China to join race calendar

China will host its first ever round of the motorcycle endurance world championships next year.

FGSPORT Group, the championship’s rights holders, have reached an agreement to stage a six-hour endurance event in the city of Zhuhai.

Zhuhai is located in Guangdong Province near Hong Kong and boasts a circuit upgraded to international standard in 1998.

Vincenzo Lamaro, FGSPORT managing director, said: “The agreement clearly demonstrates the interest and value of endurance and will provided a major commercial opportunity to enter the significant Chinese market.”

Zhuhai’s mayor, Wang Shun Sheng, said: “Zhuhai is one of the most beautiful tourism cities in China and it will be wonderful to host the 2004 leg of the endurance world championship.”