Revealed: Dates for 2024 MotoGP first race in Qatar, and testing

The provisional date proposed t💧o the FIM means MotoGP will again start its season in Qatar, where they had begun for 16 seasons in a row until th💟is year.
Qatar was skipped in 2023 due to extensive renovation to the ci💝rcuit facilities.
This year, th🍒e Qatar MotoGP in November 19, the penultimate round of the ye✨ar, meaning MotoGP will return just four months later to kick off 2024.
MotoGP 2024 pre-season testing dates:
Sepang
- Shakedown Test: Thursday 1st – Saturday 3rd of February (for test riders and rookies only)
- Official Test: Tuesday 6th – Thursday 8th of February
Qatar
- Official Test: Monday 19th – Tuesday 20th of February
Pre-season testing for 20�🉐�24 will begin after the final round of 2023.
On Tuesday November 28, 2023, immediately after the last race of this season, we will see a glimpse of the 2024🦂 rider line-up.
There will be three days of in-seaso🔥n testing in 2024. This is one day more than 2023.
The two ✃current in-season te🌞st locations are Jerez and Misano. An extra date could result in the return of a test in Barcelona.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, toꦓ f🎃ootball, to F1.