The FIM has announced the official 2013 MotoGP calendar. The opening round of the 18-race calendar will be held in Qatar as every year, but the date has been pushed to April 7. The Argentina round of MotoGP however has been taken off the 2013 calendar, citing safety reasons. In June this year the Spanish government had asked teams and riders sponsored by Spanish oil and gas company Repsol, (primarily known for being the title sponsor for the factory Honda team amongst others) to not travel to Argentina given a rift between the Argentine government and the oil major.

The deadline for Dorna Sports to officially submit the official 2013 MotoGP to the FIM was November 18. Dorna was notified by the Spanish Government about the withdrawal of its request asking Repsol sponsored teams and riders to not travel to Argentina on November 20. By then Dorna had submitted the calendar to the FIM, which is why the Argentinian round of MotoGP has not been included in the 2013 calendar. However, given that the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit in Argentina has signed a three-year deal with Dorna, the ministry of foreign affairs Spain has confirmed that there will definitely be an Argentinian GP in 2014.

While the Buddh International Circuit is set to host a round of the World Superbike Championship in March next year, there is no word about MotoGP coming down to India. Having said that, we can only hope the Buddh International Circuit makes it to the 2014 MotoGP calendar.

Here is the 2013 MotoGP calendar

07 April - Losail International Circuit, Qatar

21 April - Circuit of the Americas, USA

05 May - Jerez, Spain

19 May - Le Mans, France

02 June - Mugello, Italy

16 June - Catalunya, Spain

29 June - Assen, Netherlands

07 July - Sachsenring, Germany

21 July - Laguna Seca, USA

18 August - Indianapolis, USA

25 August - Brno, Czech Republic

01 September - Silverstone, Great Britain

15 September - San Marino (Marco Simoncelli Circuit), Italy

29 September - Aragón Motorland, Spain

13 October - Sepang, Malaysia

20 October - Phillip Island, Australia

27 October - Motegi , Japan

10 November - Ricardo Tormo-Valencia, Spain

 

The riders and teams for MotoGP 2013

Rider	Team	Machine
Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Ducati
Colin Edwards	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki
Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda
Hiroshi Aoyama	Avintia Blusens	FTR
Hector Barbera	Avintia Blusens	FTR
Danilo Petrucci	Came Iodaracing Project	Ioda-Suter
Ben Spies	Pramac Racing	Ducati
Randy De Puniet	Power Electronics Aspar	ART
Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	ART
Alvaro Bautista	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	Honda
Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda	Honda
Andrea Iannone	Pramac Racing	Ducati
Michael Laverty	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM
Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha
Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha
Aleix Esparago	Power Electronics Aspar	ART
Valentino Rossi	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha
Bryan Staring	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	FTR Honda
Yonny Hernandez	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART
Nicky Hayden	Ducati	Ducati
Claudio Corti	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki
Marc Marquez	Repsol Honda	Honda
Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha
To Be Confirmed	Came Iodaracing Project	Ioda-Suter