste.
After the opening of the meeting of Portugalthe championship has to travel, in the interspersed week, on April 2 and 16, to Argentina and USAto dispute the same race in the paths of Río Hondo and Las Américas Hot Springsin Austin (Texas), respectively.
After this trip across the ocean, the championship regains a certain normality with its classic appointments in Spanish Grand Prixwithin “Angel Nieto” from Jerez de la Frontera; Francein Le Mans; Italyin the layout of Mugelloin the beautiful places of Tuscany; Germanywhich advances its date to June instead of July, but is always in the circuit of sachsenring; or the Netherlandsas always in the last week of June at Assen.
It was at the beginning of July when the next novelty came, when a test was included in the calendar in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the first to declare its independence after the disappearance of the former Soviet Union in 1991.
The stage will be the international circuit of Sokola real unknown for all pilots and therefore the first scenario where big surprises can happen as a result of the more or less adaptation the pilots make to the new layout.
From that moment, we have to wait until August 6 to return to Old Continent with the race of Great Britainin Silverstonefrom where you will travel Austria (Spielberg), Catalonia (Montmeló) and San Marino (Misano Adriatico).
Having crossed the equator of the month of September comes the second great novelty of the season, with the inclusion in the calendar of a race in Indiaat the new Buddha circuit, where the championship will start, next week, for the Japanese circuit of Twin Ring Motegi.
After a week’s rest, a new transoceanic voyage, on this triple occasion, when all the participants successively faced the great prizes of Indonesia (Mandalika), Australia (Phillip Island) and Thailand (Change International).
With almost a week off, the championship enters its final phase with consecutive appointments of Malaysia (Sepang), taste (Losail) and the Valencian Community (Ricardo Tormo de Cheste.
Noteworthy is the temporary nature of the citations of Kazakhstan and India, whose layouts are pending homologation by International Motorcycling Federation (FIM).
CALENDAR
2023 motorcycle world championship
March 26 Portugal Portimao
April 2 Argentina Termas de Río Hondo
April 16 Americas COTA
April 30 Spain Ángel Nieto Jerez
May 14 France Le Mans
June 11 Italy Mugello
June 18 Germany Sachsenring
June 25 Netherlands Assen
July 9 Kazakhstan Sokol
August 6 Great Britain Silverstone
August 20 Austria Spielberg
September 3 Catalonia Barcelona-Montmeló
September 10 San Marino Misano Adriatico
September 24 India Buddha
October 1 Japan Twin Ring Motegi
October 15 Indonesia Mandalika
October 22 Australia Phillip Island
October 29 Thailand Chang International
November 12 Malaysia Sepang
November 19 Qatar Losail
November 26 Valencian Community “Ricardo Tormo” Cheste
Source: La Verdad
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