Paris (AFP)

The 2020 MotoGP World Championship season will kick off on July 19 in Jerez, Spain, the first event in a series of 13 Grand Prix races in Europe, the organizers announced on Thursday.

"The possibility of organizing (subsequently) events outside Europe will be evaluated and confirmed before July 31, specify the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) and MotoGP. However, the 2020 season will not end later than December 13 and will include a maximum of 17 events ", including the Qatar GP raced in March in Moto2 and Moto3 categories only.

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