MotoGP has postponed the French Grand Prix on 17 May 2020

The company that manages the MotoGP World Championship has postponed the French Grand Prix, scheduled for Le Mans on Sunday 17 May, to a later date. The World Championship started on March 8 in Qatar, where however only the minor classes raced and not the MotoGP. All subsequent tenders, initially scheduled between March and April, were postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus. After the postponement of the French Grand Prix, the first race on the calendar is now the Italian Grand Prix on 31 May.