Official 2013 MotoGP Season Calendar With Updated Rider List Released

Official 2013 MotoGP Season Calendar With Updated Rider List Released:

The Federation International Motorcycle association has released the official MotoGP calendar for the 2013 race year. As always, the 2013 season of MotoGP will be starting with the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. There has been slight modifications to the date and sadly, Argentina round has been pulled out of the 2013 season because of safety reasons. Apparently, the Spanish government had asked teams and riders sponsored by Spanish oil and gas company Repsol, (primarily known for being the title sponsor for the factory Honda team amongst others) to not travel to Argentina given a rift between the Argentine government and the oil major.
MotoGP, owned by Dorna Sports International was notified by the Spanish Government about the withdrawal of its request asking Repsol sponsored teams and riders to not travel to Argentina on November 20. The 2013 season of MotoGP doesn’t feature India on its list. Next year, India will be witnessing World SuperBike Championship (WSBK) and we can hope being inspired from WSBK, MotoGP can come into India soon, maybe by 2014.
Here is the official 2013 MotoGP calendar:
07 April – Losail International Circuit, Qatar
21 April – Circuit of the Americas, USA
05 May – Jerez, Spain
19 May – Le Mans, France
02 June – Mugello, Italy
16 June – Catalunya, Spain
29 June – Assen, Netherlands
07 July – Sachsenring, Germany
21 July – Laguna Seca, USA
18 August – Indianapolis, USA
25 August – Brno, Czech Republic
01 September – Silverstone, Great Britain
15 September – San Marino (Marco Simoncelli Circuit), Italy
29 September – Aragón Motorland, Spain
13 October – Sepang, Malaysia
20 October – Phillip Island, Australia
27 October – Motegi , Japan
10 November – Ricardo Tormo-Valencia, Spain

The riders and teams for MotoGP 2013

Rider	Team	Machine
Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Ducati
Colin Edwards	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki
Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda
Hiroshi Aoyama	Avintia Blusens	FTR
Hector Barbera	Avintia Blusens	FTR
Danilo Petrucci	Came Iodaracing Project	Ioda-Suter
Ben Spies	Pramac Racing	Ducati
Randy De Puniet	Power Electronics Aspar	ART
Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	ART
Alvaro Bautista	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	Honda
Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda	Honda
Andrea Iannone	Pramac Racing	Ducati
Michael Laverty	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM
Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha
Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha
Aleix Esparago	Power Electronics Aspar	ART
Valentino Rossi	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha
Bryan Staring	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	FTR Honda
Yonny Hernandez	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART
Nicky Hayden	Ducati	Ducati
Claudio Corti	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki
Marc Marquez	Repsol Honda	Honda
Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha
To Be Confirmed	Came Iodaracing Project	Ioda-Suter