The 2021 Moto2 and Moto3 pre-season tests have been moved from Jerez to Qatar in mid-March in a bid to "create the safest and most efficient" pre-season programme. MotoGP promoters Dorna Sports, governing body the FIM and the International Race Teams' Association (IRTA) have already been forced into calendar tweaks for the start of the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. February's scheduled first pre-season test for MotoGP in Malaysia had to be cancelled last month owing to the country declaring a state of emergency due to an escalation in COVID infections. Late last month a revision to the calendar was also made, with a second race in Qatar and a round in Portugal...
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