MotoGP

The MotoGP motorcycling championship has unveiled its provisional calendar for the 2016 season, confirming that its Indianapolis round in the United States will be dropped from the schedule in order to make way for the revived Austrian Grand Prix.

MotoGP’s commercial rights holder Dorna Sports has reached a deal to keep the popular Czech Grand Prix at the iconic Brno circuit for the next five years.

Audience ratings and trends for major events in 2014-15 including the Fifa World Cup, Winter Olympics, Tour de France and more, with data from Eurodata TV Worldwide.The Fifa World Cup 2014 generated the largest average audience for a major international sports event (as opposed to domestic leagues and competitions) in four of the five major European markets in 2014-15. 

The main stakeholders of motorcycling championship MotoGP have agreed terms on a new plan that includes a series of measures designed to ensure the stability of the sport through until 2021.

Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) has agreed a 10-year extension to its deal with the MotoGP World Championship, under which it will continue to host a race on the motorcycling series’ calendar until at least 2026.

The British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championship will return to Silverstone this year, with the Northamptonshire circuit also set to host the 2016 event as questions continue to surround the future of the new Circuit of Wales development.

Donington Park has withdrawn from staging the UK’s round of the 2015 MotoGP motorcycling world championship after the Circuit of Wales failed to meet payment deadlines outlined in its hosting agreement with the English racetrack.

MotoGP will return to Austria after the operators of the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg signed an agreement with Dorna, the promoter of the motorcycling world championship.

Japanese automotive company Suzuki has confirmed it will return to the MotoGP grid for the 2015 season of the motorcycling championship.

The developer of the new Circuit of Wales has insisted that the facility is on course be ready to host the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling world championship in 2016.

Donington Park has been selected to host the MotoGP British Grand Prix on the 2015 calendar of the motorcycling series after striking a deal with the Circuit of Wales.

The Czech Grand Prix is set to remain on the MotoGP calendar for the coming years after event stakeholders held positive talks over the future of the event, one of the most popular rounds of the motorcycling series.

The yet-to-be-built Circuit of Wales track has signed a five-year deal, from 2015 to 2019, to host the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling series.

French manufacturer Michelin is set to replace Japanese counterpart Bridgestone as the official tyre supplier to MotoGP, the motorcycling world championship’s commercial rights-holder Dorna Sports has announced.

Iconic French motor racing circuit Le Mans has reached an agreement to host the Grand Prix de France in motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship for a further five years, from 2017 to 2021.

Bridgestone is to step aside from its role as the official tyre supplier of the MotoGP motorcycling series at the end of the 2015 season.