MotoGP will not visit countries that impose quarantine

These statements coincide with the open conflict that the Australian Immigration Ministry maintains with Novak Djokovic , who avoided the mandatory quarantine imposed by the country on those not vaccinated by covid-19, and who remains in Melbourne , awaiting a resolution from his case, to be able to participate in the Australian Open that starts next Monday.

Ezpeleta made it very clear that the MotoGP World Championship will only travel to places free of quarantine, even if that implies that all the members of the itinerant caravan of the event are vaccinated. The Catalan also pointed out that the objective of this 2022 is to celebrate a minimum of 19 races, of the 22 that are currently scheduled.

“If they tell us that we have to be in quarantine for 14 days, the answer is clear: no, I am not going! That is the limit” stressed Ezpeleta in statements to the EFE agency. For the manager, the example of what must be done is the one marked last year in the test in Austin .

“What we experienced last year in the United States is what we would like to achieve; that is the status for which we are prepared”, added Ezpeleta, whose objective is to return to normality in terms of assistance in the paddock, as far as possible, even though he stressed that the capacity will never return to be the same as before the pandemic, for reasons unrelated to the virus: “it’s like getting into the locker room of a soccer team.”

For the Spaniard, the pre-season training sessions that will take place during the first two weeks of February, in Malaysia and Indonesia , will be a good thermometer to get an approximate idea of the number of events that will take place. In 2021, the calendar was completed by 18 appointments, although four of them repeated the stage.

“Our goal is to have 19 Grand Prix. From the outset there are 21 because we have to respect the signed contracts, but it may be that one of them falls out, riveted Ezpeleta.

MotoGP 2022 calendar