Dorna has made it official that the race of MotoGP of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Jerez-Ángel Nieto circuit dispute an hour later than usual, at 3:00 pm, so as not to coincide with the time of the F-1 race in Azerbaijan.
While MotoGP He will face his fourth Grand Prix in just six weeks and begins his tour of the Old Continent in Jerez until mid-September, the f1 He will also have his fourth appointment in 2023 in Baku, but after a month’s break without a race.
The reference time for MotoGP it’s two o’clock in the afternoon, but this time they will have to delay an hour. The reason is that the time set for F1 races is 3:00 pm local time, but in central European time it is two hours lower than in Azerbaijan, 1:00 pm, which will be the time it starts at Spain. If the schedule is not changed, both appointments will overlap.
Not only will MotoGP be delayed on Sunday, but the entire Sunday schedule will start an hour later, the Moto3 race at 12 noon and the Moto2 race at 1:15 pm The Riders Parade is at 11 am.
Up to nine matches in 2023
In 2023 the F1 and MotoGP calendars will overlap with nine Grands Prix. This has happened between Melbourne and Termas de Río Hondo, but they are in different time zones. In addition to this time in Baku-Jerez, other problems are Silverstone in Sokol on July 9, Monza with Catalunya on September 3 and the end party for both ‘Circuses’ Yas Marina vs. Cheste on November 26. Others are more or less different time zones: Montreal vs. Sachsenring on June 18; Suzuka vs. Buddha on September 24; Austin vs. Phillip Island on October 22 and Mexico vs. Buriram on October 29.
Another new one will be three official press conferences at the Media Day on Thursday April 27 in Jerez. at 5:00 pm Marc Márquez has been called up, pending confirmation of whether he will return to Jerez after missing Argentina and Texas, along with leader Marco Bezzecchi, champion Pecco Bagnaia and eventual winner Alex Rins. At 5:35 pm with Maverick Viñales, Fabio Quartararo and Luca Marini already 18 hours Alex Márquez, Jorge Martín (protagonists of Sunday’s Austin race incident) and Enea Bastianini, another driver awaiting confirmation of his return after two GGPP absences.
Source: La Verdad
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