The season-opening MotoGP race in Qatar this weekend has been cancelled because of travel restrictions on passengers from Italy and elsewhere coronavirus
London - The season-opening MotoGP race in Qatar this weekend has been cancelled because of travel restrictions on passengers from Italy and elsewhere due to the coronavirus epidemic, MotoGP said on Sunday.The joint statement by MotoGP, the governing FIM and teams' association IRTA said that as of Sunday all passengers arriving in Doha on direct flights from Italy, or who had been in Italy in the past two weeks, faced a minimum of 14 days in quarantine.
Ducati and Aprilia are Italy-based teams while Italian riders include Yamaha's MotoGP great Valentino Rossi. "I was waiting the first race since the last race was finished. So sad and disappointed after such good work but it is what it is... let’s see when our first race will be ," Petronas Yamaha's French rider Fabio Quartararo wrote on Twitter.
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