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11 April 2010: Grand Prix of Qatar, Losail Circuit*
25 April 2010: Grand Prix of Japan, Twin Ring Motegi
2 May 2010: Gran Premio d'Espana, Jerez
23 May 2010: Grand Prix de France, Bugatti Circuit/LeMans
6 June 2010: Gran Premio D'Italia, Mugello
20 June 2010: British Grand Prix, Silverstone
26 June 2010: TT Assen, Assen**
4 July 2010: Gran Premio de Cataluyna, Cataluyna
18 July 2010: Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, Sachsenring
25 July 2010: Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, Laguna Seca***
15 August 2010: Czech Grand Prix, Brno
29 August 2010: Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix, IMS
5 Sept. 2010: San Marino Grand Prix, Misano Circuit
19 Sept. 2010: Hungarian Grand Prix, Balatonring
10 Oct. 2010: Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang Circuit
17 Oct. 2010: Australian Grand Prix, Phillip Island
31 Oct. 2010: Grande Premio de Portugal, Estoril
7 Nov. 2010: Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valencia, Valencia Circuit


*----night race
**---Saturday
***----only MotoGP class(all other support events to be held by AMA Pro Racing)

The Japanese Grand Prix, scheduled for May 2, has been rescheduled and will be run on October 3. The ash clouds over Europe caused by the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull have turned most of northern Europe into a no-fly zone and, with no let-up in sight over the next few days, Dorna and the Japanese promoters of the Motegi event had no other alternative.

Dorna had considered the possibility of trying to airlift the over 600 people who make up the paddock universe to Japan on two charter flights leaving from points in Italy and Spain, but for many team members and GP staff based in northern Europe, and especially in the United Kingdom, the logistics of getting to Italy and Spain would have been very difficult. Some Italian airports were already on the no-fly list and no one could reliably predict the situation for Monday and Tuesday.

The Japanese GP moves from second to 14th on the schedule and will be the first of three races to be run on consecutive weekends followed by the Malaysian G.P. on October 10 and the Australian G.P. on October 17.