From now on, it’s Moto3 and Moto2 during the day and the MotoGP lads are being sent out at sunset.
The main reason for the switch from the famously dark, floodlit spectacle of the big race in the middle of a desert is temperature. When the sun goes down, there’s a huge drop in Celsius and it can mean that tyres struggle to get up to the correct temperature. They can also fail to warm up evenly across the carcass of the tyre itself.
So to combat this, Dorna has pulled to race action forward on the timetable so that the heat that remains in the track, is used.
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Here’s how the schedule looks for 2020 (UK times shown):
Friday, March 6:
8.50 – 9.30 FP1 Moto3
9.45 – 10.25 FP1 Moto2
10.40 – 11.25 FP1 MotoGP
13.10 – 13.45 FP2 Moto3
14.05 – 14.45 FP2 Moto2
15.00 – 15.45 FP2 MotoGP
Saturday, March 7:
8.25 – 9.05 FP3 Moto3
9.20 – 10.00 FP3 Moto2
10.15 – 11.00 FP3 MotoGP
12.20 – 12.45 Q1 Moto3
12.55 – 13.10 Q2 Moto3
13.25 – 13.45 Q1 Moto2
13.50 – 14.02 Q2 Moto2
15.00 – 15.15 Q1 MotoGP
15.25 – 15.40 Q2 MotoGP
Sunday, March 8:
9.40 – 10.00 Warm Up Moto3
10.00 – 10.30 Warm Up Moto2
10.40 – 11.00 Warm Up MotoGP
12.00 RACE Moto3
13.20 RACE Moto2
15.00 RACE MotoGP
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