Authorities agree to make proposal for races to be held in Jerez

Michelle Liew

May 8, 2020

Once approved, this will see the first-ever MotoGP Grand Prix in the year in Jerez.

Jerez circuit | Photo credits: Box Repsol

With the ongoing pandemic, most of the races within the motorsports sector have been postponed or cancelled. However, this is not the end for the Regional Government of Andalusia, the City Council of Jerez de la Frontera and Dorna Sports.

The three parties have agreed to make a proposal to the Spanish government to conduct certain races. If approved, the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto be back in action. It will hold two MotoGP Grands Prix and one WorldSBK round. These will take place at the end of July and the start of August respectively

Just recently, Juan Antonio Marín (Vice President of the Regional Government of Andalusia), Mamen Sánchez Díaz (Mayor of Jerez de la Frontera) and Carmelo Ezpeleta (CEO of Dorna Sports) have conducted an electronic meeting. The three parties have agreed to make a proposal to the Spanish government. The proposal will be to organise two FIM MotoGP World Championship Grands Prix at the Jerez Circuit on the weekends of the 19th and 26th of July, respectively.

The proposal also consists of holding the FIM Superbike World Championship round at the venue. This will take place on the 2nd of August.

The proposals are currently pending approval from the Spanish government. Once there is authorisation, the first MotoGP event would be the Grand Prix of Spain. This will become the season opener for the MotoGP class, and the second would be the Grand Prix of Andalusia.