MotoGP | Coronavirus: Le Mans will not be held behind closed doors

MotoGP 2020 – The 2020 MotoGP world championship has not yet started, in Qatar last March 8 only the Moto3 and Moto2 classes raced, already present at the Losail International Circuit for testing and subsequently the Thai Grand Prix and the Austin Grand Prix were postponed to the end of the season and that of Argentina.

The coronavirus shows no signs of stopping and has gone from an epidemic to a pandemic. With the increase in infected people and victims, sport as well as almost everything in the workplace has stopped.

To recover the races (it is not yet known when we will be able to start, in theory Jerez at the beginning of May, but in Spain the situation is starting to be as dramatic as in Italy, ed.) it was also thought of holding GPs behind closed doors, but not everyone agrees, for example Le Mans.

In an interview with the newspaper L'Equipe, the promoter of the French GP spoke about the situation his organization finds itself in, which recently had to move the 24 Hours of Le Mans to 19 and 20 September. Claude Michy is aware of the difficulties.

Statements Claude Michy promoter GP Le Mans Coronavirus

“It is difficult to imagine that the French GP will take place in mid-May as planned. I spoke with Carmelo (Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna) and I'm sorry to say this, but we will decide in the first week of April, depending on the health situation, now there is no point in rushing. Motorcycling is a global sport and to organize a GP, it is necessary that all participants and teams can move. The public must be able to access the circuit. There will be no motorcycle GP without an audience. "