Date - Grand Prix - Circuit

• April 12th* - Qatar - Losail
• April 26th - Japan - Motegi
• May 3rd - Spain - Jerez
• May 17th - France - Le Mans
• May 31st - Italy - Mugello
• June 14th - Catalunya - Catalunya
• June 27th** - Netherlands - Assen
• July 5th*** - United States - Laguna Seca
• July 19th - Germany - Sachsenring
• July 26th - Great Britain - Donington Park
• August 16th - Czech Republic - Brno
• August 30th - Indianapolis - Indianapolis
• September 6th - San Marino & Riviera di Rimini - Misano
• September 20th - Hungary - Balaton
• October 4th - Portugal - Estoril
• October 18th - Australia - Phillip Island
• October 25th - Malaysia - Sepang
• November 8th - Valencia Ricardo Tormo - Valencia

* Evening race
** Saturday race
*** Only MotoGP class

The championship remains at 14 rounds, with one ‘to-be-announced’ event pencilled in for September 27 in Italy, a slot occupied by Vallelunga for the past two years. Monza remains ’subject to contract’.

1. March 1 Australia Phillip Island
2. March 14 Qatar Doha/Losail
3. April 5 Spain Valencia
4. April 26 Netherlands Assen
5. May 10 Italy Monza
6. May 17 South Africa Kyalami
7. May 31 United States Salt Lake City
8. June 21 San Marino Misano
9. June 28 Great-Britain Donington Park
10. July 26 Czech Republic Brno
11. September 6 Germany Nürburgring
12. September 27 Italy tba
13. October 4 France Magny-Cours
14. October 25 Portugal Portimão

BRAD PITT has told the Riders Italian Magazine that he has a hero - and it’s Valentino Rossi.
Speaking to the publication, Pitt said: “We are both in the public eye and it is rare for us to have big heroes, but I have one who I put above everyone else, Valentino Rossi. I would give anything to be like him.

“He is always cool, he seems to have a calmness which is almost beyond human. He can do the impossible. He looks like he weighs 30 kilos and yet he is able to stick to the asphalt without crashing. He looks like he is dancing when he rides, it is pure poetry.”