The FIM MotoGP commission has revised the weekend practice session scheduling for MotoGP race weekends yet again
Apparently realizing that the previous reinstatement of Friday morning practice might lead to dead TV air time in the MotoGP class due to teams keeping their bikes dormant in order to save engine life, the FIM has revised the MotoGP race weekend practice scheduling one more time. While the Friday morning practice sessions for all classes remains, the session durations have been shortened; the three MotoGP practice sessions prior to qualifying will now be only 45 minutes each (instead of an hour), with qualifying remaining at one hour in length. The Moto2 class practice sessions will actually stay unchanged (three 45-minute practice sessions, with a 45-minute qualifying session after MotoGP qualifying). The 125cc class was the main benefactor in the scheduling shuffle; instead of two 30-minute sessions on Friday and Saturday afternoon (which is qualifying on Saturday), the 125s now get 40 minutes for each afternoon session.
Below is the new race weekend session schedule:
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