Moto: no invited drivers, and therefore Lorenzo, during the 2020 GPs

A report in AFP states that the teams of the three categories of the world championship of speed motorcycle will be able to engage only their titular pilots and not of "wild cards" (invited) at the time of the Grand Prix of 2020, announced the International Federation of Motorcycling (FIM) Friday.

This will notably prevent a return to racing of the young Spanish pensioner Jorge Lorenzo riding a Yamaha, for which he is a test driver. The same goes for Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli with Suzuki.

"The probability that any event in 2020 must take place behind closed doors (because of the coronavirus pandemic, note) means that it is necessary to keep the number of participants to the absolute minimum. It is also important to allow optimal use of the stand space by contracted teams, "said the authority in a press release.

"The Commission (in charge of the Grand Prix, editor's note) has therefore decided that registrations for the + wild cards +, in all categories, will be suspended for the 2020 season" she continues. "This decision is also in line with cost reduction measures for the manufacturers of MotoGP."

It is planned to reinstate the + wild cards + in 2021, subject to a review before the season.

It has also been decided that the last manufacturers to arrive in MotoGP and the weakest, KTM and Aprilia, who have more opportunities to upgrade their machines (we speak of "concessions"), will be able to homologate their 2020-2021 engine later, in this case until June 29, against March for the others.

In MotoGP, the first eleven events of the 2020 season have either been postponed or canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Moto2 and Moto3 only raced in Qatar in March.

The promoter Dorna hopes to find the track on July 19 in Jerez, Spain, without spectators or guests and with a reduced number of people on the paddock.

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