looks like Silverstone has been moved.... Provisional 2013 MotoGP calendar: Round 1: 31 March Qatar* Losail Round 2: 14 April TBC TBC Round 3: 21 April TBC TBC Round 4: 5 May Spain (STC) Jerez Round 5: 19 May France [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]Le [/FONT][FONT=inherit !important]Mans[/FONT][/FONT] Round 6: 2 June Italy Mugello Round 7: 16 June Catalunya Catalunya Round 8: 29 June Netherlands** Assen Round 9: 14 July Germany Sachsenring Round 10: 21st July [B]United States***Laguna Seca [I]Round 11: 18 August [B]Indianapolis Indianapolis [I]Round 12: 25 August [B]Czech Republic Brno [I]Round 13: 1 September [B]Great Britain Silverstone [I]Round 14: 15 September [B]San Marino Misano [I]Round 15: 29 September [B]Aragon Aragon [I]Round 16: 13 October [B]Malaysia Sepang [I]Round 17: 20 October [B]Australia Phillip Island [I]Round 18: 27 October [B]Japan Motegi [I]Round 19: 10 November [B]Valencia Valencia * Evening race[/B][/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B]
I still don't really know what I think about 3 of the rounds still being in Spain. I understand that the Spanish have more good riders than anyone else, and probably the most enthusiastic audience and that Dorna is Spanish. But equally, there are a lot of countries in the world and a lot of interesting places they could all go. You'd have thought that China would be one, and why not India or Russia? No Scandinavia, no South Africa, nothing at all in South America. Do none of these countries have a decent track? That's quite a lot of laurel resting. Is this a world series or a Spanish national championship with some guest stars from other countries? There should be a Greek round. Save the Euro.
South America gets one, as does the Southern US [TABLE="class: resultsTable"] [TR] [TD]14 April[/TD] [TD]TBC[/TD] [TD]TBC (Argentina)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]21 April[/TD] [TD]TBC[/TD] [TD]TBC (Austin, Texas)[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Oh well, that's South America "covered" at least. And now 3 in the US... But then previously there were none in the US for some years, so maybe they are playing catch up. MAybe helps to explain why Ducati gave Spies a seat. At least the two TBCs aren't more Spanish and Italian rounds.
Oh goody, 3 rounds in the US of A, the land of bland circuits and even blander racing! Yawn. Argentina may be fun....wonder if it will be like Total Wipeout and the Hamster Hammond on the commentary team?
You're right. It's even worse than I thought. Do the Spanish have enough cash now to come to MotoGP? I thought they were all unemployed.
Well, there were 2. Then they made the "European GP" in Spain. That made 3. Now there are 4. So they are definitely working on the project. Perhaps 5 in 2014?
Most of Spain doesn't want to be part of Spain, which is why Madrid is bang in the middle of a desert. It was to unite it. Galicians, Basques, Catalans, Andalucians - half of them prefer their own languages and culture.
