Qatar MotoGP called off.
The sea🏅son-opening Qatar MotoGP night race has been cancelled due to r😼ain, but may now be run on Monday!
A storm earli🧸er in the evening halted the 125cc race after just four full laps, while the following 250cc race was reduced to 13 laps after a delayed start. Heavy rain then returned just before the 11pm start of the MotoGP race and has continued ever since.
Racing at Qatar does not take place in the rain due toꦉ glare fro𝐆m the floodlights.
The season-opening Qatar MotoGP night race has been cancelled due to 𒁏rain, but may now be run on Monday!
A storm earlier in the evenin𒆙g halted the 125cc race after just four full laps, while the following 250cc race was reduced to 13 laps after a delayed start. Heavy rain then returned just before the 11pm start of the MotoGP race and has continued ever since.
Racing at Qatar does not take place in the rain due to glare ⛎from t💯he floodlights.
It is not known if the possible Monday re-run, which would cause logistical chaos but is 'under consideration', will take place in the day or niꦚght.
Another option is to return in September when the Hungarian Grand Prix was due t🐈o be💞 held.
A further meeting to decide what will happen is to be hel𒀰d at midnight.
More to follow...
Peter has beenꦉ in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s in🦄jury issues.
