Dorna will do everything possible and impossible to save the Argentine Grand Prix by returning to the Termas de Río Hondo circuit for the first time since 2019. It has not been an easy journey and who else or who has lived an odyssey to be able to It’s time to start GP in recent years. Marc Márquez himself in 2016 needed nearly 100 hours to get from Cervera to the circuit due to flight cancellations and that was before the pandemic broke out.
In this instance, the economic damages caused by the pandemic to airlines and the Russian invasion of Ukraine with sanctions on Russian airlines taking 20% of the pie from cargo charter flights have complicated having Dorna to complete transcontinental logistics and bring all the material from the island of Indonesia. of Lombok to the province of Santiago de Estero of Argentina. They had time, they weren’t consecutive GPs, but nothing counted on the setbacks. “Actually, this GP is the 499 we have organized and this is the first time we have faced this problem, it is not positive but we have to accept that these things are happening, the main goal now is to communicate -races in Argentina and Austin, “he declared Thursday. Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna.
So far and apart from the Covid-19 pandemic, the fault of most cancellations of Grand Prix days or an entire Grand Prix has a bad meteorological cause or even a geological origin, never a logistical problem. .
The first time the championship, which was not managed by Dorna, faced the cancellation of the Grand Prix was in 1980, the Austrian Grand Prix at the Salzburgring. It was scheduled for April and the night from Saturday to Sunday had heavy snowfall and no way to remove the snow so drivers could race.
In 2010 those responsible had more room for reaction at the Japanese Grand Prix, scheduled for April 25. The ash cloud released by the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjalljökull, which erupted on April 14, spread across the old continent. , which affects global air traffic. And Dorna quickly dealt with the possibility that the staff would not arrive on time – if the material to be sent to Jerez was already there – and they postponed the GP to October 3 when it was finished without a problem.
At the 2018 British Grand Prix, the days of Friday and Saturday ended, but the entire race day on Sunday had to be canceled due to inclement weather accompanied by a sluggish resurfacing at Silverstone. It was not a rain of biblical proportions and in England they were used to water, but drainage did not hold and it was impossible to compete. The postponement of Monday’s races was never in the script stating the teams ’logistics and commercial circuit issues.
Yes, it was the reaction in 2009 to the Qatar GP that the star race was moved to Monday. The local Qatari and Dorna supporter was then able to convince the teams and drivers to wait a day in exchange for the local organization bearing the costs (about five million euros). Between the 250cc race, which ran 13 laps, and the start of MotoGP there fell a deluge and no racing experience in the rain under the reflections of strong headlights.
A year before that, in 2008, the last race in Sunday’s Indianapolis Grand Prix program, the 250cc race, was canceled due to the arrival of the tail of Hurricane Ike that hit the eastern United States in September. And in 2011, although Sepang’s career had already begun, the tragic death of Marco Simoncelli two laps forced the race to be canceled and points were not distributed as happened at Silverstone.
Training days were also canceled due to rain in Misano 2007 or Qatar’2017, due to fog in Motegi’2013 or due to strong winds in Australia’2019, which even drove Oliveira to track 12’53 “from at the end of the FP4, led to the cancellation of the rest of the MotoGP day (Q1 and Q2), which was postponed to Sunday where after the warmup, qualifying was made and then the race, or races were stopped after six that lap like in Mugello ’04 because of the rain.
The Grand Prix was canceled in whole or in part
1980 AUSTRIA GP Due to heavy snowfall at the Salzburgring circuit, the races were canceled
2004 ITALIAN GP The race stopped due to rain after six laps
2007 SAN MARINO GP The whole day was canceled Friday in Misano due to the pouring of water of 55 liters per m2 for two hours that the drainage could not handle.
2008 INDIANAPOLIS GP The 125cc and MotoGP races were held indefinitely (after 20 laps were played and Rossi was declared the winner) and the 250cc races were entirely due to the tail effects of Hurricane Ike in the form of strong winds and heavy rain.
2009 QATAR GP The MotoGP race was canceled due to an hour storm. The race was run on Monday for the first time in history
2010 JAPAN GP Scheduled for April 25, the ash cloud from the Eyjafjalljökull volcano, which erupted on April 14, has been postponed to October 3.
2013 JAPAN GP The impact of typhoon Francisco was also felt in the form of water, but the practice session was suspended on Friday due to fog that did not allow medical helicopters to fly.
2016 AUSTRALIAN GP Heavy rain forced the cancellation of MotoGP and Moto2 FP2
2017 QATAR GP Canceled due to rain on Saturday, FP4 MotoGP and the three qualifiers. The grills are made using the combination of free
2018 GP GREAT BRITAIN Due to a problem with circuit drainage and pouring rain, the races were canceled
2019 AUSTRALIAN GP the strong winds, which drove Oliveira off the track in FP4, prompted the cancellation of the rest of the MotoGP day (Q1 and Q2) postponed to Sunday.
2022 ARGENTINE GP The material of some teams did not arrive on time due to a breakdown in two of the shipments that had to move the material from Indonesia to Argentina and Friday was canceled in principle.
Source: La Verdad

I’m Wayne Wickman, a professional journalist and author for Today Times Live. My specialty is covering global news and current events, offering readers a unique perspective on the world’s most pressing issues. I’m passionate about storytelling and helping people stay informed on the goings-on of our planet.