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MotoGP Thai Grand Prix under risk of suspension due to coronavirus epidemic
MotoGP Thai Grand Prix under risk of suspension due to coronavirus epidemic

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Video: MotoGP Thai Grand Prix under risk of suspension due to coronavirus epidemic
Video: Thailand MotoGP postponed over coronavirus fears 2024, March
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The coronavirus is being a global medical alarm and MotoGP is not left out. Thai Grand Prix at risk of being suspended if the local authorities see it necessary, according to Dorna. Let's remember that there are only five weeks left until the race is held in Chang, the second of the season.

MotoGP is not the first motor competition to be affected by the coronavirus. Formula 1 has already had to suspend its Chinese Grand Prix due to the epidemic, and Formula E also canceled its China E-Prix for the same reason. Now it may be the turn of MotoGP, which although it does not race in China, it does so very closely, in Thailand.

Dorna confirms that they have requested reports from the Thai government

Quartararo Marquez Thailand Motogp 2020
Quartararo Marquez Thailand Motogp 2020

"We are going to go safely to Qatar on the scheduled date, because they have guaranteed us that there is no danger, but to go to Thailand, which is closer to China, we have asked your government for information and we are waiting for an answer, "Carmelo Ezpeleta said in a recent interview. Chang's career is still up in the air.

Ezpeleta adds that "safety is always the first thing for us and, if we cannot go now in March, we would look for another date to go", and makes it clear that the decision will have to be taken "in the next few days, before we go to Qatar". We will see what finally happens with the Grand Prix of Thailand.

Thailand Motogp 2018
Thailand Motogp 2018

curiously the Thai Grand Prix changed the date precisely this season. It was usually located at the end of the calendar, in fact a few months ago Marc Márquez won the world championship there. But this time it has gone to the first weeks of the championship and that may end up causing the race to be suspended.

That is other important matter, whether it would proceed to suspension or cancellation. In the first case, it would be necessary to find a new date, probably close to the triplet at the end of the season, which, seeing how the calendar is, would force them to play five consecutive Grand Prix. Completely unfeasible.

Cal Crutchlow had an unpleasant experience in Sepang

Crutchlow Sepang Motogp 2020
Crutchlow Sepang Motogp 2020

It is not the first encounter that MotoGP has with the coronavirus. In the Sepang tests, the precautionary measures were already maximum, to the point that Cal Crutchlow was involved in a somewhat unpleasant incident. The Briton refused to sign an autograph for Chinese fans for fear of the coronavirus, as he told them verbatim.

This was poorly received by fans, so both Crutchlow himself and his team had to make a statement explaining that all team personnel were asked to take certain hygiene measures and that ultimately Crutchlow only played a joke that was misunderstood by fans.

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