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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.

Sachsenring MotoGP Sunday Subscriber Notes: Momentum, A Costly Mistake, And Why Some Riders Crashed

By David Emmett |

For the past three MotoGP rounds, Pecco Bagnaia has been building up an unrelenting head of steam. Starting with victory at Barcelona, then dominating at Mugello and Assen, the Ducati Lenovo rider has grasped the MotoGP season by the throat and is stamping his authority over it. Round by round, race by race, Bagnaia has been eating into Jorge Martin's championship lead.

With the summer break coming up, it was imperative for Martin to call a halt to Bagnaia's march. At the Sachsenring, the Pramac Ducati rider needed to seize back the initiative and open up a gap again over Bagnaia. He needed to shift the momentum.

Martin did that in the sprint race with a comfortable win. He hadn't been able to truly escape, but he had been able to build enough of a margin to put him out of touch of the pursuing riders. And with Miguel Oliveira getting on the podium ahead of Bagnaia, Martin had been able to extend his lead by 5 points over the factory Ducati rider.

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