MotoGP extends Assen contract until 2031

MotoGP has extended its contract to race at the TT Circuit Assen until 2031.

Contract:

• Four-year deal for the host of the Dutch Grand Prix
• Extension of previous agreement that expired in 2026

Context:

Assen is the longest-serving circuit on the MotoGP calendar, having hosted motorcycle racing since the inaugural season in 1949. Next year will also be the centenary of the very first TT.

Comment:

Carmelo Ezpeleta, chief executive of MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports, said: “We’re very happy to announce Assen’s long-term future on the calendar.

“It was part of the very first season of Grand Prix racing in 1949 and nowhere else has been with us across these 75 years of racing we celebrate in 2024. That’s unique, but we don’t return only for the history or statistics.

“Racing at Assen, even 100 years after the first races held in the area, is still something special and it only gets better. It’s a fantastic, modern venue that continues to gives us incredible races and iconic moments, and there is no better mixture than the world’s most exciting sport racing at one of its greatest venues.”

Coming next:

Assen doesn’t host its next MotoGP race until 30th June, the ninth race of the season.

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