MotoGP particulars new Grand Prix program

4 weeks after saying the holding of dash races from the 2023 season, MotoGP has offered particulars on the weekend format. We now know that the check time will probably be decreased for all classes to be able to reorganize this system to combine the MotoGP dash race and a “fan present” supposed to spice up the visibility of the championship and interactions with the general public.

Thus, with a brief race scheduled for 3 p.m. on Saturday, qualifying will now be held within the morning. It will likely be an unchanged system with a Q1 by which the slowest drivers will cross, then a Q2 reserved for the ten quickest in apply and the 2 finest instances in Q1.

As a substitute of three in the present day, it’s now two check periods that can designate the ten drivers routinely certified for Q2. The championship thus needs to enhance the readability of the competitors, since we’ll know from Friday night the pilots who will be capable of instantly compete within the ultimate part of the {qualifications}.

As well as, a change of identify will take impact, once more for better readability: we’ll converse of apply on Friday for the 2 periods in query, however of free apply (as a result of there is no such thing as a classification challenge) on Saturday morning. for the session equivalent to the present EL4.

It also needs to be famous that the second MotoGP session, on Friday afternoon, will probably be prolonged to 1 hour. The objective, in accordance with the sporting director, is to carry extra visibility to all of the groups, one of many targets introduced for this format change.

All the time in a want to carry a brand new picture and interact the general public, a MotoGP Fan Present will formally combine this system on Sunday morning supposed, he explains, for followers current on the circuit but in addition for individuals who are at a distance. . The content material of this animation remains to be within the definition part with the drivers and the groups.

What’s recorded alternatively about Sunday morning is that the Moto2 and Moto3 classes will now not have a warm-up. This session will solely be maintained for MotoGP riders and decreased to simply ten minutes.

In whole, MotoGP will due to this fact go from 3h35 of testing (free apply, qualifying and warm-up) to 2h15, however with a race of round twenty minutes extra. The Moto2 and Moto3 classes have till now had 2h40 of testing per weekend, and this whole will enhance to 2h10 for Moto3 and 2h20 for Moto2. The distinction lies in a five-minute hole between these two courses throughout the Friday periods.

The weekend program*:

Friday :
9:00 a.m. – Checks 1 Moto3 (35 min)
9:50 a.m. – Checks 1 Moto2 (40 min)
10:45 a.m. – MotoGP apply 1 (45 min)
1:15 p.m. – Checks 2 Moto3 (35 min)
2:05 p.m. – Checks 2 Moto2 (40 min)
3:00 p.m. – MotoGP apply 2 (1 hour)

Saturday :
8:40 a.m. – Moto3 Free Apply (30 min)
9:25 a.m. – Moto2 Free Apply (30 min)
10:10 a.m. – MotoGP Free Apply (30 min)
10:50 am – Q1 MotoGP (15 minutes)
11:15 am – Q2 MotoGP (15 minutes)
12:55 p.m. – Q1 Moto3 (15 minutes)
1:20 p.m. – Q2 Moto3 (15 minutes)
1:50 p.m. – Q1 Moto2 (15 minutes)
2:15 p.m. – Q2 Moto2 (15 minutes)
3:00 p.m. – MotoGP dash race

Sunday :
9:40 am – MotoGP warm-up (10 min)
10:00 a.m. – MotoGP Fan Present (30 minutes)
11:00 a.m. – Moto3 course
12:15 p.m. – Moto2 course
2:00 p.m. – MotoGP course

^{*Primary program, counting for European Grand Prix}

20 minutes of racing and fewer gas

If the primary announcement of this nice novelty for the championship had made folks cringe, particularly among the many drivers who could have regretted not having been concerned, this time Carlos Ezpeleta, sports activities director of Dorna Sports activities, was happy that the small print introduced this morning, throughout a press convention organized on the sidelines of the Aragón Grand Prix exams, might have been determined after a month of discussions involving the stakeholders of the self-discipline and the consensus due to this fact appears to prevail.

Talking, the Spanish official recalled sure parts already recorded final month, similar to the truth that this new program will apply to all weekends, not like System 1 which solely organizes a couple of dash races throughout its season. That is the primary format change in ten years for bike Grands Prix, and the intention is to make it the norm any further.

Concerning the sensible particulars, Carlos Ezpeleta additionally confirmed that the beginning grid could be the identical for the races on Saturday and people on Sunday, at all times based mostly on the results of qualifying.

As deliberate, the dash race, scheduled for Saturday afternoon, will cowl 50% of the gap of the Sunday race and can due to this fact final roughly 20 minutes. Within the occasion of an odd quantity, the full distance will probably be decreased to 1 lap lower than the full obtained.

The dash race will begin with a simplified griding process, then the sporting guidelines that can apply would be the similar as on Sunday, apart from the variety of allowed overruns on the observe, which will probably be decreased from 5 to 3. Technically, alternatively, the championship has selected an necessary restriction: the gas that may be taken on board will in truth be solely 12 litres.

Particulars on the statistics

The factors scale introduced final month can be confirmed, with 12 factors awarded to the winner, 9 for the second, then 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 till the ninth categorized driver.

As for the consideration of dash races within the statistics, it has been clarified to keep away from any confusion. Thus, the driving force who will probably be thought of the winner of the Grand Prix would be the one who wins the race on Sunday. A stat line will probably be added to account for dash race wins, each for drivers, groups and producers.

The very best time within the race formally counted for the drivers’ checklist would be the one established on Sunday. Alternatively, if a report is damaged throughout the dash race, it can in fact be recorded within the statistics of the circuit.

Among the many different particulars offered by Carlos Ezpeleta, we notice that the dash race podium will most likely not be organized on the same old podium, however in a unique setting.