Press Release | April 26, 2023
The FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports have canceled the 2023 Kazakhstan GP.
The FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports have issued the following statement:
Ongoing homologation works at the circuit, paired with current global operational challenges, have obliged the cancellation of the 2023 event. MotoGP looks forward to visiting Sokol International Racetrack in 2024 to welcome a new region to the calendar. The event will not be replaced in 2023.
The following is a press release from October, 2022:
The provisional 2023 FIM MotoGP World Championship calendar will have more races and more countries involved than ever before with 21 spread over 18 countries. Competition begins in Portugal at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in March before the Championship heads to Termas de Rio Hondo and Austin, Texas, for the Americas GP, kicking the season off in style. From there, it’s back to Jerez as the European leg begins, with Le Mans, Mugello, Sachsenring and Assen.
Kazakhstan is set to debut in July ahead of a second break in the middle of the season, with the Central Asian country becoming the 30th country to host a motorcycle Grand Prix since 1949–and Sokol International Racetrack the 74th venue to stage a premier class race.
The following is a press release from MotoGP…
Competition begins in Portugal at the stunning Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in March before the Championship heads to Termas de Rio Hondo and Austin, TX, for the Americas GP, kicking the season off in style. From there, it’s back to Jerez as the European leg begins, with the classics coming thick and fast: Le Mans will host the 1000th Grand Prix before the paddock returns to Mugello, the Sachsenring and Assen.
Kazakhstan is set to debut in July ahead of a second break in the middle of the season, with the Central Asian country becoming the 30th country to host a motorcycle Grand Prix since 1949—and Sokol International Racetrack the 74th venue to stage a premier class race.
Sokol International Racetrack in Kazakhstan
Located just outside Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, Sokol is a brand-new motorsport complex constructed in the heart of Central Asia. The region will be a new pitstop for MotoGP as the sport continues to expand around the world, engaging with new markets and fanbases.
Kazakhstan will also become the 30th country to host a motorcycle Grand Prix since 1949, a perfect landmark number to celebrate the ever-expanding history of the world’s first motorsport World Championship, and Sokol International Racetrack will be the 74th venue to host a premier class Grand Prix.
From there the paddock returns west for the British and Austrian GPs, ahead of a new date for the Catalan GP at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as the event moves to September. The paddock then bids farewell to Europe in Misano ahead of another flyaway stint, beginning in another new country fresh for 2023: India.
Buddh International Circuit’s debut will make it the 75th venue at which the premier class have raced, and India becomes the 31st country to host a motorcycle Grand Prix. From there, the paddock heads further east to Japan and the classic Motegi before a weekend free to gear up for a triple-header.
The season ends with a thriller of a triple-header: from Malaysia the journey back west begins, with Qatar hosting the penultimate race of the season under the floodlights at Lusail as the venue welcomes the sport back to the Middle East. Then, to round out the season with its classic final fiesta of the year, the Circuit Ricardo Tormo brings the competition to a close back in Europe.
2023 MotoGP Calendar (Provisional)
| 3/24-26 |
(Rnd 1) Algarve, Portugal |
| 3/31-4/2 |
(Rnd 2) Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina |
| 4/14-16 |
(Rnd 3) Austin, Texas |
| 4/28-30 |
(Rnd 4) Jerez, Spain |
| 5/12-14 |
(Rnd 5) Le Mans, France |
| 6/9-11 |
(Rnd 6) Mugello, Italy |
| 6/16-18 |
(Rnd 7) Sachsenring, Germany |
| 6/23-25 |
(Rnd 8) Assen, The Netherlands |
| 7/7-9 |
(Rnd 9) Sokol, Kazakhstan |
| 8/4-6 |
(Rnd 10) Silverstone, Great Britain |
| 8/18-20 |
(Rnd 11) Spielberg, Austria |
| 9/1-3 |
(Rnd 12) Barcelona-Catalunya |
| 9/8-10 |
(Rnd 13) Misano, San Marino |
| 9/22-24 |
(Rnd 14) Buddh, India |
| 9/29-10/1 |
(Rnd 15) Motegi, Japan |
| 10/13-15 |
(Rnd 16) Mandalika, Indonesia |
| 10/20-22 |
(Rnd 17) Phillip Island, Australia |
| 10/27-29 |
(Rnd 18) Buriram, Thailand |
| 11/10-12 |
(Rnd 19) Sepang, Malaysia |
| 11/17-19 |
(Rnd 20) Losail, Qatar |
| 11/24-26 |
(Rnd 21) Valencia, Spain |
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