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MotoGP promoter company threatens to withdraw GP from Portugal

Dorna, the company that promotes the MotoGP World Championship, has threatened to withdraw the Portuguese Grand Prix from the race calendar if the situation of the gravel on the escape routes at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (AIA) is not changed.

In an interview with the German magazine Speedweek, Spaniard Carmelo Ezpeleta said that, “unless the state of the gravel layers completely changes, there will be no MotoGP race [in the Algarve] next year”.

At issue is the size of the stones used in the gravel that fills the escapes of the Algarve circuit and which serves to reduce the speed of vehicles that leave the track or drivers that fall.

However, the size of the stones has provoked criticism from MotoGP riders since 2022, considering that they are too big and that they cause injuries to riders who fall.

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