“The FIA, IRTA and Dorna Sports announce the postponement of the Kazakhstan Grand Prix until 2024.”He began by expressing the statement issued by the World Cup Organization. Cancellation joins the Argentine Grand Prix due to political problems, but that was not surprising. Since its arrival on the MotoGP calendar, the Central Asian event has always been in the spotlight due to several issues, among them the condition of the circuit which last season had already been declared “unsuitable” for approval by the organisation. Although the problem is different this year, doubts are again being raised about the eighth Test of the season.
“Unprecedented weather conditions have caused flooding across Central Asia, causing a national emergency in Kazakhstan and displacing much of the population. MotoGP will not be responsible for adding any additional burden to the authorities or services as they work to help the tens of thousands of affected people across the country.. The statement continued: “Therefore, the Sokol International Circuit will not host the MotoGP Championship on the previously announced dates, and any further updates will be published as soon as they are confirmed,” referring to the problem that arose on this occasion. The fact is that the region is experiencing its worst floods in 30 years.
Cursed history
The Asian event, which is tied to a decade until 2027, It was scheduled to host the first race last season, but the approval work on the track was not fruitful and it ended up being cancelled. On this occasion, it seems that the rains that hit Kazakhstan a few days ago – especially in the northwest – and which caused major disasters at the population level, have forced Dorna to cancel the eighth race of the season again.
Although it is not a cancellation in itself. The World Championship plans to move the race back to Kazakhstan in the coming months, an idea that at the moment is just an idea, because taking into account the history of the Sokol Circuit, it would not be unreasonable to think of new news of the eventual cancellation in a few weeks. If fulfilled, the calendar already described as the longest in history will return to its previous record of 20 races in a single season.
The Grand Prix has already been organised
The truth is that this new change represents a new setback in the season because although the doubt was always there about the race in Sokol, both teams and the organization already had everything ready to travel to a new destination, the 74th different route in history. From the World Cup. A quote that sparked controversy from the beginning, among other things, because And the complex logistics that arise, the circuit is located more than an hour from the city of Almaty. In fact, teams had already mobilized to try to facilitate the experience by renting buses to transport team members from the city to the track. An organization that has been postponed for the time being and we will see if it is cancelled…
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