Qatar Awarded Opening Race of the 2024 MotoGP World Championship

Qatar MotoGP 2022 - Image Courtesy of Nitheesh Photography

The 2024 MotoGP calendar has been announced and the World Championship is all set to take place. The opener for the 2024 MotoGP season is set to return to Lusail International Circuit (LIC), and the action will kick off under the flood lights on March 10th, 2024, after an announcement of the provisional schedule from the sport’s global governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM).

LIC has a long history of staging the opening race of the season but was unable to do so this year, due to remodeling work taking place at the circuit ahead of the return of F1 racing to the track on the weekend of October 6-8, 2023.

That led to this year’s Qatar MotoGP, sponsored by Qatar Airways, being awarded the penultimate race of the 2023 season, taking place from November 17-19, with the season reaching its conclusion in Valencia a week later.

But a return to tradition will see Qatar host the 2024 opener on March 10, 2024. Qatar, which first staged the MotoGP from 2004.

Tickets for this year’s MotoGP Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar are available from https://tickets.lcsc.qa/

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Provisional 2024 Schedule

Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
March 10	Qatar	Lusail International Circuit
March 25	Portugal*	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
April 7	Argentina	Termas de Río Hondo
April 14	Americas	Circuit of The Americas
April 28	Spain	Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto
May 12	France	Le Mans
May 26	Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
June 2	Italy	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
June 16	Kazakhstan**	Sokol International Racetrack
June 30	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen
July 7	Germany	Sachsenring
August 4	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit
August 18	Austria	Red Bull Ring-Spielberg
September 1	Aragon	MotorLand
September 8	San Marino	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
September 22	India*	Buddh International Circuit
September 29	Indonesia	Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit
October 6	Japan	Mobility Resort Motegi
October 20	Australia	Phillip Island
October 27	Thailand	Chang International Circuit
November 3	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit
November 17	Valencia	Ricardo Tormo Circuit