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Jayv said:
Will get worse before it gets better.

15 mins ago. All of Italy facing coronavirus lockdown
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Wow!

The prime minister added that all sporting events - including football matches - were being suspended nationwide.
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Well, that's indicative of what direction this is heading towards. I don't agree with these measures, sure things are serious, but total lockdown of a country is making me fear of what kind of implications this is having to Society as a while rather than just sporting events--which at the end of the day is just entertainment.

Just saw this from an Italian member from another board and its a relief given how dire they made it sound:

Italian here: not really a lockdown, we can go to work and the country discovered remote working. Supermarkets are open, pharmacies too. No shortage of goods except surgical masks
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Moto gp and wsbk will be done for the year might as well pull the plug now and start fresh next year.

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Scuba Steve said:
Moto gp and wsbk will be done for the year might as well pull the plug now and start fresh next year.

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Apparently, Dorna has a 13 race minimum guarantee with FIM for MotoGP - Not sure about WSBK. I assume both parties would understand the extenuating circumstances, but if there is some desire to maintain a season, I bet you will see a schedule of 2-race weekends, and possibly some other tracks like Portimao, Estoril (apparently, these are designated backups...?). There was even chatter of having the 20 season spill into 21 if need be. All less than ideal options.
 
COTA race moved to November 15 and Valencia bumped ahead by a week to November 22

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Chaos said:
Apparently, Dorna has a 13 race minimum guarantee with FIM for MotoGP - Not sure about WSBK. I assume both parties would understand the extenuating circumstances, but if there is some desire to maintain a season, I bet you will see a schedule of 2-race weekends, and possibly some other tracks like Portimao, Estoril (apparently, these are designated backups...?). There was even chatter of having the 20 season spill into 21 if need be. All less than ideal options.
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Well we have mosport....bring em here ?
 
abkdt41 said:
COTA race moved to November 15 and Valencia bumped ahead by a week to November 22
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Argentina postponed, Valencia moved:

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Calendar update: Argentina postponed, Valencia moved...

Another day, another 2020 MotoGP calendar update.As feared, government efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus mean Argentina has now gone the way of Qatar, Thailand and the USA in abandoning its planned date on the premier-class calendar.Earlier this month, Termas de Rio Hondo organisers...
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Its not looking good, guys; this pretty much puts it near May before the (provisionally) first race.

Several teams are stuck in Italy unable to attend the testing in Jerez:

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KTM pulls out of Jerez MotoGP test

KTM team manager Mike Leitner has confirmed that the factory has pulled out of a planned private test at Jerez.The Austrian team had been due on track alongside some of its MotoGP rivals at the Spanish Grand Prix venue from March 18-20.
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PS: Despite this setback in lack of racing, I still can't bring myself to watch Moto2; I've tried like 3 times and I still find something else to do.
 
Argentina also moved to November with Valencia being bumped another week

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It doesnt look good at all this year.
F1 Australian GP is getting cancelled and the NBA season is suspended indefinitely.
Not going to take much more for them to call of the season.
 
I wonder what the revenue ratio is between TV and ticket sales for MotoGP?
eventually they'll probably get some races run on a modified sched
most fans will watch on TV
but most people have their summer stuff planned well ahead, months ahead
can't see there being a lot of bums in the seats for a heavily modified sched
 
Robbo said:
Vinales has broken his ankle in a motocross accident


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J_F said:
I wonder what the revenue ratio is between TV and ticket sales for MotoGP?
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For these big-time events, the usual commercial arrangement is that the racetrack has to pay the series organiser (e.g. Dorna) in order to bring the event there. The racetrack collects the ticket revenue, the series organiser gets whatever they can get from other sources (TV, videopass, advertising at track). If there's no spectators, the track is who loses out.

Whole different ball game from our regional-level stuff where we (racers via series organiser) have to pay (rent) the track in order to use it. And they still get the ticket revenue.
 
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Haha, Jarvis' RBF always gets me.

But, so far the only thing that's been announced/confirmed is that he didn't have any fractures and was being kept over night for observation only.

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There was s follow up tweet saying he's 'on the mend' but aside from that nothing suggests he broke anything. Which would be a shame if he did.
 
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