MotoGP unveils 22-race schedule for 2025

MotoGP has unveiled a 22-race provisional schedule for the 2025 season.

Confirmed:

• Thailand will open the season in a run of four flyaway events to start the year
• Portugal forms an Iberian double-header to close the campaign after signing a two-year extension, moving to the penultimate race of 2025 before the traditional finale in Valencia
• Argentina returns to the schedule after dropping off the 2024 calendar due to the country’s political situation, but the race remains uncertain
• As previously announced, new races added in Czechia and Hungary
• Indian Grand Prix postponed to 2026, while no space for Kazakhstan Grand Prix after three failed attempts to hold the event

Context:

After a 2024 season beset with scheduling issues, organisers will hope the 2025 calendar doesn’t require as much ongoing surgery. However, with Argentina as the second race of the season, the series may be faced with an early cancellation if the political situation in the country fails to improve.

Elsewhere, the Kazakhstan Grand Prix appears to be dead despite claims that the series is working towards the race being a feature of schedules further down the line. As previously announced, the Indian Grand Prix will not return until 2026.

At 22 races, 2025 will be the longest MotoGP season ever, although last year’s schedule was planned to have the same number of events. Currently, organisers see 22 races as the absolute limit for the series, as chief commercial officer Dan Rossomondo told BlackBook Motorsport that it’s “probably the top number we’ll get to”.

Calendar:

Coming next:

There are just six races left of the 2024 MotoGP season as the championship battle between Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin looks set to go down to the wire. Next up is the Indonesian Grand Prix from 27th to 29th September.

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