Wednesday Jerez test to feature four classes
By the time op꧅ening MotoGP practice gets underway at the Jerez season-opener on the morning of Friday, July 17, almost five months will have passed since the end of the Qatar Test.
While some riders will have taken part in private testing prior to the Spanish Grand Prix - so far only KTM's Pol Espargaro has been back on a grand prix prototype, but Aprilia is planning an outing at Misano this week - an Official MotoGP ༺test is scheduled for the Wednesday before the race weekend, to ensure that riders, teams and machines get back up to speed.

By the time opening MotoGP practice gets underway at the Jerez season-opener on the morning of Friday, July 17, almost five months will have passed since the ꦦend of the Qatar Test.
While some riders will have taken part in private testing prior to the Spanish Grand Prix - so far only KTM's Pol Espargaro has been back on a grand prix prototype, but Apr𒀰ilia is planning an outing at Misano this week - an Official MotoGP test is scheduleℱd for the Wednesday before the race weekend, to ensure that riders, teams and machines get back up to speed.
But it won't just be MotoGP on track.
All four classes - MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE - that are set to take part in the Spanish Grand Prix weekend will be given testing time, during what will be a busy day of track activi🅘ty.
There will be two 90-minute sessions for MotoGP, starting at 10am and 2pm, plus two 40-minute sessions each for Moto2 and Moto3, while MotoE is set for three 🌠30-minute outings.
Scorching temperatures are expected for the back-to-back July rounds, with the original Jerez event postponed sin❀ce early May ♐due to the coronavirus.
The rev𒐪ised 2020 MotoGP calendar should be released later this week.
Wednesday test schedule – Jerez:
08:30-9:00 MotoE
09:10-9:50 Moto3
10:00-11:30 MotoGP
11:40-12:20 Moto2
12:30-13:00 MotoE
13:10-13:50 Moto3
14:00-15:30 MotoGP
15:40-16:20 Moto2
16:30-17:00 MotoE
Latest 2020 MotoGP Calendar (including free weekends) | |||
Round | Date | Race | Circuit |
8 March | Qatar (MotoGP cancelled) | Losail | |
| France (postponed) | Le Mans | |
| Italy (postponed) | Mugello | |
| Catalunya (postponed) | Barcelona | |
| Germany (cancelled) | Sachsenring | |
| Netherlands (cancelled) | Assen | |
| Finland (cancelled) | KymiRing | |
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| Great Britain (cancelled) | Silverstone |
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| Australia (cancelled) | Phillip Island |
| Japan (cancelled) | Motegi | |
| 15 July | Official Test (proposed) | Jerez |
1 | 19 July | Spain (proposed) | Jerez (rescheduled) |
2 | 26 July | Andalusia (proposed) | Jerez |
| 2 August |
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3 | 9 August | Czech Republic | Brno |
4 | 16 August | Austria | Red Bull Ring |
23 August | |||
30 August | |||
6 September | |||
5 | 13 September | San Marino | Misano |
20 September | |||
6 | 27 September | Aragon | Aragon (rescheduled) |
7 | 4 October | Thailand | Buriram (rescheduled) |
11 October | |||
18 October | |||
25 October | |||
8 | 1 November | Malaysia | Sepang |
8 November | |||
9 | 15 November | Americas | COTA (rescheduled) |
10 | 22 November | Argentina | Termas de Rio Hondo (rescheduled) |
11 | 29 November | Valencia | Ricardo Tormo (rescheduled) |
| 6 December |
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| 13 December |
| Mid-December cut-off for races outside Europe |

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