OPINION: The addition to the MotoGP calendar of a second round at Misano, replacing the Kazakhstan Grand Prix, highlights the need for a change in how a championship focused on expansion manages its selection of new destinations
MotoGP's planned debut at the Sokol International Circuit has become something of a soap opera. At this point, it is quite understandable that most of the paddock's members doubt that the Kazakhstan race will ever take place. The 'show' has offered several chapters. Dorna, the rights holder for the event, first introduced Kazakhstan on the 2023 calendar.
' Now that the times of the pandemic are long gone, it is very difficult to justify holding two races on the same track only two weeks apart At the time, someone thought it would be a good idea to use the weekend that was free for the visit to Sokol, probably thinking that by the end of September, all the remaining operational aspects could have been resolved.
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