The FIM announced today the 2007 MotoGP provisional calendar

The 2007 MotoGP World Championship will start in Qatar. © Camel Yamaha Team. The FIM announced today the provisional calendar for the 2007 MotoGP World Championship, a schedule that with the new race, at San Marino expands to 18 events.

A 18 race calendar will not allow so much time to recover from back-to-back races. The season will begin on march 17, in Doha, Qatar. A week later it moves to Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, which hosted last two year´s opening race. Almost one month later the MotoGP family will fly to Shanghai, April 22 and Turkey, May 6, before heading to the European tour.

The European season will start at Le Mans, May 20; Mugello, June 3; Catalunya, June 10; Donington Park, June 24; Assen, June 30 and Sachsenring, July 15. The Red Bull U.S. Grand Pris at Laguna Seca is again the week after Germany, on July 22, and the final race before the four-week summer break. Summer ends with the August 19 Czech GP at Brno and two weeks later is the new event of the 2007 season, at Misano Adriatico on the Italian coast near Rimini.
The second round of flyaways starts three weeks after Misano, but with a week added between Motegi, September 23 and Phillip Island, October 7. Sepang ends the trip on October 14 with the Malaysian Gran Prix. As is now traditional, and after the Gran Prix of Portugal, October 28, the season is due to end at Valencia, Spain, on November 4.

Provisional 2007 MotoGP calendar

March 17** Qatar Doha/Losail
March 25 Spain Jerez de la Frontera
April 22 China Shanghai
May 6 Turkey Istanbul
May 20 France Le Mans
June 3 Italy Mugello
June 10 Catalunya Catalunya
June 24 Great Britain Donington Park
June 30 ** Netherlands Assen
July 15 Sachsenring Germany
July 22 United States * Laguna Seca
August 19 Czech Republic Brno
September 2 San Marino & Riviera di Rimini Misano
September 23 Japan Motegi
October 7 Australia Phillip Island
October 14 Malaysia Sepang
October 28 Portugal Estoril
November 4 Valencia Ricardo Tormo – Valencia

* Only MotoGP class
** Saturday race

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