antonye
02-Mar-2020, 10:52
MotoGP has announced that both the opening round in Qatar and also the Thailand round have been cancelled due to concerns about the corona virus outbreak.
It seems a bit odd to me that only the MotoGP race has been cancelled for Qatar, not the Moto2 and Moto3. I understand that Moto2/3 are already in Qatar and testing, but if they're racing then people will still attend to spectate? Isn't that the health risk, the gathering of thousands of people, rather than a dozen riders and the (albeit numerous) paddock staff? That doesn't seem right.
Also, what other affects will it have? More MotoGP rounds? What about WSBK?
With a lot of the Chinese factories being shut, or their supply chains being affected, what knock-on effects will this also have for the motorcycle industry and Ducati in particular?
Rough times ahead...
It seems a bit odd to me that only the MotoGP race has been cancelled for Qatar, not the Moto2 and Moto3. I understand that Moto2/3 are already in Qatar and testing, but if they're racing then people will still attend to spectate? Isn't that the health risk, the gathering of thousands of people, rather than a dozen riders and the (albeit numerous) paddock staff? That doesn't seem right.
Also, what other affects will it have? More MotoGP rounds? What about WSBK?
With a lot of the Chinese factories being shut, or their supply chains being affected, what knock-on effects will this also have for the motorcycle industry and Ducati in particular?
Rough times ahead...