2025 Provisional MotoGP Calendar: 22 Races, Kazakhstan, India Out, Hungary, Brno In

By David Emmett |

The 2025 MotoGP calendar has been published at last, at least in its provisional form. The calendar contains 22 rounds, starting on March 2nd at Buriram in Thailand, and ending as usual at Valencia on November 16th.

The calendar looks a little different this year, in several different ways. Firstly, Qatar is now the fourth round, being held in mid April, rather than the first round. Argentina and Austin follow the season opener in Thailand, with MotoGP heading back to Europe after Qatar.

Jerez and Le Mans are in their traditional places, at the end of April and the middle of May respectively, before MotoGP heads to Silverstone, and a much earlier date for the British GP at the end of May. From the UK, the series heads back to Spain, to Aragon, again a much earlier race at the beginning of June. From Aragon, the series heads to Mugello in the middle of June, in a race that is back-to-back with Assen.

After Assen, MotoGP heads to the Sachsenring on July 13th, with Brno making a welcome return to the calendar a week later. A short three-week break follows, with Austria and then the first race at the Balaton Park circuit in Hungary. Two weeks later MotoGP goes to Barcelona, and then a back-to-back race with Misano.

After Misano, the series heads overseas again. The triple headers are gone, replaced with a double header at Motegi and Mandalika, and then another at Phillip Island and Sepang. Portimão returns as the penultimate round, before the season finale at Valencia.

The lack of triple headers will be welcomed by the paddock. Three races back-to-back with long flights in between were grueling, and by the end of the triple header, teams were starting to make mistakes from sheer fatigue. One of the justifications for moving Thailand to March is to spread the load a little. The increase in the number of double headers, or back-to-backs, helps take up the slack. 

This is still very much a provisional calendar. Argentina is still doubtful, given the current governments commitment to slashing spending. There are still doubts about Hungary, though all the signs are pointing to it happening. The track needs an awful lot of work to be homologated, and insiders believe that the track will need another round of changes to handle the criticisms the riders are already leveling at it. India is officially a reserve circuit, but given that Buddh was not capable of organizing a race to fit on the 2025 calendar, it seems unlikely to be able to fill in if a race drops out.

The provisional calendar appears below:

Provisional 2025 FIM MotoGP World Championship calendar - September 26 2024

  Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 02 March Thailand Chang International Circuit
2 16 March Argentina Termas de Río Hondo
3 30 March Americas Circuit of the Americas
4 13 April Qatar Lusail International Circuit
5 27 April Spain Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto
6 11 May France Le Mans
7 25 May Great Britain Silverstone Circuit
8 08 June Aragon MotorLand Aragón
9 22 June Italy Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
10 29 June Netherlands TT Circuit Assen
11 13 July Germany Sachsenring
12 20 July Czech Republic* Automotodrom Brno
13 17 August Austria Red Bull Ring-Spielberg
14 24 August Hungary** Balaton Park Circuit
15 07 September Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
16 14 September San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
17 28 September Japan Mobility Resort Motegi
18 05 October Indonesia Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit
19 19 October Australia Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
20 26 October Malaysia Petronas Sepang International Circuit
21 09 November Portugal* Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
22 16 November Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo

*subject to contract 
**subject to homologation 
RESERVE EVENT: India – Buddh International Circuit

Preseason test calendar

When What Where Classes
Preseason testing
31/1-2/2 Shakedown Test Sepang MotoGP Test riders plus rookies
5-7/2 Sepang IRTA test Sepang MotoGP
7-8/2 Valencia IRTA Test Valencia Moto3
9-10/2 Valencia IRTA Test Valencia Moto2
12-13/2 Buriram IRTA test Buriram MotoGP
18-20/2 Jerez IRTA test Jerez Moto2 & Moto3
MotoGP
Moto2
Moto3
Assen, The Netherlands
Austin, Texas
Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Buriram, Thailand
Jerez, Spain
Le Mans, France
Losail, Qatar
Mandalika, Indonesia
Misano, Italy
Motegi, Japan
Motorland Aragon, Spain
Mugello, Italy
Phillip Island, Australia
Portimao, Portugal
Sachsenring, Germany
Sepang, Malaysia
Silverstone, Great Britain
Spielberg, Austria
Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina
Valencia, Spain
Brno, Czech Republic
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Comments

Year got off to a strong start but a lot of the European rounds have been snoozefests, and some races have had dwindling attendance. Plus there needs to be way more time for validating a new front tire to salvage the racing action before 2027. I would love to see the calendar get back down to 16-ish rounds and like 5-6 MotoGP test days with at least 2 just for the new front tire. Throw a sprint race at each test (and ditch them at regular weekends) to monetize them.

I take all your points CTK but it’s full steam ahead on the marketing express. I just hope Dorna/Liberty’s ambition doesn’t outweigh their talent and we get a rash of cancellations. It is a true world championship and, having been to a couple with the sprint, it certainly makes Saturdays more attractive as a spectator. I’m sure some attendances are maybe down but there’s been far more announcing record crowds (and yes I know the reporting method of spurious-if I go Fri/Sat/Sun I’m three people!!). 

I’m relaxed about the calendar, as David says, the triple headers have been reduced and they’re staying around the same regions for longer. It’s still a tough programme but if their sworn aim is to broaden the appeal of the greatest sport in the world, then it’ssss SHOWTIME!

What’s the minimum races to be run contractually?

20?

Would be nice to go to a new place like Hungary.
And Brno back is awesome !

That is the end for Kazachstan (like Finland, Wales etc.) before them. India will definitely drop off the calendar in 2026 (putting them on as a reserve venue is just pure politics, never MotoGP raced at the official reserve track as far as I know). I am just wondering how sure the Argentine GP is as well as the new rounds in Hungary and Czech Republic. Could be that we again end up with 19 unique rounds and the need for a double header to meet the minimum requirement of 20 rounds. MotoGP is a great sport, but the provisional calendar should stop being a farce. 

But the good news is 2 new destination countries in the calendar and not another round in a country which is already on the calendar. Next thing is to lower the amount of southern Europe rounds (but for now we desperately need them to meet the minimum 20 rounds).

In Canada. Last (and only) time the circus was here was 1967 for our country's centennial. Not many tracks in North America that would be up to Moto GP standards, though ... other than COTA, honestly, I can't think of any. Well, Indianapolis, I guess. I quite enjoyed the last race held there. Run-off, barriers, pit facilities ... I haven't been to any that would qualify, really. The new track rumoured for Tennessee, maybe. Possibly Road Atlanta? 

Portimao is saved, BRNO is back, maybe Hungary! All good. I seriously doubt Argentina will happen. And with Hungary being iffy, I imagine a 20 race season. As far as some of the big changes, the Barcelona switch throws my carefully laid plans out the window. And I’m all booked with family stuff in September. Teaches me a lesson about planning a trip before the calendar comes out. Now I’m thinking Jerez…