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MotoGP to host races in India, Kazakhstan next year in 21-race calendar

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MotoGP to head to India and Kazakhstan in 2023
MotoGP to head to India and Kazakhstan in 2023Reuters
MotoGP will make its debut in India and Kazakhstan in 2023 on a calendar which boasts more races and countries than ever before, it announced on Friday.

The 2023 season will begin with the Portuguese GP on March 24-26 and wrap up in Valencia on November 24th-26th, according to the 21-race provisional calendar released by MotoGP.

Kazakhstan will become the 30th country to host a motorcycle Grand Prix since 1949 when the race takes place on July 7th-9th at the Sokol International Racetrack in the northwest of Almaty.

The Indian GP will be held at the Buddh International Circuit in New Delhi from September 22nd-24th, while Le Mans will host the 1000th Grand Prix at the French GP on May 12th-14th.

"India is also a key market for the motorcycle industry and therefore, by extension, for MotoGP as the pinnacle of the two-wheeled world," Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of commercial rights holders Dorna Sports, said in a statement on Friday.

The 5.14km track on the outskirts of New Delhi held Formula One races between 2011-13 before it was dropped from the calendar.

The Kazakhstan and Indian Grand Prixs are subject to contract and certification, MotoGP said.