Covid: State of Alarm in Spain 'doesn't impact' Valencia MotoGP
Dorna CE💟O Carmelo Ezpeleta says the upcoming Valencia rounds of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship are currently not affected by the Spanish government's decision to approve a State of Alarm in response to rising Covid cases.
"At the💞 moment nothing has changed. A state of alarm in Spain, in principal, doesn't impact our situation," Ezpeleta said.
🦂The new measures include a national night-time curfew between the hours of 23:00 and 06:00, with an hour of flexibility for each region.

Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta says the upcoming Valencia rounds of the 2020 MotoGP World Champioওnship are currently not affected by the Spanish government's decision to approve a State of Alarm in response to rising Covid cases.
"At the moment nothing has changed. A&nbs♒p;state of alarm in Spain, in principal, doesn't impact our situation," Ezpeleta said.
😼The new measures include a national night-time curfew between the hours of 23:00 and 06:00, with an hour of flexibility for each region.
"We're working during the race, and if there ar🍷e restrictio💜ns on movement after 22:00 until the morning, it doesn't impact us," Ezpeleta added.
"At the moment we can continue.
"In any case we're in close contact with authorities in✃ each place, and at the moment we didn't receive any kind ofꦡ information about it."
The situation would become more complicated if travel restrictions betweenℱ each region are imposed.
Meanwhile, Ezpeleta is confident that MotoGP has shown it's testing and moಞnitoring ꦬprotocols can detect and isolate Covid cases before widespread transmission.
The most high-profile Covid case to date has been nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi, forced to withdraw from both Aragon rounds. Jorge Martin (Moto2) and Tony Arb🐼olino (Moto3) were also forced to miss events.
"We are cont🏅rolling the cases, there were some in Austria, and then in any place there have been one or two people who have been home and then have some problems before they return - some riders and some workers in the paddock," said Ezpeleta﷽.
"Bu✃t the most important thing is that, through the tests we're doing, we are able to control everything and know what the situation is.
"In principal right now we don't see any problems in the future, but I repeat, we're in close contact with authorities in each place. The remaining places are Valencia and Pꦚortim🌠ao, and at the moment we didn't receive any queries."
The V💖alencia rounds are scheduled for ♒November 8 and 15, with the new Portuguese finale on November 22.
Revised 2020 MotoGP Calendar (including free weekends) | ||||||||
Round | Date | Race | Circuit | |||||
1 | 19 July | Spain | Jerez | |||||
2 | 26 July | Andalusia | Jerez | |||||
| 2 August |
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3 | 9 August | Czech Republic | Brno | |||||
4 | 16 August | Austria | Red Bull Ring | |||||
5 | 23 August | Styria | Red Bull Ring | |||||
30 August | ||||||||
6 September | ||||||||
6 | 13 September | San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini | Misano | |||||
7 | 20 September | Emilia Romagna e Della Riviera di Rimini | Misano | |||||
8 | 27 September | Catalunya | Barcelona | |||||
4 October | ||||||||
9 | 11 October | France | Le Mans | |||||
10 | 18 October | Aragon | Aragon | |||||
11 | 25 October | Teruel | Aragon | |||||
1 November | ||||||||
12 | 8 November | Europe | Ricardo Tormo | |||||
13 | 15 November | Comunitat Valenciana | Ricardo Tormo | |||||
14 | 22 November | Portugal | Portimao | |||||
MotoGP 2020: List of Cancelled events | ||||||||
1 |
| Qatar (MotoGP class) | Losail | |||||
2 |
| Italy | Mugello | |||||
3 |
| Germany | Sachsenring | |||||
4 |
| Netherlands | Assen | |||||
5 |
| Finland | KymiRing | |||||
6 |
| Great Britain | Silverstone | |||||
7 |
| Thailand | Buriram | |||||
8 |
| Japan | Motegi | |||||
9 |
| Australia | Phillip Island | |||||
10 |
| Malaysia | Sepang | |||||
11 |
| Americas | COTA | |||||
12 |
| Argentina | Termas de Rio Hondo |

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