The championship made a much-anticipated go to to Buddh Worldwide Circuit on the outskirts of Delhi final 12 months as a part of its growth in South Asia, with the race operating easily regardless of a number of hiccups and visa points within the run-up to the occasion.
Nonetheless, in the previous few months, there was uncertainty concerning the second version of the Indian Grand Prix, with native stories suggesting that promoter Fairstreet Sports activities hasn’t paid its dues to sure distributors, together with Dorna.
Motorsport.com understands that Dorna executives had set a deadline of 20 Might for Fairstreet to meet up with funds, one thing that appears tough to materialise after taking earlier delays into consideration.
It now appears sure that the India race is not going to go forward this 12 months, with MotoGP as an alternative set to stage the inaugural Kazakhstan Grand Prix on 20-22 September.
Dorna and FIM had beforehand not revealed a brand new date for the race at Sokol Worldwide Racetrack when saying that the Kazakh occasion was postponed indefinitely from 14-16 June as a consequence of flooding within the area.
There was uncertainty over how MotoGP would be capable of slot within the occasion on a packed 2024 schedule, with 11 rounds scheduled within the second half of the marketing campaign from August to November.
However the imminent departure of the Indian GP has conveniently opened up some area on the calendar, with Kazakhstan now set to mark the beginning of a triple header that may even embrace races in Indonesia and Japan.
In latest months, Dorna has made a number of visits to Sokol and likewise to Almaty, probably the most populous metropolis in Kazakhstan with the intention of guaranteeing that each one the mandatory infrastructures are in place.
The checks had been already constructive, aside from the lengthy commute that almost all attendees must make every day, given the circuit is situated round 75km away from the resort zones.
“Ten days in the past we had been in Sokol and the circuit is able to host a MotoGP grand prix,” a type of particular envoys to Kazakhstan informed Motorsport.com.
Though the choice has been made, the contractual deadlines advise ready till the due date of India’s fee, round 20 Might, earlier than the FIM could make any official announcement.
Barring any additional adjustments, the 2024 MotoGP calendar will now comprise 20 rounds, the identical complete as 2023.
The sequence had initially revealed a document breaking 22-round calendar for 2024, however the cancellation of first the Argentina GP and now the India race has introduced the quantity again down to twenty.
Argentina was scrubbed from the schedule as a consequence of authorities spending cuts underneath the nation’s new president.
