MotoGP to end 2020’s season in Portugal’s Portimao
Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta said that she was excited to see the MotoGP caravan return back to Portugal.
Portimao, Portugal:
The promoters of the MotoGP event said on Monday 10th August MotoGP is most likely to end its 2020 season in Portugal’s Portimao on November 22 with an extra race to be run on its reserve track.
The race will be conducted on the Algarve International Circuit which will host its first MotoGP race in Portugal since 2012 debuting on the FIM Calendar
and will witness KTM Tech 3 rider Miguel Oliveira race on home ground in the premier class for the first time.
But due to COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers were forced to either call off or shelve Grand Prix. Algarve circuit has a distinctive elevation changes and rise and fall layout earning fame.
FIM President Jorge Viegas said “I’m very proud that MotoGP will return to my country eight years after the last Grand Prix, which took place at the Circuito do Estoril in May, 2012. I would like to warmly thank Dorna, the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve and the Motorcycling Federation of Portugal for having managed to meet the necessary conditions for the organisation of the finale of the 2020 FIM Grand Prix World Championship to take place in Portugal”.
Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta said that she was excited to see the MotoGP caravan return back to Portugal. “Portugal has a long history in our sport and there have been some historic battles in Estoril. It’s something very good for us to have the possibility to go back to Portugal, especially with Miguel Oliveira participating as it’s great to have a Portuguese rider able to compete in his own country. We’re extremely happy to be racing in Portimao at the end of the year,” said Ezpeleta.