The Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, first held in 1965 and a fixture on the MotoGP calenda🐠r for alꦉl but one season since 1987, will not take place in 2021.

The event had been missing from the initial draft of this year's calendꩲar, but with a date reserved pending a complete resurfacing, as requested by the riders on safety ground🌠s.

However, the Covid pandemic and resulting absence of any trackside spectators (Brno used to pull in clo🐲se to 200,000) made the cost of such work hard to justify.

Brno's reserved date was subsequently removed from last month's 🐈calendar update and the circuit has now officially confirmed it will not hold any world championship ev🌟ents in 2021.

"We have many years of experience in organising world championship competitions and we know the♏ economics very well. No sporting or culturaꦜl event of world importance is economically possible to organise without proper public support," , Director of Automotodrom Brno.

As such, Brno will now focus on domestic motorsport and the commercial lease of the racetrack to clubs and agencies, p𒊎ending th🌄e Covid restrictions.

No mention was made of whether the circuit hopes to return t🦂o the MotoGP World Championship calendar in 2022, or of any plans for a resurfacing in the near future.

Rookie Brad Binder made history for KTM with its first ever MotoGP win in last ye☂ar's Brno race.