MotoGP has introduced that the schedule for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix might be delayed by one hour.
“Because of the climate forecast for Phillip Island, we’ve got determined to delay Sunday’s time schedule by an hour,” mentioned race director Mike Webb.
“The MotoGP race will begin at 15:00 native time.”
The transfer was taken attributable to security considerations with robust winds anticipated Sunday morning.
There had been hypothesis that the Grand Prix race may very well be changed by the Dash on Saturday afternoon, much like 2023, when the Dash was in the end canceled attributable to excessive climate on Sunday.
Riders mentioned such an trade at Friday evening’s security committee assembly.
Nevertheless, with the worst winds solely approaching Sunday morning and no heavy rain anticipated, MotoGP hopes to have the ability to run its full race day schedule with some delays.
The brand new Grand Prix begin time now coincides with the Saturday dash race, which is generally held an hour later.
Sunday’s new schedule for Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island:
10:40 – MotoGP warm-up
12:00 – Moto3 Grand Prix
1:15pm – Moto2 Grand Prix
3pm – MotoGP Grand Prix
